What starts as a reflection on Juneteenth unfolds into a powerful exploration of truth, justice, and the importance of staying awake to what’s happening around us. In this episode, Sharmaine attends the Vision 2025 Community Summit in San Diego and is confronted with the weight of our current political climate—ICE raids in local neighborhoods, the rollback of DEI initiatives, child labor laws unraveling, and immigrant communities being silenced.

Through storytelling, reflection, and lived experience, she unpacks what it means to witness history repeating itself—not in textbooks, but in real time. This episode invites listeners to slow down, to sit with the discomfort, and to rekindle a deeper kind of curiosity—the kind that challenges, protects, and refuses to look away.

For anyone feeling overwhelmed, disheartened, or unsure where to begin, this conversation offers a gentle but honest reminder: when we stop asking questions, people fall through the cracks. And staying curious might just be one of the most important things we can do.