Based in Jacksonville, Florida, the EVAC movement spoke out about issues of police brutality, gang labeling, and systemic racism. The program was cut short after meeting with President Barack Obama, Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Cory Booker.
Patrick Linehan
Patrick Linehan is a senior studying newspaper and online journalism and policy studies at Syracuse University. Originally from Derry, New Hampshire, he covered Pete Buttigieg’s New Hampshire presidential capaign for the South Bend Tribune in Indiana. While studying in Morocco, he produced a multimedia package on LGBTQ+ activists and their fight for greater personal freedom. A podcast series he helped produce in 2019, “Syracuse Side Hustles,” won top prize at the national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards. An interactive graphic he reported and designed about life on the Canadian border, “Up the River,” won top prize for interactives from the Associated College Press. He is a staff writer for the Daily Orange in Syracuse, New York.