Berkeley Voices

60: Fighting injustice with poetry


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Saida Dahir grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. At first, she thought she was like everyone else. But by sixth grade, she realized she was different. Her family was from Somalia — she was born in a refugee camp in Kenya after her family fled the civil war. The more she tried to fit in, the worse she felt. But in eighth grade, when she met Mr. Brandy, a journalism and English teacher, she began to realize her own power and started writing poetry. By her senior year, she was performing her poetry at protests and rallies across the country, proudly commenting on the injustices she saw all around her.

Listen, see photos and read a transcript on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/11/25/student-saida-dahir-slam-poet-activist/

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