Johanna Miyaki

This conversation aired in the August 4, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

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In 2024, KALW’s newsroom was focused on covering the local and national elections, focusing on issues that mattered to Bay Area residents.

And often, after an election’s over, people tune out politics. But some young people are continuing to make themselves heard.

Recently, KALW’s community engagement manager, Johanna Miyaki, joined the League of Women Voters’ and the NAACP’s youth councils on a trip to the state capital, Sacramento.

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Q&A Transcript:

Hana Baba: Hi, Johanna.

Johanna Miyaki: Hi Hannah.

Hana: So you went to Sacramento. What was happening there?

Johanna: Well, I got on a bus with 14 teenagers. They worked with the League of Women Voter

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