Movement BE: Tell Your Story
Nate Howard made the front page of the LA Times in 2013 for sparking a movement against racial profiling after 79 Los Angeles Police officers shut down his event at the University of Southern California, where he was a student. Realizing someone was attempting to tell his story, Howard founded Movement BE, a non-profit organization that creates curriculum to help young people discover themselves and challenge the status quo through poetry. With the mission of "tell your story before they do," the program has had a direct impact on thousands of students. Howard has also since partnered with a civil rights lawyer to build Movement BE's "Know Your Rights" workshop, which educates individuals about their rights during encounters with law enforcement.