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Welcome to Civics 101, I'm McAfatitejo.

And I'm Hannah McCarthy.

And if some of you may recall, this spring we had our first ever student content.

So we asked high school students across the country to submit their idea for civics radio

piece and we got some really cool submissions.

But the winner, Adia Samba-quee, from the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Adia pitched us this radio play. She wrote the script. She cast a bunch of her friends.

And then we drove down to the Springfield Renaissance School to help her tape it.

Couple of things you should know about Adia. First of all, she's 15.

And not only did she write this incredible script, she ended up being a great collaborator.

And in our estimation, would make a great radio producer one day.

Yeah, we were the lucky ones to be able to work with her.

This play takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787.

When the articles of confederation had been our governing document for about 10 years,

and they had an awful lot of problems.

So without further ado, civics 101 is honored to present Unconventional by Adia Samba-quee.

Civics 101.

Nailed it.

Thank you.

When you've never truly been free and then you later wage a whole war for the sake of freedom,

you're going to need to figure out how to define freedom on paper.

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