The energy of advocacy: Rewriting the future of education | Yazmine Verdieu | TEDxInglewood

[Music] [Applause] I grew up in Los Angeles, primarily in Englewood, but my roots are in Venice, California. When I was younger, my family and I moved to Englewood. But here's the interesting part.We didn't go to school there. Instead, we went to school in Santa Monica. And we weren't the only ones.Over 60% of the minority students in that school were commuting from communities just like mine. Even before that, we lived in Chevat Hills and went to school just down the street. But after we moved to Inglewood ...