Riley Gaines

But I did, I honestly did.

And if all of us have that same mindset that unfortunately I had, it's too late.

We're screwed, quite frankly.

That's why it's crucial that you find your voice

You speak up about stuff.

You call out an injustice when you see it.

You hold their feet to the fire before you're directly impacted.

Because, again, if we all wait just like I did, and I wonder to myself, like,

Obviously, this is not the path I would be on if I hadn't spoken up about it at the time.

But like what I I shouldn't say what I care.

I think I would always care.

But like what I take action to do something about it, if it hadn't impacted me, probably not like being real here.

Like I know myself.

I know.

Again, I always would have seen it as wrong and something that's harmful to society for sure, but not enough harm being done that I would feel compelled to speak about it.

But it took me being impacted.

So if it can be of encouragement to anyone else and why it's crucial that we do find our voices and we do act boldly and courageously, which I hate to say, it even requires courage to say the things that you and I say like.

That shouldn't be courageous.

That shouldn't be brave.

No, you know who's brave?