I watched a group of young people over the last few months and I began to ponder the question, why are they activist? Were they born with the Activist gene or did they become activist because of the associations that they have had. After thinking about it for a while, I decided that it is probably a combination of both.

I watched these young people stand and speak so eloquently about things that they want to change in their communities and in the colleges and schools that they attend. They spoke about fighting for police to see them as people, spoke about using their voice at community...