Django Grace: Community Voice and Activist

Django Grace: Community Voice and Activist

“I met Kurt Daims of BCS in the summer of 2019. I had just participated in a die-in climate action at a local parade, and was feeling good about myself. Many people were congratulating me and patting me on the back for doing that as a youth. Somehow I ended up at a BCS information table that Kurt was running. Instead of shaking my hand and saying “wow bud, that was a really cool thing that you did, how brave you are”, Kurt shook my hand, looked me in the eye, and said something along the lines of “what’s next?” I was taken aback, and I realized I really didn’t know. We had a conversation and I gave BCS my email. Soon an opportunity arose, and before long I had volunteered there on several different occasions.
I like working with BCS for two main reasons.
1) They are super ambitious. When I work with them we never beat around the bush and take the small easy solution. If there is a thing that needs to be done, BCS works until either it is accomplished or it fails. And if it fails, they try again.
2) When I volunteer, I am not tokenized for being a kid. I try not to be a poster boy for any organization or cause, I just try to do the work. In many places I am out of the ordinary for being a kid and pushing for local change, but At BCS I am treated just like any other member. I’m valued for who I am and what I can do.”