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Podcast: Navigating Advocacy
Episode: Mississippi : Jarrod Johnston
Description: Jarrod Johnston was an 18-year-old young man spending his summer vacation before his senior year in Yazoo City Mississippi. He was incredibly smart, talented, and spontaneous with dreams of becoming a musician. While Jarrod was in Mississippi he had told his parents he made plans to stay with a friend. When the friend’s parents determined he had overstayed his welcome a few days later, they took him to his grandmother’s house where Jarrod was not allowed to stay. A heated argument between Jarrod and his grandmother ensued and Jarrod stormed off. Having a history of needing some space to c...