John Lewis Young Leaders
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Steven Mukum, 2024-2025 JLYL Fellow, receives prestigious Diana Award
Tags Share Steven (Tuti) Mukum, a John Lewis Young Leaders fellow and student set to graduate Swarthmore College next year, has received the prestigious Diana Award, which celebrates and empowers students who are creating positive change around the world. Established in the memory of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, the program is rooted in…
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John Lewis Young Leaders Information Session #3
Share The John Lewis Young Leaders program is a year-long fellowship that prepares college students for a future in community organizing and civic engagement. This informational session will provide people with more information on the program, model capstone projects, tips on writing an application, benefits of the program, and more. Register today!
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John Lewis Young Leaders Information Session #2
Share The John Lewis Young Leaders program is a year-long fellowship that prepares college students for a future in community organizing and civic engagement. This informational session will provide people with more information on the program, model capstone projects, tips on writing an application, benefits of the program, and more. Register today!
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John Lewis Young Leaders Information Session #1
Share The John Lewis Young Leaders program is a year-long fellowship that prepares college students for a future in community organizing and civic engagement. This informational session will provide people with more information on the program, model capstone projects, tips on writing an application, benefits of the program, and more. Register today!
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Energy Shift: An Interview with John Lewis Young Leaders Alumni Miguel Johnson
Tags Share Miguel Johnson is a JLYL alumni who is shifting career fields as he discovers more about the intersection between political science and community organizing. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, Miguel is a recent graduate of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership where he majored in political science and minored in…
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A New Cohort of Changemakers: The 2024-2025 John Lewis Young Leaders
Tags Share Join us in welcoming the 2024-2025 cohort of John Lewis Young Leaders! Representing 15 distinct universities across the country, our second cohort of fellows has developed innovative capstones designed to create social change. We are pleased to support a wide array of projects from increasing digital literacy, to organizing DACA form clinics, to…
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John Lewis Young Leaders Fellow Saanvi Arora’s California Assembly Bill 2608 Passed Into Law
Tags Share “It felt so good” to see Governor Newsom sign Assembly Bill 2608 into law on July 15, 2024, exclaimed Saanvi Arora, a 2023-2024 John Lewis Young Leaders (JLYL) Fellow. AB 2608, drafted and lobbied for by Arora and other students, is a bill which ensures that students on college campuses in California receive…
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NBC News: States consider banning legacy admissions at universities, sparking debate
Tags Share An August 30 NBC News segment—featuring former John Lewis Young Leaders fellow and Cornell University student Jonathan Lam—highlighted states’ recent moves to prohibit legacy admissions. Last year, shockwaves were sent through college campuses when the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action in admissions decisions. After the Supreme Court’s decision, Lam, along with Cornell’s ACLU chapter,…
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A Community For Change: The 2024 John Lewis Young Leaders Retreat
Tags Share “The purpose of the John Lewis Young Leaders (JLYL) fellowship program is not just to empower youth, but also to allow youth to get their foot in the door in terms of understanding what human rights work entails,” explained Jonathan Lam, part of the 2024-2025 cohort of JLYL fellows. For these young leaders,…
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USA Unveiled: Human Rights in the United States
Tags Share John Lewis Young Leader Profile: Mya MacNeil Numerous human rights activists and organizations, including RFK Human Rights, continue to bring attention to alarming human rights concerns in the United States. From the inhumane treatment of prisoners and immigrants, to the exploitation of child labor and the growing challenges to freedom of the press,…
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Supporting rights of incarcerated women by providing free period products
Tags Share As we move forward from Women’s History month, it is important to keep advocating for the rights of women everywhere, including the rights of incarcerated women. Many women in prison have difficulty obtaining adequate period products due to cost, resulting in women bartering with other inmates or doing without. This lack of period…
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Empowering Local Leadership: Transforming Development Aid with Bottom-Up Solutions
Tags Share Coinciding with World Water Day on March 22, John Lewis Young Leader Hana Kebede shared commentary about the challenges that persist in her native Ethiopia surrounding access to clean water. Having seen firsthand how millions of Ethiopians are still living without essential infrastructure like clean water and electricity, Kebede, a senior at Tufts…
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