work as activist and organizers can't simply be about awareness, known that black transwomen are being killed as an al.a.ing rate is important. taking action to end that is a whole nuther matter that actually gets us closer to where we want to be, knowing how freddy gray was handcuffed in the back of the police van, knowing how they treated him, knowing how baltimore cops have planted drugs on black people, knowing those things are one thing. another thing is to join an organization to contribute to a campaign, with your time or your money. right? one to show up to the city council meetings or school board meetings. so we need both things. they're bowling -- both valuable. i trained by organizers in the linsky tradition. i'm from chicago and grew nip back of the yard us but didn't know a lick about him. i was not one hover those kid -- i know teenagers who know more but politic at their age than i did when i was their age. was not conscious. i know them, though. so i was trained by folks in that tradition, and what they taught me was that some much of what can drive people to show up a