This weekend I graduated from THE University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and am still in awe of this accomplishment!
Immensely proud because:
✅ First-gen, LGBT, Latino student
✅ B.S.B.A. from top 5 undergraduate business program in the nation
✅ post-grad job secured
I saw a tweet that said “I feel like I’m constantly worrying about the next part of my life without realizing that I’m right in the middle of what I used to look forward to” and I felt that.
Praying for Jacob Blake, his children, and his family.
It’s not enough to paint slogans. We need systemic change: ending qualified immunity, changing budget priorities, investing in communities harmed by overpolicing, and more.
The solutions are out there. We must act on them.
Breaking: The government has agreed to rescind DHS and ICE rules barring international students attending online universities from staying in the U.S., per a hearing this afternoon in Harvard and MIT's lawsuit against the agencies.
Viola Davis for V.F. July/August 2020. Photographs by Dario Calmese. The cover marks the first V.F. cover shot by a Black photographer. https://t.co/izJBKTFrt7