For my radio pitch I want to focus on the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests that are still going on despite not getting as much recognition in the news.
This Friday there’s a protest for change in Brooklyn at the Pulaski Bridge, which is just one of the many coast to coast protests addressing police criminality and racist police policies happening this week. It’s expected to be a 2+ hour march as they walk over the bridge to Queens and then to the Bronx and ending in Harlem for important speeches.
One of the people that are going to speak is Ian Ward, a college student that helped organize the event. I reached out to him and he agreed to speak with me after the event as well as record his speech. He already expressed to me his anger with the lack of news coverage once the protests became peaceful which makes it hard for the general public to recognize that they are still going strong, and so his speech and my story will likely revolve around that.