on Instagram, describing the actor as "the boy who left everyone feeling hopeful and full of love." Her message went on to say: "I love you with every ounce of me, and I thank you for the time I had with you, being in my life, and being my brother forever and always. There is a hole in my heart that will never heal left for you."Josie Totah, who also costarred onJessieshared a letter Name and call out racism, misogynoir, transphobia, homophobia, queerphobia, fatphobia, and white supremacy in all its forms. It may be uncomfortable to confront your parents, your boss, your teacher, or your peers, but that’s no excuse not to do it. Fighting oppression is uncomfortable work by its nature, and working to make change in the systems you’re already a part of is as important as plugging into conversations about systems you don’t interact with regularly.Why does it matter? Hill doubles down on this idea: “We want City Hall to feel our presence. We want the mayor [Bill de Blasio] to feel our presence. We want them to know we will not shut up. We will not move back. We're going to push forward, until we get our demands met. Because we voted you in, and we can vote you out. And we have the right to speak up for what our community needs.”Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images “We like to call Texas a nonvoting state because people, just for whatever reason, aren't participating,” Valencia said. “Some of that has to do with voter registration laws and the process being pretty complicated to register to vote. But it also has to do with candidates, and I think that's what Beto [O’Rourke’s 2018 Senate run] showed us.... When you have a very good, strong, aspirational, inspirational candidate at the top of the ticket, that really does matter to get people excited.”