Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, leaving the island without power and phone service, and damaging 95 percent of all cell towers.
My cousin Charlie is serving time in an upstate New York prison. And thanks to a recent court decision, it will be much harder for my grandmother to stay in touch with him.
So many people are out there fighting back, daily, and harder than I have been. It's those stories that lift me up when I start to feel like the resistance is futile.
My heart is heavy. More black men have been killed at the hands of police officers. I get angry. And then I use the very platform from which I get my news to share these breaking stories.
I have the opportunity and the means to stay connected. The same isn’t true for my relatives, who have to choose between grocery shopping and paying for Internet service.
I’m not what you’d consider a super activist. I don’t sign every petition I receive, I don’t attend every protest or rally I’m invited to, I don’t donate to every organization that solicits me. But it’s because of the Internet that I can fight for what I believe in.
