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qwlauren35

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Thu Feb 9, 2023, 11:15 PM Feb 2023

21st Century Movers and Shakers - Names I've never heard of.

Last edited Thu Mar 9, 2023, 12:43 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.bet.com/article/jxvjsz/black-millennial-and-gen-z-changemakers-embody-martin-luther-king-jrs-dream

I came across this BET article while I was researching my last Jeopardy Board (Which is super hard...) As a 58 year old, I know that I am pathetically out of touch with the 21st century. I barely know how to use Instagram, and I don't use Tik-tok.

I know Amanda Gorman, Simone Biles and Marsai Martin. I'm curious whether any of the others are known to young people and I'm just out of touch.

1. Yolanda Renee King - voting rights activist
2. Simone Biles - Olympic medalist
3. Amanda Gorman - National Youth Poet Laureate
4. Justin Pearson - environmental activist
5. Lindsay Peoples Wagner - fashion editor
6. Marsai Martin - actress
7. Zyahna Bryant - activist
8. Emmanuella Asabor - physician
9. Joseph Kitonga - head of Vitable Health insurance plan
10. Taylor Cassidy - social media
11. Cailey Stewart - pilot
12. Kizzmekia Corbett - immunologist for Moderna vaccine
13. Telfar Clemens - fashion leader
14. Jeron Davis - equity firm manager
15. Dion Dawson - food insecurity
16. Jay-Aina Patton - Photo Patch app
17. Sirrita Darby - educator
18. Nia DaCosta - Marvel Studios film director
19. Sheena Allen - CapWay banking app designer
20. Kaylah Brathwaite - climate activist
21. Malcom Kenyatta - PA House of Representatives
22. Nomo Omar - economic activist
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