juan: you describe van nuys was a racially mixed community.alklk about that experience.. >> i grew up mostly around latinos. my experience both with law enforcement and witnessing ins, and regression national security, was really prominent. i think it was important to grow up in such a multiracial environment. many of us, our family members were getting social where fair, were getting food stamps when they actually looked like stamps. we grew up in this environment and we really raced each other and really took care of each other. it colored -- i think it really colors how i am in this movement. we have to take care of each other. we did not have local government taking care of us. amy: we're going to go to break. when we come back, what it meant to come out in your community with your family, your friends. your response to trayvon martin step in george zimmerman being acquitted, how you came up with hashtag #blacklivesmatter. today is the day that a remarkable book has just come out, "when they call you a terrorist: a black lives matter memoi