For the third and final day of the Lemon Project Branch Out Alternative Break, I thought it was a very fitting way to end by participating in Moral Mondays. Being able to actually go out in our own community in Williamsburg and be a part of Moral Mondays along with our Lemon Project group of students was incredibly rewarding. To be able to actually physically be there on the streets in Colonial Williamsburg and be present to represent our beliefs, values and represent those who need public awareness for their circumstances helped further my appreciation and understanding of the importance of the Lemon Project. One of the two founders of Moral Mondays talked about how in his youth when he lived in Florida, a state rife in prejudice and racism, he had stayed on the sidelines simply watching other people go out and participate in activism. He went on to explain how he had only recently learned the importance of having an active voice in society, in your community. Starting, or even just having, these types of conversations with people over “controversial” topics such as maybe racism, immigration, transgender rights etc. is a very difficult thing to do and the Lemon Project’s emphasis on self-care and learning to have an open-mind really helped me gain confidence to to start these conversations with my fellow peers.