Paula Young Shelton: Marching Towards Equality, Educating Our Youth and Writing for Change

We’re thankful for civil rights leaders who risked their lives in the fight for equality and those who continue the fight today. This week’s guest, Paula Young Shelton, is the author of the award-winning Child of the Civil Rights Movement and an educator and Author-in-Residence at Georgetown Day School. The daughter of civil rights activist Andrew Young, Paula grew up learning directly from civil rights giants like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Representative John Lewis. Now, Paula continues to carry the torch for creating change by writing, teaching and speaking about equality and justice. In this episode you will hear how social media affects activism; what’s next for Paula in the fight for equality; and the evolution of the role of women in advocacy. Paula also shares details about her new book, which is coming soon! Finally, listeners get to hear the true impact of Paula’s teachings as former student, Anjali Martin-Shanker, joins the conversation as a special guest host. Anjali’s conversation with Paula creates a full circle moment as the two share details about how Paula’s lessons are relevant to events that are happening today. This special episode is hosted by Dee Martin, Yasmin Nelson and Anjali Martin-Shanker.