After hearing and reading about the Jena 6 situation and the injustice that was being done to Mychal Bell one of the defendant in the case, I was moved to try to get the story out to my school, Washington University in St. Louis and the Greater St. Louis area. I decided to organize a forum entitled: "Strange Fruit: The Jena 6 Story" and invited the father of Mychal Bell, Marcus Jones and radio personnel, Tony Brown that broke the story and named the group "Jena 6." I received both gentlemen contact information from my brother, Ronald Herd II.