Racial justice activist on why she fights for representation in politics
In 2017, Olusade "Sade" Green was wandering, lost, through the halls of the United States Capitol Building when she happened upon on of America's icons, the late Congressman John Lewis. Stunned, she decided this was her chance to meet one of her heroes — an early leader of the Civil Rights movement — so she hung around until his conversation was over and introduced herself. He invited her to have a private conversation, shared advice, and impacted her political aspirations for years after.
That experience led Green to speak about political representation and the need for Black voices in politics in a TedX Talk the following year. And, after Lewis' death in July, it inspired her op-ed in Teen Vogue, in which she discussed the power of the leader's words on a budding young political activist. Read more...
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