The Future Echoes: A Zine Anthology is an archival project designed to document young people’s thoughts and attitudes about current US political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural issues through a medium popular in art activism – zines.
The views and opinions expressed in the submitted zine pages that follow for The Future Echoes: A Zine Anthology are those of the individual contributors and do not reflect the official stance or views of the ACLU of North Carolina. These zines will serve as a platform for young artists and activists to express their perspectives and lived experiences.
Themes of care, spirit, and solidarity seek to reflect our experience fighting for the full rights and dignity of our own communities, as well as those we are standing with and constantly learning from.
When viewing this quarter’s prompt: “Crisis: rebuilding in community” I was reminded of the poems I wrote in my final year of undergrad.
My poem is a homage to the 2025 movements “Hands Off” and “MayDay” protesting the current administration. I wanted to honor their meaning and the sheer amount of people who gathered to fight for balance.
I see the creativity and expressiveness of protest signs as a particularly wonderful form of art advocacy where people use their time and creativity to speak their mind.
In our online communities, we must bring authenticity and prioritize our multifaceted characters over conforming to the algorithms designed by large tech companies--that way, we rebuild.
Tell your truth in your own way to not lose hope. We have no choice but to keep telling our truths to learn, grow, and protect our lives, bodies, and futures.
I am a student at App State and I was in town for the hurricane. After the winds settled, my roommate and I traveled to campus for water where we heard about a group of crawfish that had been displaced.
Through this page, I hope to highlight queer love, lesbian power, and the importance of living your truth.
I wrote a flash nonfiction piece based on the morning after the election.
As a Korean diaspora living in the United States, my existence is dictated by U.S. foreign policy.
I wrote this piece mainly in response to the Nashville shooting in April 2023, but it turned into a commentary on Florida's political climate at the time.
I drew this to illustrate the importance of voting to my generation.
This piece is inspired by the threat that is imposed on the erasure of critical race theory.
My submission is a collection of phrases written to me, said to me, things I have said or have heard others say.