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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Learning Activism: Young Black Activists’ Pathways from Street Protests to Grassroots and Sustained Organizing

Awarded External Scholars
Nanre Nafziger
McGill University
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Award Amount:
$27,523
Summary

In the summer of 2020, millions of Black youths engaged in protests across hundreds of cities all over the world after the murder of George Floyd. Education scholar Nanre Nafziger will explore the personal stories of young Black organizers who took to the streets during the rebellion summer of 2020 to better understand the “long road” to lifelong activism. She will conduct in-depth interviews for her study.

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