I always hear people say “Politics just divide people so i'm not involved" and that angers me so much.

POLITICS SHOULD DIVIDE PEOPLE. PERIOD.

People should be furious at how this country is turning out. We shouldn't have to agree to disagree with homophobic, racist, and sexist people.

I was never politically involved before I turned 18, and I regret that. I regret not being educated on our politics just because I couldn't vote, however the election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton lit a fire under me. This activist I never knew lived inside of me jumped out.

The year of the election I made phone calls, I campaigned and went to rally's and made sure everyone I knew was registered to vote. I did everything in my power to make sure Donald Trump was NOT elected president of this once great country.

And then he was.

A man that said “grab her by then pussy", a man I wouldn't feel comfortable alone in a room with, and a man that wasn't a friend to the LGBTQ+ community.

A man that is no friend to people of color was now the president.

In the years following the election, I've heard so many complaints from people who were in no way a voice during the election. There is no excuse. If you can vote, VOTE. If you can't vote there are so many things you can still do such as make calls to elected officials, reminding those around you who can to register and attend rallies and marches. Your voice matters, too.

If you are not involved, then you don't get to complain. You must be the change you want to see in the world (someone much wiser than me said that). So get out there, and make your voice heard and actually do something instead of complaining about a problem you are doing nothing to fix.