"Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead."—Nora Ephron at the Jewish Community Center just 10 minutes from my house near Kansas City. A white supremacist shot and killed three people at the center and at an assisted living facility nearby, including a high schooler in my district. I didn’t know any of the people who died, but the shooting woke me up to how hate and easy access to firearms could be deadly. I was scared, but it wasn’t until the tragedy in Parkland that I realized that I had to do something. Jay Versace Was Told He Wouldn’t “Get Any Jobs” If He Had Locs "When you respect the idea that you are sharing the Earth with other humans, and when you lead with your nice foot forward, you’ll win, every time. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but it comes back to you when you need it."—Kristen Bell