She didnt sort of buy into being in the forefront, but she liked to consult and mentor people. She was not only a part of dr. Kings organization, the southern christian leadership conference, but she also helped to get these young kids to organize and create smik. She was mentoring people like john lewis, dianne nash, encouraging them and encouraging them to empower themselves, empower their voices and to im power the people theyre going out to support. It was very much a part of making sure that the people that they were going out to support realize that those people, the grassroots, theyre the ones that know what they need, listen to them to help them. Dont go out to lead them. Help empower them. You know, aml, byard rustin, were talking about how difficult it was for him to be an openly gay black man during