Speaking On Campus Activism

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Featured Guests:  Kathryn Destin, Anna Lapera, Amira Pierce, and Maya

For our third and final part in our series on writing as activism, host Kathryn Destin speaks with GWN Teaching Artist Anna Lapera, Mentor alum Amira Pierce, and current mentee Maya about campus activism. With rising student movements and Gen-Z activism in response to repression from the institutions that are supposed to protect them, our episode guests share their experiences and perspectives on what is truly a historic moment for our country. The conversation discusses a variety of topics from overcoming university censorship, to using writing to raise awareness, to building true community rooted in solidarity.

A special thank you to Anna, Amira, and Maya for your bravery and courage in the face of it all.

Speaking in First Draft is a production by Girls Write Now.

Host: Kathryn Destin

Producers: Kathryn Destin, Sally Familia, and Vahni Kurra

Editors: Annaya Baynes, Kathryn Destin, Sally Familia, and Vahni Kurra

Music by Jaya Rao-Herel

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Kathryn Destin

Kathryn is a nonprofit researcher and writer and also was the 2022-23 Editor-In-Residence for Girls Write Now. An only child…

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Anna Lapera

Anna Lapera is a mixed-race Guatemalan-American author and educator. Her debut upper middle grade novel, Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal…

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Amira Pierce

Amira got her Master of Fine Arts in Writing Fiction from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011. During her time at…

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