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AE x ME Council: The 2019 Recap
OLD JEANS = NEW TREES?!? “A ship in port is safe, but that’s not why we build ships.” – Joseph Touma, Bridge the Divide Co-Founder With the AExME Council, we launched the denim recycling program on Earth Day 2019, and through your donations, planted more than 155,000 trees to help with the wildfire devastation in California. Recycling is still […] SEE MORE Details
Edith Cruz
Immigrant Rights Activist @thatweirdchild__ At age 6, AExME Council member Edith Cruz immigrated with her family from Aguascalientes, Mexico to Lexington, KY. Now a 19-year-old student at Bluegrass Community & Technical College, Edith is using her voice to advocate for immigrant rights and education equity for all. How is “equity” different than “equality”? Edith explains […] SEE MORE Details
Samuel Getachew
Award-Winning Poet @samuelgd Poetry should be heard, not just read, and to hear 16-year-old AExME Council member Samuel Getachew perform his poetry is to believe in the power of words. “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible,” says the Oakland, Ca,. resident, who we dare you to try to resist, quoting […] SEE MORE Details
Saaneah Jamison
R&B Artist & Body Positive Activist @saaneah If you don’t already recognize AExME Council member Saaneah from the summer AExME cast, you’re gonna recognize her soon. The rising R&B artist and body-positive activist is taking over big-time, using music and movement to transform hearts and minds. She’s appeared on American Idol, opened for Ledisi, and […] SEE MORE Details
Tim Johnson Jr.
Actor & Musician @cityboyjr AExME Council member Tim Johnson Jr. is making his joyful mark on entertainment and the world. “I like going with the flow, wherever it goes,” says the Philly native who got his start playing Young Simba in the Las Vegas production of The Lion King. Since that life-changing opportunity he nailed […] SEE MORE Details
Joseph Touma
Bridge the Divide Co-Founder @josephmtouma There are more things that unite than divide us, believes AExME Council member Joseph Touma, who co-founded the organization Bridge the Divide to do just that—bring us together across political and cultural boundaries. Joseph envisions a future where we’re unified, not in terms of believing the same things, but in […] SEE MORE Details
Peyton Klein
Global Minds Initiative Founder @peytonklein Inspired by the power of intercultural friendships, AExME Council member Peyton Klein created the Global Minds Initiative, which has grown since its 2016 launch in Pittsburgh, Pa., to a national and international movement. It began one morning at school, when Peyton realized she knew the names of every student in […] SEE MORE Details