A local program that sent 20 students from nine Sarasota-Bradenton area high schools to Alabama to walk in the footsteps of Civil Rights leaders is now seeking its next class of changemakers.
Bending the Arc, a program created by the Boxser Diversity Initiative (BDI), offers high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in Sarasota and Manatee counties an immersive leadership experience rooted in Civil Rights history.