You read and write everyday—whether it involves your favorite song’s lyrics, a grocery list, crafting a text to your best friend, or projects for school or work. In fact, we use our literacy so much that we often take it for granted. What about the centuries of people who were denied this powerful tool? Or the inspiring female pioneers like Phillis Wheatley who, through her poetry, used literacy as a vehicle of activism against slavery? My podcast, “Our Words, Our Voice” explores the way in which to embrace your literacy is to find and use your power.