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Aalayah Eastmond, a criminal justice major at Trinity and lead organizer behind the group Concerned Citizens of D.C., was interviewed by CBS 12 News about the Black Lives Matter movement: “Parkland school shooting survivor leads protest group in D.C. demanding racial justice.”

Join Dr. Carrie O’Reilly, Trinity’s Director of Clinical Simulation and Laboratory Operations and Assistant Professor of Nursing, will join a panel of experts to answer all of your questions!

Dr. Kimberly Monroe, Trinity Assistant Professor of Global affairs, will be moderating a Trinity student panel on February 12, 2021, at the Historic Research Symposium hosted by Tuskegee University. Along with their professors, Sholachauntel Shoda, Myra Strickland, and Payton D. Green will be presenting “The Bigger Picture: Historicizing the Music of Social Inequality “

Jasmine Dickerson ’05 named Legislative Director in the Office of Congressional Relations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Legislative Director in the Office of Congressional Relations.

Tekedra Mawakana, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Trinity Washington University in 1993, has been appointed to the Intuits board of directors. Mawakana is the COO of Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., where she is a recognized business leader and expert on public policy related to commerce and advanced applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Carlota Ocampo, provost at Trinity Washington University in D.C., tells GBH that colleges can’t just enroll these students — they should provide mental health supports to help them succeed. “We must recognize that American society is constructed in such a way that people of color have experiences that are different and that may be traumatizing,” she said. “That is not a problem of the person of color. That’s a problem of society.”