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Organizers hope Omaha teens' trip to civil rights sites will inspire them to lead
By Elizabeth Rembert / World-Herald staff writer Oct 23, 2017
Maurice Jones has the résumé to prove how an Omaha Public Schools-sponsored trip to Selma for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” changed his life.
Next summer, 40 more teens will get the same chance.
After returning to Omaha from the 2015 trip, the then-17-year-old Jones got involved in Black Votes Matter and the Nebraska Democratic Party, becoming the elected vice chair for the party’s Black Caucus. He ran an ultimately unsuccessful campaign last year for a seat on Omaha’s City Council, and is now looking forward to starting college next fall with a triple major in history, public policy and political science.
Experiencing Selma turned his textbook knowledge of civil rights into a personal call to action, Jones said.
FULL story: http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/organizers-hope-omaha-teens-trip-to-civil-rights-sites-will/article_027c9f0f-b250-56a4-8ed0-c446bf6583cb.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next