In this month’s Spotlight installment, we bring you a conversation with Carlos Rodriguez a youth activist from New York City ( born in Queens and raised in the Bronx). Carlos is extremely passionate about empowering and bringing positive social change…
In the final installment of our 2019 Spotlight Series, we bring you a conversation with Freshta Tori Jan, a truly incredible young woman who witnessed and experienced daily injustice growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. Read on to learn how her…
As we kick off the 2019-20 school year, we are excited to share a new interview from our Spotlight Series, which features stories from young activists doing amazing work around the country. Today, we bring you a conversation with a…
In this week’s installment of the Spotlight Series, we bring you a conversation with Marcus Alston, a member of NYC Says Enough, a coalition of students working together to protest gun violence and to urge legislators to pass common sense…
In this week’s installment of the Spotlight Series, we bring you a conversation with Sokhnadiarra Ndiaye, communications manager at Teens Take Charge, activist fighting for NYC educational equity, and member of SLP’s Youth Board. Check out our interview with Sokhnadiarra…
In this week’s installment of the Spotlight Series, we bring you a conversation with Destiné Price, a 19 year old writer from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Destiné uses her poetry to explore how racism works as a social construct and how this…
In this week’s installment of the Spotlight Series, we bring you a conversation with Rachel Parent, a Toronto high school student who’s not drawn to designer labels – she’s drawn to food labels. Rachel has been recognized for her work…
In this week’s installment of the Spotlight Series, we bring you a conversation with Salvador Gómez-Colón, a 15 year old from San Juan who raised more than $100,000 to purchase and distribute solar-powered lamps and hand-powered washing machines to households…
