YMP Gives Student-Mentor Paris Braggs A Sense of Purpose and Direction
Paris Braggs is now 17 and is going into her senior year at Callaway High School.
The How and the Why: Education Is Key to Motivating Young People to Vote
By Hannah Evans
“At MS Votes, one way we encourage young people to vote is to really explain to them that voting is one of the most powerful tools to use to voice your opinion and make a direct change on what’s going on,” Maisie Brown
Studying Civics Can Educate Mississippians, Americans on Voting Process, Importance
By Kierra Rand
As voters choose state and local officials, their wishes can have a heavy impact on local legislation. That means it is easier for citizens to be heard on local levels due to the elected officials being closer to them geographically.
Hannah Evans’ Journalism Dream Started in Elementary School
Evans is a rising junior at Madison Central High School where she is a member of many organizations, including High Tech Video Production.
ISSUE FOCUS: The Past, The Present and The Future of Women’s Rights Issues
By Kirstyn Lyles, Kaitlyn Poole, McKenzie Matthews, Zaniyah Clayborne
Despite the world’s progression into the digital age, the fact remains that women have been fighting for the rights that men have been given since birth for centuries.
ISSUE FOCUS: Redlining, Voting Suppression and Felony Voting Bans Not Just Relics of Past
By Paris Braggs, Caitlyn Russell, Jeremy Thomas and La’Ziyah Walker
“If you look at who makes the laws, if you look at how things are passed, if you look at how processes are created—most of those things are created by folks who are voted into office.” – Maisie Brown
Many Moves Later, Jeremy Thomas Is ‘Trying To Be Like Mansa Musa’
Now 16, Thomas lives in Bolton with his mother, stepfather and younger brother. His mother seemed to work a lot when he was younger, “probably to afford to move around,” he quips, but it appears to him she has settled down more.
Determined Kaitlyn Poole Embraces Challenges, New Chances to Flourish
When you get older, you’re gonna know a lot of people from different places, which gives you opportunities, which allows you to meet other people rather than just the people at your school you’ve been to all your life,” Kaitlyn Poole says.
Aspiring Journalist Taylor Brandon Would Love to Cover Formula 1 Racing
Taylor Brandon loves Formula 1. Her father introduced her to it, and she has been fascinated with it since then. In the future, she hopes to be a race-car commentator or even publicist.
Embracing Charisma: Ava Washington’s Journey to Community Involvement
In the future, Washington plans to go to the University of Memphis to further her career. However, she is undecided on what she may want to do. “I’ve changed my mind so many times. Right now, I’m feeling like I want to be an OB-GYN, but at one point I wanted to be a defense lawyer,” the student journalist says.
