by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jun 2, 2020
English | Español I was a 19-year-old junior at UCLA when Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. I will never forget the crying young man who ran from classroom to classroom to announce the horrifying news and how all of us – students and professors of all races – poured out of lecture halls and […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jul 8, 2016
This loss of life is heartbreaking. In the last few days, at least two men of color have died after being shot by police officers, just the latest in a devastating string of shootings of men of color by law enforcement. One of the killings this week was witnessed by a 4-year-old child whose life […]