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Monday Jun 28, 2021
Congrats Class of 2021-Andre Davancens
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Andre Devancens has been a part of Connectopod since second grade. Now he's fully graduated from Van Nuys High School and on his way to Cal Poly Pomona for Journalism. In Andre's 2019 interview that was a part of our Teen Mental Health project at CSUN, he talked about coming out as pan sexual, and his inspirations and aspirations. So as part of our 'grateful for our grads' June we revisited that interview and followed up with Andre to see how that interview stacks up to his present experience and to find out where he is headed now. We can't wait to see Andre's open-minded intelligence and energy out in the world! Thank you for all of your work with Connectopod. Congrats Andre!
topics: Coming out as a teen, journalism, graduating high school, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Daryl Davis
For more of Naia, The LA Master Chorale/Van Nuys HS project visit:
https://lamasterchorale.org/oratorio-project
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Congrats Class of 2021- Laz Meiman
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Long-time Connectopod contributor and valedictorian Laz Meiman graduated Grover Cleveland Humanities magnet with High Honors class of 2021. He has been with us since the beginning, as reporter, teacher, producer and supporter.An independent thinker who wants to turn his perceptive talents to government, Laz feels he can be a proponent of positive change. His passion for history has inspired some great Connectopod episodes over the years. Congrats to Laz and good luck at UCSC! In this repost of a 2020 interview, Laz covers Fred Hampton and the Rainbow coalition, high school political internships, social justice leadership, the college application process, and cutting up an ox.
We are so proud of you, Laz! Congratulations!
You can also hear Laz explaining campaign finance reform as a guest on the podcast Contested Politics