EPISODE · Mar 12, 2018 · 5 MIN
28: Creating the world you want, by seeing a world that's possible
from Berkeley Voices
When Derrika Hunt was in third grade, she didn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. She remembers telling her mom, "This doesn't feel right to me. Why am I saying this pledge and then going home every day to my community, seeing people suffering, seeing people marginalized?" Now, a Ph.D. candidate in education at UC Berkeley, Derrika takes teenage girls of color around the world through her nonprofit, Dreamers4Change Foundation. It's a way for them, all of whom are from economically disadvantaged communities, to see that another world exists and realize that change is possible.Read the story on UC Berkeley News: http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/12/podcast-interview-w-grad-student-derrika-hunt/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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When Derrika Hunt was in third grade, she didn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. She remembers telling her mom, "This doesn't feel right to me. Why am I saying this pledge and then going home every day to my community, seeing people suffering, seeing people marginalized?" Now, a Ph.D. candidate in education at UC Berkeley, Derrika takes teenage girls of color around the world through her nonprofit, Dreamers4Change Foundation. It's a way for them, all of whom are from economically disadvantaged communities, to see that another world exists and realize that change is possible.Read the story on UC Berkeley News: http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/12/podcast-interview-w-grad-student-derrika-hunt/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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