Youth Activists Take Charge

By Sheilah Kast,

Melissa Gerr

Published January 15, 2021 at 10:26 AM EST

Protesters kneel in front of Baltimore City Hall during a June 2020 action to protest the death of George Floyd

Racial injustices ignited a wave of protests that swept the globe last year and inspired a generation of young people with a lot to say about what they want to make right with the world. We talk with two youth activists who will participate in panel discussion honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Destini Philpot is a co-founder of Good Kids, Mad City and Lynnea Davis is with The Intersection. We also hear from Real News Network managing editor Lisa Snowden-McCray, who moderates the panel.

Links: Reginald F. Lewis Museum Make Good Trouble: Marching For Change exhibit, The Art of Activism: The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. events.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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