Chronicle Books (Firm) - Make change!: art to inspire action

Text copyright 2018 by Chronicle Books LLC. All images copyright by the individual artists. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. constitute a continuation of the copyright page. ISBN 978-1-4521-6828-9 (epub, mobi) ISBN 978-1-4521-6748-0 (hc) Design and front cover art by Kayla Ferriera.

Back cover art:
Aim to Misbehave: Maricor/Maricar
Fortitude: Lisa Congdon Art & Illustration
Proud of Us: Sarah Neuburger
I Wont Let Them Hurt You: Stasia Burrington
Peace: Christopher David Ryan
Protest Weapon: Spencer Wilson Chronicle Books LLC
680 Second Street
San Francisco, California 94107 www.chroniclebooks.com WE HAVE THE POWER. THE POWER TO ACT. THE POWER TO MAKE CHANGE. Its easy to believe sometimes that we dont. The world is so much bigger than us, and the forces making things the way they are can seem insurmountably strong. It would be so easy to become cynical or hopeless or disengaged.

But we dont. We persist in the belief that we can effect meaningful change in the world. And were not quixotic to believe that. Because, when you think about, virtually every meaningful change that has ever happened in human lifefrom historical shifts on a global scale to emotional revolutions inside a single hearthas happened because people made it happen. The darkest hours can be, strangely, also the most hopeful. We can look back at moments in time when things seemed darkest.

When it seemed like there was no way to carry on at all, let alone to alter the situation for the better. And we can see what people did. We can see what we ourselves did. How obstacles were overcome, how injustices were put right, how tenacity eventually won the day. The artists who created the images inside this book are telling us that change is possible. We are what make it possible. We are what make it possible.

We can take their words of inspiration to heart. We can Wake Up, Focus on Whats Important, and hold our torches high with fearlessness and audacity. For each and every thing that is wrong in the world, there are people fighting, right this very minute, to make it right. You can join them. For each and every thing that is wrong in your community, there are ways to get involved, right this very minute, and work toward making it right. You can do this.

For each and every thing that is wrong in your own life, there is the power inside you, right this very minute, if not to fix it, then to ask for help. You are not alone. Will it be easy? Nope. Will we do it anyway? HELL YES.