A protest that seeks to raise awareness and gain support should be like customer service — you’re trying to sell something, convince people of something. But unfortunately, many protests have an adverse effect, as witnessed throughout 2020, where violence and profanities were seen to divide people over various causes. On…

At the start of March 2020, I began journaling daily about events that felt catastrophic. It felt like something big was happening, something scary- the fall of Rome perhaps- and my only defense was to write about it to ensure that it would never be forgotten. Never before had I…