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Youth leading the way
July 2, 2020 at 8:42 a.m.
Blind Brook High School rising sophomore Sarah Perlman and other youth take to the streets of Rye Brook on Tuesday, June 30, to protest police brutality and systemic oppression. The march, which was organized by Blind Brook High School students, hosted about 50 people.
Blind Brook High School rising junior and protest organizer Raghav Joshi leads the march down Old Orchard Road.
The poised incoming Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Mondaire Jones speaks about the need for youth involvement in social justice issues at Crawford Park before the march.
With loudspeaker in hand, rising Blind Brook High School junior Archana Kumaran leads the group in a chant.
A group of about 50 people walk along Lincoln Avenue and call for an end to police brutality nationwide.
Incoming Blind Brook High School senior Jahdae Levy addresses the group in Pine Ridge Park about the need for a systemic reboot in America.
Harry Heftler, a 17-year-old student at John Jay High School in Cross River, takes a knee and holds up his fist as the marchers show their solidarity.
Rising Blind Brook High School junior Clara Hastings marches with the crowd as she holds up a sign to vote yes on bill H.R. 7120, which looks to improve policing practices across the nation.
Soon-to-be Class of 2020 graduate Abe Baker-Butler holds up a sign that reads Black Lives Matter!