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.
This poem was about both my struggles with medical freedom, and my struggles of not being taken seriously in many aspects of my life.
THIS is what freedom looks like to me; a messy collage of thousands of identities screaming into society- overlapping and collaborating with one another as beautifully and peacefully as the cut-outs do.
When people come together—shaking hands, listening, respecting—we create the kind of freedom that lasts.
To be human is to deserve freedom. It doesn't matter if you're gay, trans disabled or homeless you deserve freedom.
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.
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.
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.
My submission is a collection of phrases written to me, said to me, things I have said or have heard others say.