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{SPEAKER name="Cita Sadeli"}
About three years, but we've had independent careers before that.
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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 2"}
Yeah. When I get back to you, I want to ask you guys what's- what's the definition of graffiti art vs. like murals?
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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 2"}
But before getting there I do want to get Alyssa engaged in this conversation, and you work with the Gandhi Brigade, right?
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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 2"}
Can you tell us a little bit about that and the background of what that means for you?
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
Um, so I'm a part of an organization called Gandhi Brigade Youth Media and we are located in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
And we're a- non-profit organization that advocates for youth voices- um- and any form of media such as documentaries or just short films or short videos
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
So last summer-um- well I joined last summer and last summer we got to create a documentary on police accountability, but with that, we wanted to show both sides of the story and I- um-
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
I even started going to the classes during the school year and I think through that- through this program, I've been able to express my feelings on some- um- some issues that I wouldn't really have talked about with like my friends, or my family, or just in general and
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
we're-um- we're- I really do enjoy the program just because social media is such a big platform where you can express your feelings about anything and that's like-
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
that's the main source where people find their information nowadays.
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
And to be able to post videos about like how- how our group feels about police accountability or immigration or women's rights.
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
It's- it's definitely a good feeling.
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
And to be able to share our documentaries and our short videos of people- um- and generate conversations is definitely very eye-opening
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{SPEAKER name="Alyssa Berrios"}
as well as being able to get- being able to capture other viewpoints that we wouldn't really be able to see.