Isabella Hong – Looking Outwards – 08

https://vimeo.com/channels/eyeo2015

At Eyeo 2015, Samuel Sinyangwe and Deray McKesson spoke on the topic of racial justice and activism in addition to how they’ve utilized social media to spread awareness of what goes on in the news each day. For this post, I chose to focus on Singyangwe.

Samuel Sinyagwe in an American policy analyst and racial justice activist that currently resides in San Francisco, California. He is the co-founder of WetheProtestors, an organization that provide people with a platform to end police violence in their local communities. Sinyagwe studied racial intersections within the United States in the realms of politics, economics, and class. He describes himself as an activist that works with affected communities.

I admire Sinyagwe for his calm yet active approach to tackling the issue of racial injustice. He isn’t angrily aggressive, he’s actively progressive and constantly working to give people agency. He embraces the community and helps them initiate change.

Sinyagwe is an articulate and charismatic speaker that understands the power of employing a group for change. He shows the audience that there is evidence, real and tangible statistics of racial injustice, clearing the fog around where racial injustice is concentrated. It’s not – it’s everywhere and that’s why Sinyaqwe does what he does.