Mira Berndt (Central High School, St. Paul) I don't know if it's a lesson, but I think an impact it had on me was the full circle moment. I like coming to TPT and PBS because I used to watch PBS Kids when I was younger. Demetrius [the Hype crew's TPT mentor] works on SciGirls , which I watched when I was young. And my parents love that show for me because it had young Brown girls and showed girls in fields that are male and white dominated. It is empowering.
What makes Hype special?
Damarj Robinson (Gordon Parks High School, St. Paul)
At Hype I'm able to talk to people my age, and we're able to learn from each other, and then build off that. And that's the best thing. Marquan Harper Hype brings brilliant minds together to interact with each other and hold conversations. In our generation, you can't hold a conversation with people without someone getting triggered to the fact they don't want to converse with you anymore. [In Hype ] we're in a space where we're talking about very sensitive topics, and everyone has their own opinion, and we're able to hear each other out about it. Eh Kyaw Hype didn't have to tell me I belong; they showed that. It isn’t a feeling you get from like, anywhere else. I would have people come up, come sit down here, and then they would also feel like they belong.
Eh Kyaw (Gordon Parks High School, St. Paul)
Read the full interview at tpt.org/hype-crew.
For me, before coming to TPT, it felt like I was kind of in this box. And then when I stepped inside TPT and got to be around people my age and talk about things that are impacting our world, it took me outside of that box. And then I had an open-minded point of view. The world is way bigger than it was in my room. I felt free. I felt a sense of freedom here.
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