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Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. It was a project that was made for Black History Month at Herriman High School, and it had a musical twist.

On this episode of the Supercast, we introduce you to some members of the Black Student Union who organized an amazing display celebrating the accomplishments of iconic Black musicians dating back to the 1960s. Join us as we travel back in time, getting to know the talented artists and music that made history, as well as some recent recommendations.

I'm here with five of the students that are part of the Black Student Union here at Herriman High School. Why don't you introduce yourselves and tell a little bit about yourself.

Efrain:
Hello, my name is Efrain Villa Matos. I normally go by Effie. I have been a member of this club since its inception, and I am a musician and a student at Herriman High School.

Trace:
My name is Trace Pounds. I'm the president of the BSU. A little bit about myself is I'm an athlete. I do track and basketball and also like doing art and stuff.

Nigel:
My name is Nigel Feese. I do track with the president, and I'm also part of the social media team for the BSU.

Elsie:
Hi, I'm Elsie Rhys. I'm the secretary of BSU, and I play the cello.

Ariel:
Hi, my name is Ariel. I am a musician and an athlete. I'm part of BSU.

Anthony Godfrey:
Okay, you're all obviously very involved in a number of things at school. Tell me about BSU, what it means to you, how it started, all of that.

Student:
Sure, I feel like all of us have been friends ever since we kind of came to this school. So when Miss Codella kind of approached us to start a Black Student Union, it was something pretty inspiring to us because obviously being just not white in Herriman High School, we are kind of different. So having that safe space for us to just be able to hang out with our friends was incredible. I mean, us just being able to be ourselves together was really important to our tenure at this school, and so to me, this is something very important and something I love being a part of.

Student:
Yeah, that's the same thing for me. We're just having that safe space is just really useful, and like you can meet new friends, you can talk to people, and you can feel safe rather than you kind of just go out and you don't know what people are going to say or how they're going to treat you. Just having a safe space for people to meet and talk to each other.

Anthony Godfrey:
Sure.

Student:
Yeah, I like it just as a sense of community with people who are like me, and I just get to relate to.

Student:
Adding on to what they said, me and Ariel were from Brooklyn, so the difference in culture here was very shocking. Just having a community for us to be able to express ourselves and have similarities with other students, it's very comforting.

Anthony Godfrey:
Tell me a little bit about this display. Who was most responsible for the display here?

Student:
We all had our parts, and obviously I kind of just went over and assigned people, because we want to give them leadership opportunities and opportunities to have creative contr