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Seventy-four high school students from across South Carolina competed in the Virtual Youth Experience. During the virtual experience, the students heard from state leaders including Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, R-S.C., U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., S.C. State Epidemiologist Linda Bell and Chris Singleton, whose mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, was one of nine killed in 2015’s Emanuel AME Church shooting. Using interviews from those leaders, the students then worked in groups to create audio podcasts that completed the sentence: This is my country...

We invite you to listen to Mid-Carolina participant Meredith Cook's podcast by clicking the following link...https://bit.ly/3iHU4eC