Jakenzie Fletcher-Thrower and Sydney Campbell

Description

[Recorded: Friday, September 8, 2023]
Jakenzie Fletcher-Thrower (17) from Virginia and Sydney Campbell (19) from Maryland participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Jakenzie shares her passion for medicine and describes how being homeschooled helped her hone her extracurricular interests. Sydney shares her experience of being raised Baptist but attending a Catholic high school. Sydney is politically active and discusses the social issues she cares about, including civil rights and LGBTQ+ rights. Jakenzie talks about making political decisions after analyzing issues from multiple angles. Other issues discussed include healthcare access, mental health stigma, political polarization, and media consumption.

Participants

• Sydney Campbell
  
• Jakenzie Fletcher-Thrower
  
• One Small Step at UVA
  

Interview By

• One Small Step at UVA