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Podcast: Other Voices
Episode: Savanna Jiang and Maxine Alpart, Guilderland High School activists
Description: Activists Savanna Jiang, left, and Maxine Alpart, right, both Guilderland High School sophomores, organized a May 21 anti-hate rally at their school. In this week’s podcast, each reads the speech — powerful words about painful and true experiences — she gave at the rally and talks about the kind of change they believe is needed. “Our school likes to say stuff but doesn’t take action,” said Jiang. However, once they spoke out about their pain, they felt “so much love” in return from the 100 or so in the crowd on May 21 who applauded and cheered. Jiang’s French teacher hugged her and said she hadn’...