Student Organizing With Teens Take Charge

What this episode covers

Brian Jones spoke with Stephanie Pacheco (17) and Jazmine Cobham (15), two members of Teens Take Charge, a youth-led organization that is fighting against inequality in New York City’s public schools. Stephanie and Jazmine spoke about their experiences as students, how they got involved in activism, and some of the campaigns in which they are involved. Teens Take Charge has a broad vision of change, and both students have campaigned against discrimination in schools, for police-free schools, for culturally relevant curricula, to end screened admissions to high schools, to save and expand the city’s summer youth employment program, and more. They also reflected on the challenges of organizing and what they have learned in the process.

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