writer and performer
Writer and performer who created the one-man show, Generation 9/11, based on over 150 interviews of young people
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Chris Wolfe
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FROM Chris Wolfe
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September 11 and Young People In the days after 9/11, Americans felt a sense of national unity unseen since World War II. Within six months, it was gone, except among the Middle Class young. Members of what's called the "9/11 Generation" are still more politically aware, socially conscious and plugged in than their parents. That's also true in countries now experiencing the so-called "Arab Spring," for very different reasons. We look at causes and consequences today.
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