Last week at Ci2025, the morning keynote was There Is No Such Thing as a Silent Ally. The group (l. to r.) was introduced by Brein Lopez, general manager of Children's Book World, Los Angeles, Calif., and featured authors Claribel Ortega (Scepter of Memories, Scholastic), em dickson (Beyond They/Them, illus. by Cameron Mukwa, Andrews McMeel), moderator Lee Wind (Like That Eleanor, illus. by Kelly Mangan, Cardinal Rule Press), ND Stevenson (Scarlet Morning, Quill Tree Books), and Petra Lord (Queen of Faces, Holt). The only nonfiction author on the panel, em dickson observed that "children are oppressed individuals. Much of the world is inaccessible to them--books are one of the best ways to open that world up in a way that provides access."