“I am here today, not to give you answers,” Reed writes. “I am here today, not to give you an easy word or a quick fix. I came here today to agitate. I come here today to radicalize you. Because I believe that the solution can be found through collective action. Through organizing.”

The author reflects on her journey into activism as a means of survival in the wake of Trump’s first presidency as well as the ways that queerness and religion shape their identity.