Teen multiracial activism with Kayci Ortiz, Ep. 39

Ep. 39: Kayci Ortiz is a biracial (Black/White) young woman from New Jersey and recent Harvard graduate.  She also is a Board Member of Project RACE and former President of Project RACE Teen.  She is an accomplished academic, who was selected as a 2006 Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar. She has won several national essay contests.  She was awarded the 2009 Princeton Prize in Race Relations, which was created to identify and commend young people who are working to increase understanding and mutual respect among all races. 

As President of Project RACE Teen, Kayci held critical bone marrow donor drives, started a Teen Project RACE panel, created a Facebook page for teens, and was a wonderful asset for Project RACE. She served as president until 2010 when she began college at Harvard University.  She has continued her work with Project RACE as a Board Member.

For more on Kayci or to contact her, please visit her at: @ohkray https://twitter.com/ohkray

For more on host, Alex Barnett, please check out his website: www.alexbarnettcomic.com or visit him on Facebook (www.facebook.com/alexbarnettcomic) or on Twitter at @barnettcomic

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Intro and Outro Music is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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