In this episode writer and producer David Micklem talks to Olivia Lee – Project Manager of Contact’s The Agency, creative activist, DJ, dancer and all round force for good. Olivia talks passionately about the complexities of life as a young mixed-race woman, and the simple steps we might take to conquer systemic and systematic racism in our society. In the podcast she asks us not to be scared of young people, but to empower them to be courageous and watch them flourish. And she talks about the simple power of compassion and empathy.
Recorded remotely during Covid lockdown in Summer 2020.
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Edited by Marcin Pawlik with additional recording support from Mike Palmer
Produced by Claire Doherty and David Micklem
Postcards to the Future is a People Make It Work project for Culture Reset, funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation. To download a transcription of this podcast, go to culturereset.org.