Trinity Welcomes

FEBRUARY 14

Rev. Dr. Lacette Cross

Co-founder of UGRC/Black Pride RVA; Pastor of Restoration Fellowship RVA “Sit with people, bring our curiosities, bring out willingness to learn, bring the basic foundational human respect of valuing someone else, whether we understand them or not, and the ability to link with one another in ways that amplify our humanity.”

FEBRUARY 28

Charm Bullard

Senior Advisor, Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC) “Equity is about asking people what they need… Responding with wonder, instead of with judgment, is a powerful tool in dealing with the ‘empathy gap.’”

MARCH 21

Robert de Wolff ’12 and Bryant Drayton ’12

Co-founders, SEQL, a.k.a “Sports Equality” “Diversity in your life is key. Your friends, the people you hang out with… Trinity represents that. You’ve got football players, you’ve got artists, you’ve got musicians, you’ve got beautiful people inside and out… You need diversity in your life.”

MARCH 28

Sam Parker

President & Co-founder, InspireYourPeople.com [On resilience]: “Gold medal winners just get up faster. No matter what happens this week, next week is coming, and the week after that, so you may as well bounce back faster. That’s the key. Guard your time. It’s very important, because once you lose it, you cannot get it back.”

APRIL 4

Wali Rainer

Motivational speaker, former NFL linebacker Rainer challenged students to “Do The Work” by finishing strong, being adaptive, lifelong learners and to always walk in their truth and power.

APRIL 7

Tee Clarkson

Outdoorsman and Conservationist, Co-founder of First Earth 2030 “I strongly believe that there is a window in your life right after you graduate from college that is your opportunity to explore what you want to explore, before you’re going to have other obligations. Some might say ‘I’ll do that later when I have time,’ but you won’t.”

MAY 2

Dr. Lakesha Roney

Mental Health Counselor “You’re not alone. Everybody has gone through something. But it’s better to talk with someone when you’re going through the challenges instead of dealing with it yourself.”