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Leadership in Action: Students Lead Courageous Conversations
The Women’s Awareness Club
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By Gracie Hylton ’23 and Anika Agrawal ’23
The Women’s Awareness Club hosted a Women’s History Month Chapel in March 2023. Students played a Kahoot! to learn about important dates, statistics, and figures in Women’s History, a lot of which were surprising to most people. We listened to powerful speeches from Peyton Lauden ’26, Gracie Hylton ’23, Ava Noel ’24, and Audrey Boucher ’23. There were also readings from Anika Agrawal ’23, Emily Cho ’24, and our advisor, Mrs. Weems. The rest of the club members came together on stage to share anonymous stories from women and girls in our community about how identifying as a woman has impacted their school experiences.
This Chapel provided a space for our community to reflect on gender biases and hear the personal experiences of their peers, which put gender issues into a different perspective. Often, people consider these problems more deeply when they affect people they know personally. The audience was moved and inspired by the reflections. We finished Chapel with an emotional performance of Pink’s “Perfect” by the Women’s Chorale.
The Black Student Union
By Dylan Deal
The humble educator knows there is as much to learn from our students as there is knowledge to impart. And sometimes, the lesson is so powerful it becomes a paradigm for other lessons or a fixed lens through which we see ourselves and others more clearly.
February’s Black Student Union Chapel shook the foundations, to borrow from Paul Tillich, so that we, with a cornerstone of justice, belonging, and love, can build ourselves and our community up to be a beacon for those in need of such revelation. We move closer to being that beloved community and the moral imperative to be radically hospitable thanks to the courage and authenticity of our BSU. Thanks go to panel speakers Meliane Teleo ’25, Jeswill Equngkem ’25, Janiyah Ross ’25, Sai Rukambe ’25, Melanie-Rose Wentum ’25, Nadia Ali ’25, Okezue Bell ’23, and Monah Mitchell ’23.
