By Nazanine Nouri Yara Shahidi is a 20-year-old Iranian-African-American actor, model and activist who is currently a student of Harvard University. Together with celebrities such as John Legend, Jane Fonda, Natalie Portman, Lizzo, and Taraji P. Henson, she is petitioning for police budgets be cut and that government funding be redirected to community programs. Since … Continue reading Black Lives Matter: Iranian-African-American Yara Shahidi Joins Campaign to Defund Police