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Nyle Fort on Agency & Activism

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Amobi Anazodo
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Nyle Fort discusses agency and activism after delivering a lecture alongside Dr. Almeda Wright, entitled, "Young, Active + Faithful: Exploring Joy and Agency in Adolescence,” on May 2, 2018. This lecture is part of the Joy and Adolescent Faith & Flourishing Series.

Dr. Almeda M. Wright is Assistant Professor of Religious Education at Yale Divinity School. Her research focuses on African American religion, adolescent spiritual development, and the intersections of religion and public life. She is ordained in the American Baptist Church. She is co-editor, with Mary Elizabeth Moore, of Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World, and has served as editor of an issue of Practical Matters Journal.

Mr. Nyle Fort is a Ph.D. Student at Princeton University in Religion and African American Studies, a preacher, activist and organizer, as well as former youth pastor. Nyle has worked in the fields of education, criminal justice, and youth development for nearly a decade. He recently travelled to Ferguson, Missouri to help build the Movement for Black Lives.

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