Morristown-Beard Student Named a "Channel Kindness" Reporter

Morristown-Beard School junior Perri Easley was recently selected as one of 50 students nationwide to represent Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation as a 2018 Channel Kindness reporter.

Channel Kindness is a program launched by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to showcase acts of bravery and kindness in the midst of increasingly negative news coverage. As one of 50 youth reporters from around the country, Easley will create videos, write articles and record podcasts that will be posted on the Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) social media accounts, shared by BTWF partners, and distributed by traditional media.

On January 20th, Easley met with the other youth reporters and members of the BTWF team in New York City. “I am so excited to be representing such an amazing organization,” she said. “BTWF strives to make kindness cool, validate the emotions of young people, and to end the stigma of mental health, which are all things that I am incredibly excited to do this year.”

She said she learned about the Channel Kindness reporter program by scrolling through her Facebook feed one day. “I have always been familiar with Lady Gaga’s philanthropic work, and all of the amazing things she has done with the Born This Way Foundation. When I saw that they were looking for youth reporters, I decided to apply because I figured I had nothing to lose,” she said. “In mid-December I got an email saying that I was selected. I’m so excited to be a part of something so special!”

At Morristown-Beard School, Easley serves as president of the Social Justice Board and is one of the leaders of Kaleidoscope, the School’s multicultural diversity club. She has been a member of Jack & Jill, a leadership and service-based organization and currently serves as Foundation Chair. A member of the MBS French Club, she spent last summer in Rennes, France improving her French language skills with the hopes of becoming fluent.