A young water protector leading Aztec dancers in ceremony through the Oceti Sakowin campsite in Cannon Ball, ND October 1st, 2016. The Oceti Sakowin campsite was host to thousands of indigenous and environmental activists. The protests lasted months with national and international support. Many families moved to the land with their families and classes for the young children were held at on site. Kids were often seen roaming around camp on bikes and skateboards when taking breaks or watching friendly tribes perform traditional dances in solidarity.

An unnamed homeless man dressed in a clowns costume was handing out balloon animals and offering entertainment for money on Venice Beach. He came to Venice in the 80s to become a photographer.

Mexica dancers from multiple tribes visiting Oceti Sakowin campsite in solidarity with Standing Rock’s Youth council October 1st, 2016. The group of dancers identified as Mexica- the original name of the indigenous aztec peoples. The group joined in the protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and offered their support to the Standing Rock’s Youth Council through traditional dance, and prayer.

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in Lincoln, Nebraska in May 2016. The rally met capacity at around 2,500 people with less than half making it past the door. Sanders spoke on free tuition at public colleges and universities, healthcare reform, and federal job programs.

Scarlet Ryan interacts with the crowd during her performance at the Night of the Living Drag Show in the Nebraska Union on Oct. 28, 2016 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The benefit show was put on by the UNL LGBTQA+ Resource center to raise money to send students to the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference. Audience members enjoyed lip-synched performances and were encouraged to offer cash tips in return.

Zawadi, a young Batwa woman, takes a break from planting her garden in Buhoma, Uganda May 2016. For centuries, the indigenous Batwa people lived in harmony with nature and gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. But in 1991, the government turned their home into a national park and tourist attraction. The land Zawadi and her family live on is borrowed from a nonprofit that is helping the Batwa community become self-sufficient.

Stephanie Neco Morales visit’s her childhood home after four months after Hurricane Maria smashed in windows, trashed the interior, and damaged the foundation, making the house uninhabitable December 29, 2017. Stephanie’s grandfather built the family home where she grew up overlooking the caribbean sea, and playing in trees. Most of Stephanie’s siblings and grandmother now live across the U.S. in order to have a better life after the Hurricane took everything from them.