{"id":467,"date":"2026-09-16T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:01:03","slug":"storytime-the-people-who-spoke-up","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/storytime-the-people-who-spoke-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Storytime- The People Who Spoke Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Version for Young Readers (Ages 5\u20139)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A gentle story about two times people saw something wrong and said so \u2014 and made the world a little better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Speak-Up-The-People-Who-Spoke-Up-Treblo.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ah5uzlah5uzlah5u-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ah5uzlah5uzlah5u-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ah5uzlah5uzlah5u-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ah5uzlah5uzlah5u-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ah5uzlah5uzlah5u.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 2 \u2014 The New Job<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company began helping with big flying machines \u2014 machines that watched from high in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people did not like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is not what we wanted to build,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We want to help people. We do not want to help with watching and war.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rx6ts2rx6ts2rx6t-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rx6ts2rx6ts2rx6t-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rx6ts2rx6ts2rx6t-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rx6ts2rx6ts2rx6t-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rx6ts2rx6ts2rx6t.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 3 \u2014 The Big Letter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the people did something brave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They wrote a big letter. Not one person \u2014 <strong>three thousand people<\/strong>. They all signed their names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said, &#8220;We believe our company should not help with war.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_tsk0dctsk0dctsk0-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_tsk0dctsk0dctsk0-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_tsk0dctsk0dctsk0-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_tsk0dctsk0dctsk0-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_tsk0dctsk0dctsk0.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 4 \u2014 The Company Listened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company listened to its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leaders said, &#8220;You are right. We will stop helping with that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the company made a new rule: &#8220;We will only build things that help people. We will not build things for war.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people smiled. They had spoken up \u2014 and they had been heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xqh1auxqh1auxqh1-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xqh1auxqh1auxqh1-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xqh1auxqh1auxqh1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xqh1auxqh1auxqh1-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xqh1auxqh1auxqh1.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 5 \u2014 A Second Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another place, a woman named <strong>Joy<\/strong> was working very hard on a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was testing smart machines \u2014 machines that could look at a face and say if it was a boy or a girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when Joy tried the machine on her own face, it did not work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Why didn&#8217;t it see me?&#8221; she wondered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_js9qfzjs9qfzjs9q-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_js9qfzjs9qfzjs9q-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_js9qfzjs9qfzjs9q-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_js9qfzjs9qfzjs9q-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_js9qfzjs9qfzjs9q.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 6 \u2014 The Big Test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joy had an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s test the machines on many different faces,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Then we will see what they do.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So Joy and her friend <strong>Timnit<\/strong> gathered pictures of many different people. Then they tested three big machines \u2014 and counted how often each one got the answer wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_w3wv8rw3wv8rw3wv-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_w3wv8rw3wv8rw3wv-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_w3wv8rw3wv8rw3wv-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_w3wv8rw3wv8rw3wv-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_w3wv8rw3wv8rw3wv.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 7 \u2014 The Big Surprise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results were surprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three machines made more mistakes on women with dark skin. Some machines made many more mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;That is not fair,&#8221; said Joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And she was right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_h8bwaxh8bwaxh8bw-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_h8bwaxh8bwaxh8bw-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_h8bwaxh8bwaxh8bw-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_h8bwaxh8bwaxh8bw-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_h8bwaxh8bwaxh8bw.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 8 \u2014 Joy Told Everyone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joy did not keep the results to herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wrote them down. She shared them with everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is what we found,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Now we can make it better.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the big companies listened. They fixed their machines. They thanked Joy for telling the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_632ckl632ckl632c-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_632ckl632ckl632c-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_632ckl632ckl632c-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_632ckl632ckl632c-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_632ckl632ckl632c.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 9 \u2014 What Both Stories Teach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One story was about a big group \u2014 three thousand people who spoke together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One story was about a single woman \u2014 who looked closely and told the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both stories are the same, in the most important way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When they saw something wrong, they said so.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They did not wait for someone to tell them it was wrong. They did not wait for a new rule. They used their own hearts and their own minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_66pxct66pxct66px-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_66pxct66pxct66px-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_66pxct66pxct66px-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_66pxct66pxct66px-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_66pxct66pxct66px.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 10 \u2014 A Question for You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The End.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But here is a question for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you saw something that was not fair, what would you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would you say something? Would you tell a friend? Would you write it down?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about it. Talk about it. Maybe draw a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because you might be the next person who speaks up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_o7310lo7310lo731-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_o7310lo7310lo731-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_o7310lo7310lo731-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_o7310lo7310lo731-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digest.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_o7310lo7310lo731.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Parents and Teachers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This story tells two <strong>real events from 2018<\/strong>. The first is the Project Maven employee protest, in which over 3,000 Google employees signed a letter and changed their company&#8217;s direction. The second is the <strong>Gender Shades<\/strong> study, in which <strong>Joy Buolamwini<\/strong> and <strong>Timnit Gebru<\/strong> tested commercial facial recognition systems and found significant bias \u2014 particularly against darker-skinned women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both stories show that change often begins with people who speak up \u2014 not with new laws or regulations. You can use this story to start a conversation with children about what it means to see something wrong and say so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Version for Young Readers (Ages 5\u20139) A gentle story about two times people saw something wrong and said so \u2014 and made the world a little better. 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