“Whenever we see that a community is struggling, we like to step up and help aid. From there we got a lot of friends involved,” said Enough Is Enough founder and CEO, Aryan Kumar, a junior at Advanced Math & Science Academy in Marlboro.
It all started after George Floyd was killed in May last year. No mentorship, no leading — the students, ages 16 and 17, launched the organization themselves after seeing fellow students across the country protesting and speaking out against systemic racism.
Kumar said as peaceful protests were happening across the country late last spring and early summer, he was struck by how few there were in Central Massachusetts. So, with that in mind, he took action by reaching out to his peers to create a group and lead their own peaceful protests.