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EPISODE · Sep 13, 2023 · 38 MIN

The Legacy of PCVS

from Peterborough Currents · host Will Pearson

A conversation about growing up and fighting for what you believe in featuring two generations of young people from Peterborough.Ella Cunningham and Eloise Harvey are two local teenagers who are members of the cast of Give 'Em Hell, a new play about the efforts waged by students to save PCVS during the school's final year. Collin Chepeka and Sara Farley are both PCVS alumni — they were students at the highschool during its last year and they participated in the protests.Together, Ella, Eloise, Collin and Sara discuss growing up, finding a place to belong, and the role that activism can play in those processes.Give 'Em Hell was written by Madeleine Brown. It runs from September 15 to 17 and September 21 to 23 at the former PCVS auditorium.MUSIC: Thanks to Jordan Cook for providing the music used in this episode.CREDITS: This episode was produced by Will Pearson, the publisher and editor of Peterborough Currents.SUPPORT US: Peterborough Currents relies on  contributions from our audience to keep producing local journalism. If you value our work and want to see us grow, please support us: www.peterboroughcurrents.ca/support-us

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A new play about the final year of PCVS opens this weekend. Currents invited two of the play's teenage cast members and two PCVS alumni to sit down for a conversation about growing up, belonging, and youth activism.

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