In my youth and into my first year of adulthood, I was apart of a student youth activist group known as South Central Youth Empowerment thru Action (#SCYEA). This group directed me into a much larger calling, joining a campaign with a few dozen highschool students across the state of #California seeking improved school conditions for under serviced #communities. This would later culminate into a class action lawsuit known as William v State of California. To prepare myself for understanding the burdens many #underprivileged schools face, I was educated about the generational inequalities related to educational opportunities for minorities. This was the first time I heard of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (#SNCC) and in that, it was the first time I was introduced to John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on #Washington. It was John Lewis’s #tenacity, #persistence, #dedication, and #sacrifice that #motivated me to help #organize student walkouts, and engage in civil #protest in my youth to demand the little things so many take for granted within their #schools: a book, open restrooms, fully credentialed teachers, reasonably sized classes, and an opportunity to meet college A through G requirements for myself, my peers and all future students. . I appreciate the works of John Lewis in the 1960s and feel honored to have continued and contributed to his efforts to bring equality to our schools. . . #rip #thankyou #respect #peace #nosegregation #nonviolence #youth #hope #bigsix https://www.instagram.com/p/CCzWpItlFgT/?igshid=18ad9gmcgarx2
