Yamiche Alcindor

In this presentation, Yamiche Alcindor looks at the current political issues facing America and shares her experiences reporting on international, national and local dynamics. She offers her observations on the White House and Washington politics, her thoughts on how social justice issues impacting the country’s future and her analysis of the latest stories surrounding elections. Alcindor also talks about how her decision to pursue journalism came at 16 years old when she learned the tragic truth about the 1955 murder of Emmett Till and the launch of the civil rights movement. She also discusses how economic and racial segregation have impacted America and how her own story—that of a young woman whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Haiti in the 1970s—has influenced how she covers the world as a journalist.