Meet Jelani Gibson, The 4.0 H.S. Student Who Trekked From Michigan To Occupy Wall Street
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by Alex Alvarez | 9:21 am, October 6th, 2011
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We the media have, in general, been slow to cover the Occupy Wall Street movement and, when we have, the focus on who, exactly, has been participating in the nation-wide movement has been questionable at best. So it’s refreshing to see an outlet cover someone specifically involved in the event rather than make a sweeping generalization about a group that contains everyone from, sure, the stereotypical pot-smoking college demonstrator to veterans to former bankers to parents concerned about how they will manage to pay for their children’s college educations. Demonstrating right along with them all is Jelani Gibson, a 4.0 high school student from Pontiac, Michigan who made the trek