In 2020, we saw the largest mass uprising in history, but the fight isn’t over. Our fight extends beyond a black square or an interoffice memo. We cannot go back to where we were.

My great grandmother was born in Oakland, California shortly after the Gold Rush. However, due to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, she was wrongly deported to China, a country she had never even seen. In one fell swoop, she lost her home, life, and friends, subsequently being forced to start anew in a foreign land.