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Delegation of Students and Faculty Attend National Conference
A group of nine Westminster students and faculty members traveled to Atlanta Dec. 7-10 to participate in the annual National Association of Independent School’s People of Color Conference/Student Diversity Leadership Conference (PoCC/SDLC) titled “Advancing Human and Civil Rights – Fulfilling the Dream Together.”
SDLC participants were Jordan Clapprood ’18, Meg Cournoyer ’19, Anissa Joseph ’17, Ray Rivers ’17 and Mia Stevens ’18. They all applied last spring to represent Westminster and were selected by the Faculty Diversity Committee. PoCC participants were Third Form Dean Grant Gritzmacher, Fifth Form Dean Lee Huguley, Director of Multicultural Affairs Lisa McGrath, and Director of College Counseling Greg Williams.
Keynote speaker Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, an acclaimed and respected lawyer in the nation and writer of “Just Mercy,” welcomed participants in his opening ceremony address on the first day. The students attended multiracial and multiethnic group discussions on self-reflection, ally building, and cross-cultural communication. The faculty participated in sessions that included speakers Richard Blanco, the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history who also served as the Westminster Poet last year, and Zak Ebrahim, the author of “The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice” whose father co-masterminded the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Lisa McGrath represented Westminster when she led a workshop that addressed the experiences of faculty of color in boarding schools.
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