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Protesters Hit The Streets With Dance Activism

 Shamell Bell
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Shamell Bell

Protesters and activists have had a huge number of issues and events to react to in the past few years — from conflicts between law enforcement officers and African-American men to comments and actions taken by President Trump and his administration.

And nothing suggests the atmosphere is going to cool off anytime soon. But there are different styles of protest that have popped up.

One of them is known as street dance activism, and one of its pioneers is Shamell Bell, arts and culture liaison with the Black Lives Matter network.

She came up with the idea while occupying a space in Los Angeles for 18 days following the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012.

We spoke with Bell prior to her appearance in the Valley tonight at ASU in downtown Phoenix at 6 p.m.

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