The Bigger Picture: Targets by Obasi

Watch Oakland Youth Poet Laureate, Obasi Davis, raise his voice against the targeting of minority youth by the marketing campaigns of the food and beverage industry in "TARGETS", a new Bigger Picture film directed by Jamie DeWolf.
Youth Speaks and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations are leading the campaign against Type 2 Diabetes with our new project, The Bigger Picture. Raise your voice TODAY!
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