LOGGING ON: YOUNG ACTIVISTS TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE MONEY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Last summer’s duelling crises — COVID-19 and the racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd — activated Cat Robinson’s life. Those global events sparked her to pick up her phone, log onto Instagram and raise funds for Black women in need.

“I was trying to get Black women and fems money,” Robinson said. “They keep killing us. What the hell? Can we at least get some money?”