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SMU Safety Ra-Sun Kazadi Never Thought of Himself as an Activist. Then His Art Changed Everything.

Ra-Sun Kazadi most likely imagined he would be spending his spring mornings and summer nights somewhere on a practice field.

Kazadi had his work appear in news publications, including The Daily Campus, to give a voice to the voiceless. Image courtesy of Ra-Sun Kazadi.

In the shadow of Ford Stadium, tucked in between the buttresses of the old Methodist Church and the outskirts of Downtown Dallas, SMU’s double-fielded practice facility was going to be the backdrop of Kazadi’s first offseason with a real chance to compete for time.

The SMU sophomore safety, who spent 2018 as a redshirt and 2019 sidelined after ankle reconstruction surgery, had everything in front of him.