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My story of how I got into politics, why I came back, and what I’ve learned, from the 2008 Obama campaign, to the Democratic Party of Georgia in 2020, to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional district, up to Washington, D.C. where I earned my M.A. in Political Communications from Johns Hopkins University. We discuss what it takes to win the toughest elections.

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My coming out story as an asexual person in the Deep South, the politicization and polarization of social issues like LGBTQ+ rights, and the role of personal stories in undoing prejudice.

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My response to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just days before the 2020 election, in the form of a rap.

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An essay in which I discuss the role of the pandemic in shaping a new generation of activists.

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Here I was pictured (far right) for my work in helping to achieve the first Democratic Presidential victory in Georgia since 1992.

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Upon Childish Gambino’s release of his This Is America music video, many noticed that some of the images in the video drew direct parallels to the minstrel traditions of the early 1800’s. Minstrel tradition is the comic enactment of racial stereotypes that whites used to dehumanize through racist cartoons and blackface, which black performers then adopted as a means of keeping white audiences tuned in to subversive messages. This essay tackles the following question: how did Childish Gambino use minstrel tradition as a subversive act in the 21st century?

Accolades:

• 2019 National Champion at the Novice National Forensics Tournament
• 2019 Alice Wingo Essay Award from Berry College
• 3 Tournament Championships for the 2018-19 speech and debate season

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Here I was pictured with my sign at the Youth Climate Strike in Atlanta on the steps of the Georgia Capitol. This was my first strike.

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