WokeWednesdays414 Featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

How a Milwaukee college student is using Instagram to get people interested in Wisconsin history and social justice issues.

A Milwaukee college student is helping get people — especially those her age — interested in learning more about Wisconsin's history, social justice issues and current events.

How? She uses easily digestible graphics with "21st century lingo" to break down topics — like "Four baddies who have shaped Wisconsin's history," for example — then shares them on Instagram. Christina Boyd, a Jamaica native, has "always" had a passion for social justice. Around the time of the summer 2020 protests against racial injustice, she launched an Instagram account, Woke Wednesdays 414, to speak to what was going on.

But instead of making her posts "reactionary," like many she was seeing, she said she wanted to help people understand why things were happening and give people an approachable way to learn more about her longtime home, Milwaukee.

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