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  • Anita Guzeh, Youth Organizer

     

    Hey…my name is Anita.

    I’m a 12th grade student, and I attend Wilson High School.

    My mom is Jamaican and my dad is African, so I’m part Jamaican and part African.

    i am 17 years old, and I’m just like you.

    I do a lot of youth-led work around my neighborhood because I like to have my voice be heard, and I like to stand up for those who feel like they don’t have a say. 

    I’m excited to work with YEA because they bring youth together to identify the problems in their schools and solve those problems collectively. 


  • Sadé Harrison, Youth Organizer

     

    My Name is Sadé Harrison.  I am 16 years old.  I am a senior at Thurgood Marshall Public Charter High School.  When I graduate from high school I plan to attend Virginia Commonwealth University and study medicine so I can become a pediatrician.  I love working with children.  I really like working with YEA because it is a youth led organization.  So, myself being a youth, this job gives me the opportunity to be heard and speak my mind on certain problems and situations that involve youth.


  • Ericke "Smoke" Lowery, Organizer

    Ericke

    Please don't let the name fool you. I'm a young, strong-minded, respectful, well-educated, smart, Black African-American. I was born and raised in Southeast Washington, D.C. I came into the field of youth organizing through Metro Teen Aids, a non-profit organization whose mission is to prevent HIV/AIDS and STDs among today's youth. I'm here at YEA to help do all I can to better the schools and juvenile justice systems. I really enjoy working with the youth, it’s a very interesting developmental work field to be in. Carefully read this quote that I made up: "If you have a vision for a year, plant a tree. If you have a vision for a lifetime, train people on it."


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