Amourence: " I guess I would say, It comes back to, get educated and get involved. And know that your involvement makes a difference. Your education makes a difference. And also, when I get involved, I do so in a way that's curious. Asking questions, and trying to understand an issue from a lot of different sides to come to my own conclusions. And I think when we approach problems with curiosity and openness, open ears, open hearts. The depth of learning is that much deeper. So, I would always welcome people and invite people to be curious about your community and about your community leadership and about your neighbors or black church down the street, or your Buddhist church down the street. What do they need? How can you help them, how can we support each other, how can we work together. Get involved in your neighborhood association. Apply to become a commissioner in your city. Lets create a bench, let's create a pipeline of engaged community members. All of that happens by simply showing curiosity, being open to learning, open to dedicate your time, your skill, and your thoughts, to your own community. That is the greatest gift to your community. And I'll say as a councilwoman i receive emails all the time, and sometimes, some of them are very angry emails. But you know what? There's also this part of me that says, you know this person is paying attention. They email me because they care, they email me because they want to show up. There's a whole system here you can engage with there's a whole leadership body to engage with you. But if you are not engaging with them, if you are not proactively seeking out your place in that conversation, then your voice is unheard, truly, and your perspective is unrecognized and unrepresented. When you choose silence, when you choose disengagement, and you choose apathy, there are direct consequences to that, there are costs."