Keep Listening with David Crabtree: Life as a millennial Muslim in the Triangle
Zainab Baloch is a former Raleigh City Council and mayoral candidate and the co-founder of Young Americans Protest, which provides avenues for young people to take action through voting and technology regarding policy decisions that affect their future. She works for Even, a startup whose mission is to the end the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle that goes hand in hand with her work with the Poor People’s Campaign, where she engages millennials nationally.
Waleed Jarrad is a millennial entrepreneur, manages a young adult mentorship and tutoring program that serves underprivileged communities and is on the board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of the Triangle.
We discuss life as a millennial Muslim in the Triangle and what they describe as the two "scariest days" of their lives: 9/11 and the day after the 2016 election.
