On June 3rd, Concerned Citizens, a group formed by five DC organizers, attracted thousands marching through Capitol Hill.
The organizers include Ty Hobson-Powell a DC Community Organizer currently leading the charge for DC Statehood and a Spring 12 initiate of the Durham Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Seun Babalola, a Root 25 Young Futurist Awardee who has worked with LeBron James on social justice and a Fall 2018 initiate of the Gamma Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Aalayah Eastmond, a Parkland Survivor, Congressional speaker, and Team Enough organizer.
Rounding out their core group are Tylik McMillan, a Policy Advisor for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and a Spring 18 initiate of the Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Kyra Stephenson-Valley a Policy Advisor for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and a Fall 13 initiate of the Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Micah Scott, a DC organizer.
The group then collaborated with 30 other activists and organizers around the DC area to form a list of demands, then took to the streets protesting in a way that brought the entire community together.
“We are simply concerned citizens of Washington, DC,” their list of demands stated.
