Ashland teacher, Samantha McMillan and her students Zoe and Theo join JPR host Mike Green in the studio.(JPR Senior Producer Natalie Golay)

An Ashland teacher is helping her students elevate their voices of concern around big societal issues. Samantha McMillan is a KQED Media Literacy Innovator. In her role teaching media literacy to students, Samantha encouraged her students to use media as a tool to elevate awareness around systemic issues of concern to them.

Samantha joins the Exchange in studio to discuss the program and its impact in the classroom. She is joined by two of her students, Theo (7th grade) and Zoe (8th grade), who have both produced Public Service Announcements (PSAs) regarding climate change and the mental health of sports athletes respectively for the KQED Youth Media Challenge. We'll hear samples from both PSAs.