PHOTOS: Crenshaw and Dorsey students visit the White House



For more on the White House visit and the Crenshaw/Dorsey team, visit the Destination: Change Facebook page.

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Students from Crenshaw and Dorsey High Schools spoke with Obama’s personal aide, Reggie Love.

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Daphne Bradford of the non-profit organization Mother of Many with Reggie Love.

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Students took a tour of the White House garden with President Obama’s personal Chef, Sam Kass.

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More on the Destination: Change trip to the White House can be found here.

Photos courtesy of Mother of Many.

Journey to the White House



There is no digital divide when Daphne Bradford is around. Bradford, a digital media educator at Crenshaw High School, has been working with a group of students over the past year to teach them digital media skills and to understand the power those skills will give them. For kids from South Los Angeles, reared amid poverty, gang violence and educational challenges, the election of the nation’s first African American president is a powerful symbol. The message of hope that Barack Obama represents inspired Bradford to begin a campaign to take her students to the White House. They will not stop until the President and First Lady invite the digital media team to visit them at the White House. With the help of the John Lennon Educational Bus, the Crenshaw digital media team members have produced a video letter to President Obama. Stay tuned to find out when they meet their goal and head to Washington DC.