day 28: protest.

im going to risk my life today, and im proud of that. last week, i planned an anti-ICE walk out protest for my school. im in california. im native american. my friends are scared for their lives every day, because our country is a fascist oligarchy. we need change and we need it now. people are losing their lives, children are being trafficked. im going to do what i can, while i can.

im sick. im very, very sick. i cant get up most days. im having trouble walking. i am (or would've been) part of a stanford study on children with chronic health issues. im bringing my cane to the protest. im leading it. im bringing my megaphone, not because my voice is above others, but because im white and the government thinks that i have more rights than others, so im going to use it to my advantage and speak up for people that cant. i am not a martyr. i am not a saint. i am a teenage boy, and i am scared, and i need to do something about it.

we have made so many mistakes. am i the only one unable to sleep at night? - andrew joseph white.

they say the captain goes down with the ship. so when the world ends, will god go down with it? - patrick stump.

my friends need me today. my community needs me today. my family needs me today. i might go down, but im not taking anyone with me. ill put myself in front of people. ill block the cops, the ICE agents, the gestapo, the slave catchers. i will do whatever it takes to save my friends even if it takes me. i will make myself a target to prevent others from being targets. fuck trump, fuck ice, fuck this regime that we're growing up in and living in. to my friends, stay safe. to my people, do what you can.

gods bless Luigi, gods bless Renee and Alex and Luis and Geraldo and Victor and Parady and Luis and Heber and whoever may come after them. my birthday is 11 days from today. i have made it this far, and if i dont make it any farther, i love you all. the world is a beautiful place, even if some of the people on it aren't.

if the world chooses to become my enemy, i will fight just like i always have. - shadow the hedgehog.