Literary arts organization CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth started a Q&A series with artists to promote the latest issue of its literary magazine and empower youth voices as they talk about what the Black Lives Matter movement means to them.

As a part of my fellowship with Report for America, I’m tasked with partnering with an organization and promoting media literacy among the youth. That can look like a lot of things from fellow to fellow. Some teach youth workshops others help run school newspapers.

For me, it’s working with CHARM lit mag’s editorial board in an advisory capacity. That partnership led to this Q&A series with poets as another avenue to highlight the magazines mission.

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