Turn Up The Love utilizes fictional characters that invite the reader into emotionally charged realities as we explore the challenges we face, based on the love-lessons we have learned and subsequently live. Our duty is to teach children how to love by our words, but more importantly, by our actions. My assertion is that if we do a better job at love, especially when our children are young, we can affect change. In the book, several challenges are considered that plague our communities: unforgiveness, absent parents, the negative and positive power of words, the role of the “Village”, and more.