Meet Juma Sei ’22
To foster his diverse interests, Juma is a member of several on-campus organizations. He is Secretary of Yale’s Black Men’s Union and liaisons between first-year…
June 25, 2021
The Latest
Scholar
Our Scholars featured below have spoken at our leadership & mentoring conference, or featured in another JRF event.
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Scholar Spotlight: Gabriella Carter ’22 – Spike Lee Youth Motivation Award Recipient
“Receiving the Spike Lee Youth Motivation Award is one of the greatest honors I’ve gotten thus far. I have always been so inspired by the Black…
April 23, 2020
Unilever Legacy of Leadership Award – Kiarra Womack ’21
Unilever Legacy of Leadership Award Reflection “As a recipient of the Unilever Legacy of Leadership Award, I have been reaffirmed in my efforts towards making…
April 10, 2020
JRF Scholar Spotlight – Chloe Benson
Personal Reflection: “My time spent in Rome has been indescribable. Not only is it one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen, but…
January 9, 2020
Creating Global Experiences – Producing Global Leaders
The Summer 2018 Tanzania Service Trip JRF’s Rachel Robinson International Fellowship (RRIF) program partnered with Me to We to send 39 Scholars from the Class…
July 3, 2018
My #JRFfirst: The Annual JRF Scholar Debate
Last March, JRF’s Mentoring and Leadership Conference featured the Second Annual Scholar Debate. This burgeoning tradition served as the setting for my #JRFfirst: publicly defending…
December 11, 2017
My #JRFfirst: The Annual Mentoring & Leadership Conference
Marian Wright Edelman once said “You can’t be what you can’t see.” Attending the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s Mentoring and Leadership Conference (MLC) in March 2016,…
December 8, 2017
Home Stretch at Berklee College of Music
This is my final year at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Berklee is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world,…
October 30, 2017
A Wrinkle in Time
The following post was written by Kelli Hamilton, JRF Scholar Class of 2019. Read this post for the secret to making the perfect, authentic Belgian…
September 29, 2017