Amazing Kids: Gavin Blackwell
Meet the teen hero championing diversity and inclusion in Oregon City.
May 18, 2024
Featured in Amazing Kids on Pamplin Media.
(OREGON CITY) — Gavin Blackwell thinks that everyone should act like a superhero. The Oregon City High School freshman is the youth member of Oregon City’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force, where he hopes to make young voices heard.
“When I was a very little kid, me and my dad would always watch the superhero movie releases, and we’d always read comics. I think that a lot of comics have inspired my art, and also my overall vibe, and overall mindset of trying to just help people and understand people,” said Blackwell.
This “superhero mindset” helps Blackwell stand out among volunteers as a particularly strong listener.