As a Black man, a husband and father raising his three Black children in the Austin neighborhood, and a former teacher of Black students, the murders of Black people at the hands of the state continues to shake me to my core. I feel sad, hopeless, desperate, fearful for my family and community.

Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, Rekia Boyd, Bettie Jones, Laquan McDonald. How is it possible that these lynchings--broadcast across the world in real time--have not already led to transformative change for the Black community?