Our cohort of Ohio State Stamps Scholars attended SSNC19 in Atlanta, Georgia – a three-day conference for scholars from across the country to meet and discuss pressing social issues. In my break-out session focused on social justice and non-violence, I visited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home and the old Ebenezer Baptist Church. I am pictured below with fellow Stamps Scholars and E. Roe Stamps IV, founder of the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation.

During the summer of 2017, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Rwanda–a small country in East Africa. For three weeks, I studied the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, researched restorative justice, and learned what it means to be Rwandan. Our class published a blog of our experiences, check it out here.

The Eminence Fellows class of 2020, following our three day freshman retreat at the Harvest Moon lodge in Hocking Hills, OH. I had such a great time getting to know all of these talented, funny and inspiring people, and I can’t wait to see what we’re going to accomplish together these next four years.