Get To Know D’atra “Dee Dee” Jackson

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Get to know organizer, trainer, big sister, godmother of four, and National Director of BYP100, D’atra “Dee Dee” Jackson. D’atra tells us how her grandmother inspires her, and how kids and younger people can really make a difference in the world. She also tells us how she stays healthy and strong while fighting for equality as an activist. [This episode originally aired February 2021.]

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0:00.0	This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:05.0	Hey rebels, this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:10.0	Hey rebels, this is Good night stories for rebel girls.
0:13.1	The interview.
0:14.1	I'm Tyya Diggs.
0:15.5	Right now, I'm talking to De Atra, D.D. Jackson,
0:19.1	the narrator for our story about Sojourn or Truth. Go check it out if you haven't already. Hi DeeDee, thanks for being here.
0:33.2	Can you introduce yourself?
0:34.8	So my name is Deatra Jackson.
0:37.1	Everybody calls me DeeDee.
0:38.6	I use she her pronouns and I am the National Director of BYP 100, which stands for Black Youth Project 100.
0:47.0	Dede, in Sojourn her Truth Story, she gained strength from the words of her mother.
0:52.0	Is there a woman in your life who inspires you in that way?
0:55.0	I would have to say it's my grandma, my mom's mom, she lives here in Durham and she was a professor. She taught English literature and
1:06.4	African-American literature and she was always pressing me and my sisters to
1:11.4	read and know our history and also know that the way that our lives
1:16.1	are being carried out is not the way that it should be and that activism and finding
1:21.9	your voice is also really, really important to what we need to achieve and to feel like better in life and to be better humans.
1:32.0	Your organization, Black Youth Project 100,
1:36.0	empowers young black activists.
1:38.0	Can kids and younger people really make big changes?
1:41.0	I think if we pay attention to history and take a look at some of the
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