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Author Archives: Arekia Bennett

Arekia Bennett has been organizing youth across the state of Mississippi over the last 10 years. She is the Executive Director of Mississippi Votes, a statewide, millennial led, civic engagement nonprofit organization. Bennett is a Masters candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Indifference on Inauguration Day

by Arekia Bennett January 21, 2021May 10, 2021

A Mississippi organizer shares her stream of consciousness on the day President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are inaugurated.

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