Excited to be welcoming Laura Meckler. She is a National Writer for the Washington Post, where she covers education across country as well as National Policy and politics. She previously reported on the house president ial politics, immigration, health care for the wall street journal, as well as health and social policy for the associated press. Her honors include nieman fellowship and livingston for national reporting, and she was part of the team that won a george polk award for justice reporting, and she is a fellow at washington was Wesley Lowery she was due to be here today but instead weve got Jesse Holland which is just as good a nationally renowned journalist, educator and author with a portfolio of stories that challenge perspectives, reshape narratives and inspire change. Hes the author of the Award Winning Nonfiction Books, the invisibles, the untold story of africanamerican slaves inside the white and black men built the capital discover an African American history in and
“What would they have done if Black Lives Matter would have stormed the Capitol,” asked Zarders.
Others, like eleventh-grade student Ayande Joseph, had answers.
“If it was Black Lives Matter who marched on the Capitol, it would be a lot more than four bodies that were dead,” said Joseph.
All students noted the difference in how mostly White crowds were treated compared to mostly Black crowds this summer.
Eleventh-grade student Alina Roach says they’re looking at everything, including the lack of police, the perceived lack of consequences, and what it says about how we react to large gatherings of different races.