On the Block: 16-year-old advocate | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Elizabeth Baker
February 27, 2018
“Where are the youth?” Simone Lewis-Turner, 16, asked as she voiced her concerns at a public program about gun violence hosted by the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County at the Milwaukee Public Library Mitchell Street Branch, 906 W. Historic Mitchell St.
In a room full of adults, the Milwaukee High School of the Arts student and member of Urban Underground, said young people are the future. She wants her peers to stand up, be vocal and start making the change they want for their own future.