I was attracted to the event by my experience of being an exchange student in Brazil for my junior year of high school. When I joined, the panelists were speaking Portuguese, and I loved that I could understand them and connect as I did years ago in Brazil. Moving into the session, we listened to the song Contraste Social. This song called out the social constructs and the extremely racist police that make up a large majority of the force. I was shocked to learn that this song came out in the mid 1990s because not much has changed since the song’s release. The professor told about how on November 20th, Black Consciousness Day in Brazil, his students create large anti-racist demonstrations at the central points of their universities. I appreciate that they do not just contain their growth in the classroom, but try to inform their communities. Other topics that were discussed included extremist messaging targets to young boys on social media, racist slang that is often used absentmindedly, and 5 tips to be an anti-racist. These tips include acknowledging our own biases and racist ideas, seeing the racism in our society/community, defining racism and anti-racism, identifying racist systems, and working to fix these problems. Overall, I loved this session and learning more about the racism that communities I hold close to my heart are experiencing. I hope that someday they can experience the same inclusion and equity as their counterparts.