Meet the Commonwealth Seminar's Winter Class of 2019!
Photo credits: Lleyton Wing
Our newest Seminar class is, once again, an incredibly diverse & dynamic group, including:
- A New American from Haiti working to improve public health access around Greater Boston
- A Codman Square activist who founded a new organization to elevate voices in his community
- Staff and volunteers at the Asian American Civic Association which continues its longstanding
partnership with the Seminar
- A Fall River native working in Roxbury and Dorchester to improve the lives of youth in both
communities
- Staff and administrators from Bunker Hill Community College whose new partnership with the
Seminar is an exciting collaboration
- A veteran and former candidate for State Representative who advocates for veterans' rights
- New partners from CHICA Project who are doing amazing work empowering Latina leaders and
other leaders-of-color
- A college sophomore working to expand and improve the rights of Native Americans
- A Ph.D student from India, working on transgender issues in India
- An ESL teacher who hails from Barcelona, Spain
... and over a dozen more students who have fascinating stories, and are looking to effectuate
positive change in their communities