For Those Who’ll Come After Vol. 1 | Social Justice Origin Stories

September 17, 2025

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This is Volume 1 of “For Those Who’ll Come After“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. In this series, storytellers reach across time, sharing messages and reflections for future generations, sharing what they want them to know, remember, and carry forward in the ongoing pursuit of social justice.

Episode Highlights and Featured Stories in For Those Who’ll Come After Vol. 1

Persevere: especially during the hard times. Drawing from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s quote, Amber Banks urges future generations to care for each other, even in the face of unraveling systems, because community care is essential for survival.

Amber’s Full Episode: Resisting Oppression by Building Trust and Connection

We’re working to dismantle oppressive systems, while also dreaming as we build something new: Chasity Bailey Fakhoury highlights the importance of imagining what’s possible, learning from history, and being ready to pass the baton to the next generation. She hopes what we do now makes the path easier for those to come.

Chasity’s Full Episode: Education as a Practice of Freedom

Don’t forget to find joy in the fight for social justice: Kyahdric Moses doesn’t want future generations to forget about joy, even as they work to create a more just world. He encourages them to be mindful that in working for progress, there will be setbacks along the way. Kyahdric also wants future generations to understand civics, as it will impact their lives whether they care about politics or not.

Kyahdric’s Full Episode: Redefining Design for Social Change

Take care of yourself and each other, always: Surabhi Pandit recognizes that self and community care are fundamental necessities that will help future generations overcome the obstacles of their time.

Surabhi’s Full Episode: Making Race Heard

Trusting future generations to carry on the work in their own ways: Jouapag Lee wants the leaders in the future to know that she trusts them, and invites them to continue to adapt their work in ways that feel right and relevant to their time.

Jouapag’s Full Episode: Weaving Past, Present, and Future: Healing Timelines

Don’t do this work alone. Community is a necessity: Tony Nelson reminds future generations that activism is not a zero-sum game, sharing that honest, healthy engagement in relationship building and social change work can fuel them and renew them, instead of depleting them.

Tony’s Full Episode: Student Solidarity as Praxis: Popular education in action

Trust yourselves: kyle lim offers encouragement for his great-grandbaby and everyone coming after, reminding them that they are capable and don’t have to do the work alone, even though their context will be different from what we know today.

kyle’s Full Episode: Facilitating Change: Education Justice and Unharmonius Organizing

Honor the history, and your role as part of a long lineage of resistance: JaeRan Kim reminds future generations to learn from the past, while adding their own unique contributions to pay it forward to those who will come after them.

JaeRan’s Full Episode: From Isolation to Advocacy: Confronting Color Evasiveness in Transracial Adoption

Your everyday experiences and conversations are a part of history too: Barre Jones shares that seemingly small moments and personal experiences matter just as much as those of well-known figures in history. He wants future generations to recognize their significance and connection to a larger history of changemakers.

Barre’s Full Episode: Rooted in Baltimore: Navigating Social Injustice