“No matter who you are, you’re connected to the ocean. No matter where you live, you’re connected to the ocean," Tonge says. "Everyone can really have a part to play, no matter how small or large that part is.” out on the town last week, she was wearing an adorable maroon crop top and matching skirt. Her set was fromReformationand costs $118, while her stylishRebecca Minkoffbag costs $295. concerning the well-being of foster alumni. According to the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, an organization committed to helping those leaving foster care and now part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, more than one in five former foster youth become homeless after age 18. One in four young people become involved with the criminal-justice system within two years of leaving foster care. Seventy-one percent of young women who age out of foster care become pregnant by age 21. Just 58% of foster youth graduate from high school by age 19, and fewer than3%complete a four-year college degree by age 25. And so even if I’m furious about it, I’m also not surprised to see four women of color — all elected to Congress as an answer to the callousness and oppression the current president embodies — face this kind of treatment. Because disrupting broken systems is very rarely pretty. But the ugliness is often necessary. During the civil rights movement, people facedstate-sponsored violenceandpublic outrageThe modern-day LGBTQ+ movement has its origins inthe Stonewall riotswhich were a reaction to regularpolice harassmentMore recently, Heather Heyer losther lifeprotestinga white nationalist rallyin the city of Charlottesville.