Prof. Watkins: Despite 'Ugly' Election, Millennials Offer Hope for Future
October 17, 2016
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Writing in Salon, D. Watkins, M.F.A. '14, author and lecturer in the University of Baltimore's Klein Family School of Communications Design, praises millennials who he says offer hope for the future during a tempestuous election cycle.
Despite the bitterness of the opposing parties, "there is hope—a beaming light of hope at the end of the tunnel, a light that is controlled, managed and directed by our young people," Watkins writes.
"My books and speaking engagements have given me the luxury of touring a few college campuses this fall, getting a unique chance to interact with countless millennials, the young people who will play a major role in choosing our next president. Every conversation begins or ends with 'Who are you gonna vote for?'"
Read the article in Salon.
Watkins is an award-winning writer, speaker and educator whose books include The Beast Side: Living and Dying While Black in America and The Cook Up.
Learn more about the Klein Family School of Communications Design in UB's Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.