Brown Univ IPC - Black Alumni Reunion 2013 - Program Booklet

Brown University

Black Alumni Reunion 2013

Investing in Us:
Past, Present & Future

Inman Page Black Alumni Council | October 18 - 20, 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Letters…………………………………………………..………………..............1
Schedule……………………………………………………………………...……….……..7
Overview of Brown University ………………………………………………………..…..12
Facts and Figures about Brown University………………………………………......….14
Biography of President Christina Paxson………………………………………………..16
Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC)………………………………………………...17
First Known Black Graduates…………………………………………………………......18
IPC Officers and Board of Governors…………………………………………………….19
Reunion Committees……………………………………………………...……...…..........23
Roland Laird ’82 Memorial Summer Program Scholarship Fund……………..…..…..24
In Remembrance….………………………………………………………………………..25
Featured Organizations at Brown………………………...………………..………….....30
Panelists, Speakers and Honorees…………………………………………………...….44
Student Group Performances………………………………………………………...…...63
Special Thanks………………………………………….……………………………….….70
Campus Map………………………………………………………………..…...................73

October 18, 2013

Dear Friends,
I am delighted to welcome you all back to
College Hill for the 2013 Black Alumni
Reunion, presented by the Inman Page Black
Alumni Council of Brown University. This
weekend’s festivities provide a wonderful
opportunity for you to reconnect with your classmates and explore the ways in
which Brown continues to shape an exciting and productive learning
environment.
The theme of this celebration, “Investing in Us: Past, Present and Future,”
could not be more timely. Throughout the advancements of the past decade or
so, Brown has focused on expanding the diversity of the faculty, the student
body and the academic curriculum to reflect better the world in which we live.
Your involvement with this community––as students, alumni and parents––
has been crucial to this effort and created a more authentic and rewarding
experience for the University’s students of color.
As we move forward with strategic plans to ensure Brown’s future, we will
continue to invest in the vast potential inherent in collaboration among
individuals of varying backgrounds, perspectives and expertise. I thank you
all for keeping a place for Brown in your lives and for your ongoing support
of our past, present and future black students through the Inman Page Black
Alumni Council.
Enjoy the weekend!
Sincerely,

Christina H. Paxson

Dear Fellow Alumni:
I am delighted to be among the first to welcome you back to Brown. I hope
that after a year of planning, this reunion unfolds into a memorable
weekend for all! I want to extend a very special thanks to Tiffani Scott ’98
and Darwyn Parker Harris ’75, the co-chairs of the Black Alumni Reunion
Committee and its members Adrienne Jones ’93, Nicole Clare ’99,
Alissa Mayers ’03, Justin Coles ’11, Diane Johnson ’94, Dina Runcie
’86, Cheryl McCants ’86, Tina Patterson ’85, Dorsey James ’83, P’14,
Troy Wilson ’83 and Harry Holt ’84, P’16 for their consistent hard work
and efforts to produce the best reunion ever! It is also important to note our
Corporate Sponsors and the alumni who played a significant role in
securing them: Joelle Murchison ’95 from Traveler’s Insurance;
Teri Williams Cohee ’79 from One United Bank; Richard Gray ’85 from the Annenberg Institute; and
D. Oscar Groomes ’82, P’15 of Groomes Business Solutions. Thank you all for investing in Us!
The theme for this reunion is Investing in Us: Past, Present and Future. It evolved from the 2013 reunion
survey results and interpretations by the Black Alumni Reunion Committee. Investing in our past is why IPC
adopted the name Inman Page Alumni Council; to honor the first African American who graduated from
Brown, and to ensure that Inman Page’s name remains alive through our mission, initiatives and programs.
All that IPC does through its past and current activities symbolizes the "present," which includes the efforts
of the Black Matriculation Committee, the Student-Alumni Mentoring Program and the local chapter
activities that invest in our undergraduates, matriculating students, high school and middle school students
respectively who represent our "future."
Brown's Black Alumni are an essential part of the Brown community. By actively engaging in the life of the
University, we make significant contributions to overall campus life and to the educational advancement for
the future of African American youth. Recent examples of this trend include the efforts of four African
American alumni Lynette Allison Carr ’79, Roosevelt Robinson ’78, Derek Medina ’88, and Westley
Thompson ’76 who generously initiated an IPC Community Brown Annual Fund Challenge to promote
African American alumni participation in funding to grant another deserving African-American student a
scholarship of $100,000 scholarship over four years . The goal was to encourage the 749 African-American
alumni to contribute to the Brown Annual Fund. The enthusiastic response from our alumni exceeded
expectation when 898 African-American alumni contributed to the fund. This was an outstanding
achievement; we extend sincere thanks and gratitude to all of them. Another example is when IPC
established the Student-Alumni Mentoring Program. Our 2013 alumni survey revealed an overwhelming
response by alumni who were interested in giving back to Brown and willing to serve as alumni mentors.
Over 100 alumni were matched with 100 undergraduates. Again this is an exemplary achievement that is
being followed by the university to encourage alumni mentorship. Kudos to IPC!
Reunions are intended to reunite alumni with their classmates and Brown; a time to network with each
other and students; a time to meet our new President Christina H. Paxson and hear about her
observations and vision for the university; a time to hear from students on their current experiences at
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Brown; a time to have fun, share laughs, and take home some pearls of knowledge from the workshops
and/or panels. Who knows what else we can accomplish through this special network? That’s what we
hope you will find as you reach across the table at dinner or sit in a forum and meet someone from another
period in our history, another field of study, another part of the country, etc., and find the same sort of
interesting perspective and inspiration that keeps us coming back for more.
There are other concurrent events on campus such as Alumni Fall Weekend and Parents Weekend. Alumni
Fall Weekend includes the Alumni Recognition Ceremony and luncheon honoring alumni who have served
the Brown community. A few of the honorees are: Sonja Brookins Santelises ’89 who will receive the
John Hope Award for Public Service, Spencer Crew ’71, P’00, P’04 who will receive the Brown Bear
Award, Kenneth McDaniel ’69, P’13 who will receive the Alumni Service Award and yours truly who will
receive the Joseph M. Fernandez ’85 Award. African-American alumni are encouraged to attend this
luncheon.
Many of you are proud alumni parents who will need rollerblades for the weekend events!
While on campus, we encourage you find time to chat with our distinguished Black faculty, and stop by
Africana Studies and Rites & Reason Theatre, the exhibit at the Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice,
the Third World Center and the Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity.
The work of the Board of Governors serves as a voice for our alumni, students, faculty and staff. They plant
seeds for our “future” by engaging students in our activities, and advocating issues that are important to the
health and welfare of the African-American campus community. They are committed people who love IPC
and Brown. They are always behind the scenes attempting to make a difference in the lives of students,
faculty and staff.
I look forward to sharing with you the many accomplishments and challenges that we have met together as
the IPC moves into its “teenage years,” and what we all see on the horizon as we continue building on the
investments of our ancestors, you, and our future alumni.
It is our hope that you will enjoy yourselves, make this a memorable experience and go home feeling
refueled and refreshed.
Thank you for your support of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council and Brown!
Best regards,
Karen E. McLaurin Chesson ’74
IPC President, 2012-2014

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Dear Alumni,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to this 2013 Black Alumni Reunion
presented by the Inman Page Black Alumni Council at Brown. This is the
third reunion sponsored by IPC, and each time we continue to increase in
numbers. With your continued support we hope this foundling tradition will
continue to grow in numbers and significance for years to come.
In 2009, we came together in Washington, D.C. under the banner of Yes
We Did, and in 2010 on campus under Black at Brown and Beyond –
Careers, Communities, and Challenges. This year’s reunion theme is
Investing in Us: Past, Present and Future. In keeping with our theme, we hope that you can reflect on
the impact that attending this University has had on your life. By returning to Brown this weekend, you are
actively participating in the process of renewing, strengthening, and extending those ties.
Putting our history into perspective, it is important for us to remember that the first Black students
graduated from Brown in 1877, over 100 years after its establishment. (The Slavery & Justice initiative
helped all of the Brown community understand the institution’s foundations in the slave trade and its
evolution from that auspicious start.) We know the road these early graduates (including Inman Page, the
first one and for whom our organization is named) took was not easy, but they persevered, investing in
themselves as well as laying the foundations for future generations of African-Americans. Some 20 years
later, this investment made it possible for John Wesley Gilbert to be the first black recipient of a graduate
degree from Brown (in 1899) and in 10 more years for Ethel Robinson to be the first woman to receive a
degree from Pembroke College (in 1905). Most of what Blacks at Brown experience today are the direct
results of an investment made by our predecessors over the ensuing decades. IPC, the first affinity group
to receive full support of the Brown Alumni Association, in conjunction with the many Black alumni and
current students still nurturing it, continues to “pay it forward” for current and future members. We are so
pleased to report that for the first time in the history of Brown, together we raised over $350,000(!) in the
challenge to establish a Brown endowed scholarship—and we got over 30 percent of our alumni base to
contribute through Brown’s Annual Fund for an additional 4-year Scholarship. The brilliance of this is not
only in the dollar amount but in the percentage of our alumni who contributed in time and dollars, both large
and small. It was not just about the amount of money raised, but the fact that we overwhelmingly
contributed: we invested together, past and present, in our future. This is a major turning point: How do we
now make the most of what we have garnered?
That’s one of the questions we will ask you over this weekend, even as we try to make everyone more
aware of how our mutual support has helped to get us where we are today. We want everyone to know
what a difference these efforts have made, and to encourage those on the sidelines to join in contributing
their time, talents, and money in whatever ways they chose to support and assert our presence at Brown.

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Towards these ends, I would like to highlight a few of this weekend’s events:
 On Friday evening, we have our Kickoff Event featuring speaker Roger Vann ’87, COO of the
NAACP, live entertainment from Steve Soares ’75 and his trio, student performances, and a
tribute to Roland Laird ’82, an alum who we feel has made an indelible impact at Brown and
throughout IPC that underscores our theme this year. Though he may be gone, his legacy lives on
in initiatives that he established to benefit our community.
 On Saturday, we are honored to have President Christina H. Paxson, and we will host book
signings and interviews featuring alumni authors Sheila Bridges ’86 and Alison Stewart ’88, who
have recently released intriguing novels, followed by the Brown Alumni Association Recognition
Luncheon, panel discussions, and interactive workshops.
In addition to the themed events, there will be the Brown vs. Princeton football game, afterparties and
reunion souvenirs, culminating in a not–to-miss Sunday worship service that will also feature notable
alumni participants. We tried to plan something for everyone to enjoy.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who have worked so hard to help make this year’s IPC Black Alumni
Reunion a reality. Many have been engaged on this project for over a year to make it the best possible
experience for our alumni and their families. I remind you that we all are part of the Black legacy at Brown,
and so I also ask you to help IPC sustain and expand our role in present and future Brown University
matters, of which we are an important part.
We look forward to seeing you, and we hope you have a great time!
Sincerely,
Darwyn Parker Harris ’75
Black Alumni Reunion 2013 Co-Chair

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Dear Brown Alumni,
Welcome back to Brown! I am ecstatic that Black alumni decided to return to
campus for the 2013 Black Alumni Reunion. As IPC President-Elect and
Reunion Co-Chair, I have had the pleasure of meeting many of you over my last
several years as an active IPC volunteer in-person or virtually through social
media. I appreciate the sense of cohesiveness that I feel towards Brown alumni
of all ages, ethnicities, occupations and backgrounds.
One of my goals when I served as IPC Secretary from 2008-2010 was to strengthen the sense of
community among black alumni. We have made much progress toward that goal. Our IPC Facebook group,
where members can connect and discuss issues relevant to Brown, like whether to change the name of the
Third World Center, has gone from 90 members a few years ago to 759 members today! The IPC LinkedIn
group, established in 2009, now has 875 members! And our Flickr group photo album contains hundreds of
college photos from all decades. During my Presidential term in 2014-2016, I will continue to reinforce this
bond across generations of black alumni and push IPC to make even more of an impact on the University.
As President, I intend to continue supporting the Alumni-Student Mentoring Program and the Alumni of
Color Initiative as well as strengthen partnerships with organizations on campus such as the Center for the
Study of Slavery & Justice, Third World Center, Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity and the
Annenberg Institute for School Reform (read more about these organizations on page 30). Recently IPC
partnered with Rites & Reasons Theater and the National Black Theater of Harlem to promote the play
June’s Blood written by Jenna Spencer ’15 and directed by Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74. Approximately 75
black alumni were in attendance on “IPC Night” in New York City. We are planning to make this an annual
event.
Next summer, IPC will roll out the What Can IPC Do for You? online campaign to solicit feedback and
ideas from black alumni and students. We hope to engage new members and give IPC alumni reasons to
get more involved!
I hope that everyone has a fantastic time at the Black Alumni Reunion re-connecting with old friends and
meeting new ones. If we haven’t met in person yet, please come and introduce yourself, I look forward to
meeting you!
Ever true,
Tiffani Scott ’98
Black Alumni Reunion 2013 Co-Chair
IPC President-Elect, 2012-2014

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SCHEDULE
Friday, October 18
2:00pm9:00pm

Registration
Pick up your reunion schedule and souvenir items.
Maddock Alumni Center (corner of Brown & George Streets)

9:30am4:30pm

Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Ships of Bondage and the Fight for Freedom Exhibit
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Ships of Bondage and the
Fight for Freedom examines the global networks involved in the African slave trade. This
exhibition tells the story of slave insurrections on three vessels including the Amistad, the
Meermin, and the Sally, exploring the struggle of the enslaved to resist captivity, gain
freedom, and return to their homelands.
Brown Center for Public Humanities, Carriage House Gallery, 357 Benefit Street (Rear
Entrance)

Shuttle transportation will be provided by Sentinel Limousine from downtown Providence to
Pembroke Field beginning at 5:30pm.
6:00pm10:00pm

Black Alumni Reunion Kick-off Reception
Pembroke Field (corner of Brook and Meeting Streets)
Mingle with old and new friends. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner and
cocktails will be served. Student step show performances by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Also featuring the following:
 Roger Vann ’87, COO of the NAACP
 Professor Paget Henry, Chair of the Africana Studies Department
 Angel Byrd, M.D./Ph.D. Candidate
 Steve Soares ’75 and his jazz trio
 Tribute to Roland Laird ’82 and Other Departed Alumni

10:00pm2:00am

Afterparty
Fete Music, 103 Dike Street (Downtown Providence)
Mingle, dance and catch up with fellow alumni.

Shuttle transportation will be provided from Pembroke Field to Fete Music and back to downtown
Providence until 2:00am.

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Saturday, October 19
Shuttle transportation will be provided by Sentinel Limousine and University Shuttle from
downtown Providence to Faunce Arch beginning at 8:30am.
8:00am6:00pm

Registration
Pick up your reunion schedule and souvenir items.
Maddock Alumni Center (corner of Brown & George Streets)

9:00am9:30am

Continental Breakfast
Salomon Center for Teaching, Lobby (Main Green)

9:30am11:00am

IPC's Legacy of Leadership Panel Discussion
Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001 (Main Green)
 Moderator: Harold Bailey, Jr. ’70 LHD’95 hon., P’99, P’03
 Mark Winston Griffith ’85, IPC President 2002-2004
 Dorsey James ’83, P’14, IPC President 2004-2006
 Preston Tisdale ’73, P’10, P’10 MPH’ MD’15, P’12, IPC President 2006-2008
 Richard Gray ’85, IPC President 2008-2010
 Rosetta Hillary ’73, IPC President 2010-2012
 Karen McLaurin Chesson ’74, IPC President 2012-2014

11:00am11:30am

Welcome from Brown University President Christina H. Paxson
Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001 (Main Green)
 Introduction: Brickson Diamond ’93

11:45am2:15pm

Brown Alumni Association Recognition Ceremony and Luncheon
Pembroke Field (corner of Brook and Meeting Streets)
 Brown Bear Award - Dr. Spencer Crew ’71, P’00, P’04
 Alumni Service Award - Ken McDaniel ’69, P’13
 Joseph M. Fernandez ’85 Award - Karen McLaurin Chesson ’74
 John Hope Award for Public Service - Sonja Brookins Santileses ’89

2:00pm3:30pm

Book Signing at the Bookstore: Meet the Authors
Brown Bookstore, 244 Thayer Street
 Sheila Bridges ’86 - The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir
 Alison Stewart ’88 - First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public
High School

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2:30pm3:30pm

Choir Rehearsal for Sunday's Worship Service
Manning Chapel (corner of Waterman & Prospect Streets)
Alumni and students who are interested in singing in Sunday's Worship Service ensemble
are invited to rehearse at Manning Chapel on Saturday afternoon. Questions and more
information on the songs can be directed to Katani Eaton Sumner ’85 katani@post.harvard.edu.

2:30pm
3:45pm

Panel Discussions
Being Black at Brown Today
Alumnae Hall, Crystal Room (Pembroke Green)
 Moderator: Justin Coles ’11
 Chell Burke ’16
 James Clemmons ’14
 Afia Kwakwa ’14
 Ricardo Mullings ’15
 Dakotah Blue Rice ’16
No Longer the Major Minority in the US: What Does This Mean?
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106 (Pembroke Green)
 Moderator: Spencer Crew ’71, P’00, P’04
 Ed Brockenbrough ’95
 Adom Crew ’04
 Alyce Johnson ’74
 Troy Wilson ’83
 Chantel Whittle ’12
Dialogue on Slavery, Human Bondage, and Justice: A Conversation with the Center
for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Sidney Frank Hall, Marcuvitz Auditorium
 Moderator: Karen Baxter
 Professor B. Anthony Bogues
 Professor Glenn Loury

3:45pm4:15pm

Book Signing & Break
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Lobby (Pembroke Green)
 Sheila Bridges ’86 - The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir
 Alison Stewart ’88 - First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public
High School

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4:15pm
5:45pm

Panel Discussions and Workshop Sessions
Birth of a Transformation: The Impact of ’68, ’75 and ’85 Black Student Activism on
Brown's 'Of Color' Evolution
Sidney Frank Hall, Marcuvitz Auditorium
 Moderator: Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68, P’99, P’03
 Mark Winston Griffith ’85
 Bill Poole ’69
 Denise Bledsoe Slaughter ’75 AM’77
Promoting Quality and Equitable Education for Urban Communities: A Conversation
with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
 Moderator: Richard Gray ’85
 Eldridge Gilbert ’05
 Sonja Brookins Santelises ’89
 Warren Simmons
 Ocynthia Williams
Doodling: Who Knew It Was Good For You?
 Host: Lydia A. Boddie-Rice ’76
Expanding the Benefits of Urban Revival
Churchill House, 155 Angell Street
 Host: Dorothy Clark ’75

Shuttle transportation will be provided continuously from Smith-Buonnano (corner of Brown and
Cushing Streets) to the football stadium, downtown Providence and back to campus.
6:00pm
8:00pm

Making a Connection in 60 Seconds: Networking Your Way to a Lasting Impression
Alumni-Student Speed Networking Mixer
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Lobby
 Facilitator: Joelle Murchison ’95

6:00pm
9:00pm

Brown vs. Princeton Football Game
Brown Football Stadium, 400 Elmgrove Avenue (at the corner of Session Street)

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Shuttle transportation will be provided continuously from Smith-Buonnano (corner of Brown and
Cushing Streets) to downtown Providence and back to campus until 1:00am.
7:00pm
9:00pm

Rites and Reason Theatrical Performance and FolkThought
Ophelia's Cotillion: Welcome to the Nightmare Years
Churchill House, 155 Angell Street
 Director: Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74

9:00pm
12:00am

Unity Funk Nite
Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, Kasper Multipurpose Room (Formerly the P.O.,
Faunce House)
Music will be provided by DJ Garfield "Garf Digga" Davidson ‘00. Shuttle transportation will
be provided continuously from campus to downtown Providence until 1:00am.

Sunday, October 20
Shuttle transportation will be provided by Sentinel Limousine from downtown Providence to
Faunce Arch (corner of Waterman and Brown Streets) and back to campus until 2:00pm.
11:00am
12:00pm

Continental Breakfast
J. Walter Wilson Building, Room 411, 4th Floor (corner of Waterman and Brown Streets)

12:00pm
1:30pm

Reflections: A Spiritual Walk – Brown and Beyond
Manning Chapel (corner of Waterman & Prospect Streets)
A celebration in sharing and song as Brown alums involved in ministry will share insights
and perspectives from their personal journey. Rev. Jeffrey Williams ’85 will serve as the
Worship Leader and Psalmist Katani Eaton Sumner ’85 will minister in song.

2:00pm
3:00pm

A Meeting with the Brotherhood
Harambee House
All male alumni and students are invited to discuss male leadership in our community.
Questions can be directed to Co-President James Clemmons ’14 at
james_clemmons@brown.edu.

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ABOUT BROWN UNIVERSITY
Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in
the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and
graduate programs, plus the Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, School of Engineering, Executive
Master of Healthcare Leadership and the IE Brown
Executive MBA.
With its talented and motivated student body and
accomplished faculty, Brown is a leading research
university that maintains a particular commitment to
exceptional undergraduate instruction.
Brown’s vibrant, diverse community consists of 6,000
undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 400
medical school students, more than 5,000 summer,
visiting and online students, and nearly 700 faculty
members. Brown students come from all 50 states
and more than 100 countries.
Undergraduates pursue bachelor’s degrees in more
than 70 concentrations, ranging from Egyptology to cognitive neuroscience. Anything’s possible at Brown—the
university’s commitment to undergraduate freedom means students must take responsibility as architects of their
courses of study.
Graduate students study in more than 70 programs. The broad scope of options vary from interdisciplinary
opportunities in molecular pharmacology and physiology to a master’s program in acting and directing through the
Brown/Trinity Repertory Consortium.
Continuing Education offers programs for adults, undergraduates, and high school students - on campus, online, and
abroad. Programs include the Undergraduate Summer Session and Pre-College Programs.
Brown students have a lot to smile about. Named by the 2010 Princeton Review as the #1 College in America for
Happiest Students, Brown is frequently recognized for its global reach, many cultural events, numerous campus
groups and activities, active community service programs, highly competitive athletics, and beautiful facilities located
in a richly historic urban setting.
The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating,
and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to
discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation. We do this through a partnership of students and
teachers in a unified community known as a university-college.

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HISTORY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
Brown was founded in 1764—the third college in New England and the seventh in America. Brown was the first Ivy
League school to accept students from all religious affiliations, a testament to the spirit of openness that still typifies
Brown today.
Originally located in Warren, Rhode Island and called the College of Rhode Island, Brown moved to its current
location overlooking Providence on College Hill in 1770 and was renamed in 1804 in recognition of a $5,000 gift from
Nicholas Brown, a prominent Providence businessman and Brown alum, Class of 1786.
Women were first admitted to Brown in 1891. The Women’s College was later renamed Pembroke College in Brown
University before merging with Brown College, the men's undergraduate school, in 1971. The northern section of
campus where the women’s school was situated is known today as Pembroke Campus.
The first masters degrees were granted in 1888 and the first doctorates in 1889. The first M.D. degrees of the
modern era were presented in 1975 to a graduating class of 58 students. Today, Brown awards some 90 medical
degrees annually from the Alpert Medical School.
Undergraduate education changed dramatically in 1970 with the introduction of what has become known as the
Brown Curriculum. The idea for this change came from a report written by undergraduates Ira Magaziner ‘69 and
Elliot E. Maxwell ‘68, as part of a GISP (Group Independent Study Project) that examined education at Brown.
The new curriculum eliminated core requirements shared by all Brown undergraduates and created specific
departmental concentration requirements. This approach has defined the undergraduate academic experience at
Brown ever since, demanding that students serve as the architects of their courses of study.
Constant change defines Brown’s past and future, though the University’s culture is rich in tradition. Brown’s first
building, for example, the red-bricked University Hall, was built in 1770 and still stands on the College Green. Today,
the core campus consists of 235 buildings on 143 acres on the East Side of Providence. The Warren Alpert Medical
School and the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine are housed in state-of-the-art facilities in Providence’s historic
Jewelry District.
Launched in 2002, The Plan for Academic Enrichment built on Brown’s strengths and set new benchmarks of
excellence in research, education, and public leadership. Transformation of the Engineering program into a School of
Engineering and Public Health program into a School of Public Health were direct results of these efforts.
In its current process of strategic planning, Brown continues to follow its mission—seeking ways to improve, expand
its scope, and better serve the world as a leading institution for education, discovery, and global intellectual progress.

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FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT BROWN UNIVERSITY
Enrollment Statistics
Approximately 6,133 students are enrolled in the undergraduate
College, 1,947 in the Graduate School, and 460 in the Medical
School. These students represent all 50 states plus the District of
Columbia and approximately 108 foreign countries. For the class
of 2016, the University received 28,742 applications and
accepted 2,759.
Full-time students and part-time degree-seeking students as of
Nov. 2012:
 Undergraduate: 6,133
 Graduate: 1,947
 Medical: 460
 Total: 8,540
Tuition and Fees
 Undergraduate tuition for academic year 2012-13: $42,808
 Room, board, and required fees: $12,208
 Total cost: $55,016
Financial Aid
Brown meets 100% of a student’s full demonstrated financial need:
 89% of all undergraduates who applied for financial aid received a need-based aid award
 36% of undergraduate students receiving financial aid have a $0 contribution from parents’ income
 The average hourly wage for students who work on campus is $9.90
 100% The amount of self help (student summer earnings expectation, loan and work) students can replace
with outside scholarships
All undergraduates:
 $90.1 Million — The amount of Brown University need-based scholarship for 2012-13.
 $93.1 Million — The amount of need-based scholarship budgeted for 2012-13, which included University
Scholarship and estimated federal Pell Grants.
 43% of all undergraduates are receiving need-based scholarship aid, which includes federal and state needbased scholarship and grants
 The average need-based scholarship for all undergraduates is $35,288
 46% of all undergraduates are receiving need-based aid, which includes federal and state grants and needbased work-study and loans.
 The average need-based financial aid award for all undergraduates is $39,222

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Research
In fiscal year 2012, total research expenditures were $178,908,912. Top funding sources included Department of
Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense and Energy, NASA, Department
of Education, and several private, corporate and nonprofit organizations. Faculty members also garnered support in
the form of Fulbright scholarships, and MacArthur, Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities
fellowships.
The Students
Brown University has recently been ranked #1 for
America’s Happiest College Students, according to
the Princeton Review 2010 rankings. Brown was
also named "the most fashionable school in the Ivy
League" by the fashion trade journal Women’s Wear
Daily on the basis that students on campus seem to
have the strongest sense of personal style.
 Brown currently enrolls approximately
5,900 undergraduates from all 50 states
and 93 countries.
 52% of undergraduates are female, 48%
male.
 About 29% of undergrads are people of
color.
 10% hail from abroad.
 The graduation rate within 6 years is 95%.
 80% of all undergraduates live in residence
halls.
 9% of students belong to fraternities or sororities; there are 12 fraternities, and 5 sororities.
 1542 graduates in the Class of 2008:
o 1196 A.B. recipients
o 312 Sc.B. recipients
o 22 Combined A.B./Sc.B.
Life After Brown
 35% of undergraduates pursue graduate or professional study immediately.
 60% of undergraduates pursue graduate or professional study within 5 years.
 Brown consistently ranks among the top five colleges in the nation in the percentage of its applicants
accepted to medical school, and these impressive records are similar in other areas of graduate study.
 Of those who apply to law school, 92 to 95 percent are accepted to one of their top three choices; among
business school applicants, the figure is nearly 100 percent.
 Within 10 years of graduation, 80% of all students have pursued further education through graduate or
professional study.

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CHRISTINA H. PAXSON, PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
Christina H. Paxson was sworn in as the
nineteenth president of Brown University on
Monday, July 2, 2012. At the time of her
appointment in March 2012, she was dean of
the Woodrow Wilson School of International
and Public Affairs and the Hughes Rogers
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at
Princeton University.
A 1982 honors graduate of Swarthmore
College, Phi Beta Kappa, Paxson earned her
graduate degrees in economics at Columbia
University (M.A., 1985; Ph.D., 1987). She
began her academic career at Princeton
University in 1986, becoming assistant
professor of economics and public affairs the
next year. She became a full professor in
1997 and was named the Hughes-Rogers
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in
2007. While at Princeton, Paxson also served as associate chair (2005-2008) and chair (2008-2009) of the
Department of Economics and was the founding director of a National Institute on Aging Center for the
Economics and Demography of Aging. In 2000, she founded the Center for Health and Wellbeing, an
interdisciplinary research center in the Woodrow Wilson School. The center established multidisciplinary
graduate and undergraduate certificate programs in health and health policy. She served as the center’s
director until 2009.
Initially working on international economic problems of labor supply, mobility, savings, inequality, and aging,
Paxson focused increasingly on the relationship of economic factors to health and welfare over the life
course, particularly on the health and welfare of children. She has been the principal investigator on a
number of research projects supported by the National Institutes of Health, the most recent of which is a
study of adversity and resilience after Hurricane Katrina. She was elected vice president of the American
Economic Association in 2012 and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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INMAN PAGE BLACK ALUMNI COUNCIL (IPC)
Philosophy:
The Brown experience should be optimal for its Black
community at all levels and in all aspects. IPC is
dedicated to proactively making that experience
prosperous, nurturing, enriching and healthy.
The Council is formed in honor of Inman Page and
George Washington Milford, the first known Black
undergraduates of Brown University in the class of
1877, Ethel T. Robinson, the first known Black
undergraduate of Pembroke College in the Class of
1905, and all of the Black students who have followed
in the path that they cleared. The Council was
established on April 14, 2000 at a retreat held in
Newport, Rhode Island, attended by Black alumni,
other members of the Black community of Brown
University, and the Brown University Alumni Relations
Office.
Mission of the Council:
The mission of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council is to strengthen Brown University by directly
addressing the needs and concerns of its Black alumni and establishing a productive interaction among
Black alumni, students, faculty and staff. Members of IPC shall endeavor to channel their energies toward
broadening opportunities for the Black community of Brown University and maximizing Black alumni
participation in the life of the University. In addition, the members shall work with organizations that further
the interest of Brown University, including but not limited to the Brown Alumni Association.
Dr. Inman Edward Page and George Washington Milford, the first known African-American graduates of the
class of 1877, paved the way for an impressive history of black graduates to follow. Such individuals as
John Hope, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of the class of 1894; and Ethel Tremaine Robinson, a
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She was the first black graduate of the Women’s College in
1905 and went on to teach English at Howard University. In 1932, Samuel M. Nabrit was the first black
graduate to receive a Ph.D. from Brown. From 1967 to 1972, he served as the Brown Corporation’s first
black Trustee.

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INMAN EDWARD PAGE, 1853-1935
Inman Edward Page was born into slavery on December 29, 1853, in
Warrenton, Virginia. During the Civil War his family fled Virginia and
later moved to Washington, D.C. Mr. Page attended Howard
University for two years and then enrolled at Brown University. He
was the Class of 1877 Orator. After graduating from Brown University
in 1877, he earned A.M. and LLD degrees from Wilberforce University
in 1880 and 1918. He was an educator at several schools in Missouri
and Oklahoma, and went on to become the President of Roger
Williams University in Tennessee and Lincoln University in Missouri.
“…Mr. Page is the first colored graduate from the University. The theme of his
oration was the ‘Intellectual Prospects of America.’”
“... Mr. Page did not receive his position as class orator from a chivalrous
recognition of his race by his white associates, although the choice is none the less creditable to them. He is an orator of rare
ability, speaking with weight and sententiousness without effort at display and at times rising to a profound and impressive
eloquence. The scope of the essay indicated grasp of thought and the language was often remarkable for elegance and power.
There is no doubt but he fairly earned his honors.”

- Account of Class Day in the Providence Journal in 1877, Encyclopedia Brunoniana by Martha Mitchell

GEORGE WASHINGTON MILFORD, 1852-1917
George Washington Milford was born on November 11, 1852 in
Stafford County, Virginia. He was the Class of 1877 Historian. After
graduating from Brown University in 1877, he earned a LLB degrees
from Howard University in 1901. He was admitted to the bar by the
Washington, DC Supreme Court in 1902 and admitted to practice
before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1911.

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INMAN PAGE BLACK ALUMNI COUNCIL (IPC)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Karen McLaurin Chesson ’74 | IPC President
Karen McLaurin Chesson held the position of director of the Third World
Alumni Activities Committee and Associate Director of Alumni Relations
for five years. In 1993, she was named the first female director of the
Third World Center and Associate Dean of the College, where she served
for 18 years. Her impetus, leadership, dedication and commitment made
the Third World Center “a hub” of student leadership and diversity
programming for the Brown community. She will be honored with the
Joseph M. Fernandez ‘85 Award for her commitment to diversity and
collaboration that strengthens the university community at the Brown Alumni Association Recognition
Ceremony and Luncheon. She currently serves as President of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council.

Tiffani Scott ’98 | Reunion Co-Chair and IPC President-Elect
Tiffani Scott graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and
started her career at United Technologies where she was a Mechanical
Design Engineer on the NASA spacesuit. After pursuing her MBA at NYU
Stern School of Business, her focus was in supply chain management at
companies such as Johnson & Johnson and BASF with a focus on
implementing enterprise resource planning systems. In 2009, Ms. Scott
also founded Black Ivy Events, a company that organizes networking
events that cater to the social, professional, and civic interests of diverse
alumni of the Ivy League institutions. Currently, Ms. Scott is an Information Technology Manager at Becton
Dickinson, a global medical devices manufacturer. As IPC Secretary from 2008-2010, she spearheaded the
planning of the 2010 Black Alumni Reunion. This included helping to raise $323,000 toward the IPC
Endowed Scholarship Fund. In 2011, she was awarded the Brown Alumni Leadership Award for her
innovation, collaboration and execution. Ms. Scott is the Co-Chair of the 2013 Black Alumni Reunion and
will serve as President of IPC for the 2014-16 administration.

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Adrienne Jones ’93 | IPC Treasurer
Adrienne Jones is the current IPC Treasurer for the 2012-2014
administration. Ms. Jones is completing her Ph.D. in Political Science at
the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her dissertation, The
Voting Rights Act Under Siege documents the influence of conservatism
on the federal governments enforcement of the VRA. Ms. Jones is a
graduate of Brown University and of Berkeley Law School at the
University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Jones has enjoyed working with
the IPC executive board to fund traditions that support a sense of
belonging and community among students and alums. This year, IPC initiated the Adopt-A-Student
program which makes it possible for alums to sponsor IPC t-shirts to welcome incoming students and kente
stoles to congratulate new Brown graduates. This year, IPC helped to mobilize over 898 Black alumni
donors for the Brown Annual Fund Challenge created by Lynette Allison Carr ‘79, Roosevelt Robinson ‘78,
Westley Thompson ‘76 and Derek Medina ‘88 who established a new scholarship for a black student. In
addition, IPC supports student initiatives on campus and has sponsored regional chapter events
in Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York. Please consider donating to IPC! It’s a personal and
meaningful way to stay connected to Brown!
Crystal Cochren ’95 | IPC Secretary
Crystal Cochren currently serves as an Assistant Deputy Public Defender
with the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender where she provides
legal advice and representation to indigent clients. Previously, Ms.
Cochren worked in private practice focusing on Employment Law. Ms.
Cochren has been appointed to the New Jersey Supreme Court Family
Practice Committee for the 2011-2013 term and the District Ethics
Committee for the 2012-2016 term. Ms. Cochren is also licensed to
practice law in New York. In addition to pursuing academic excellence at
Brown, she was one of the seven charter members of the Mu Kappa chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority, Incorporated and served as the chapter’s first president. Ms. Cochren received her Juris Doctor
degree from Rutgers University School of Law, in Newark, New Jersey. After receiving and answering her
call from God to enter into ministry, Ms. Cochren enrolled in the Master of Divinity degree program at Drew
University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey. Ms. Cochren received her Master of Divinity degree
in May 2010 and is participating in ministry in New Jersey.

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Darwyn Parker-Harris ’75 | Black Alumni Reunion Co-Chair
The first Back female to graduate from Brown in Engineering, Darwyn
Parker Harris ‘75, also holds a degree in Biology, a Master’s in Applied
Mathematics and was a Nabrit Ph.D. Fellow in Bio Medical/Electrical
Engineering at Brown. She has been involved in numerous engineering
projects over the years with start-up as well as Fortune 100 companies. In
these companies, she has held a range of positions, including: Human
Factors Engineer, responsible for the design of crew systems and interfaces
with naval aircraft at Naval Air Systems Command; Engineering Supervisor
for Manufacturing, Design, Operations and Capital Improvements at Pfizer
and Astra Pharmaceuticals; Systems Engineer and Cost Analyst for special government projects while with
the MITRE Corporation, where she authored a host of publications; and Principal Analysis providing
technical direction for development and deployment of logistics tools to VP of Operations, INNOLOG. While
at Brown, Darwyn was a member of the Black Choir and taught Math, Science, and English to high school
students at Hope High School, as well as in an alternative learning school in downtown Providence for
students with special circumstances. After leaving Brown she continued her involvement and was a
member of the Third World Alumni Activities Committee, Secretary-Elect for the Brown Associated Alumni
and is currently a member of the IPC Board of Governors and co-chair of the Black Alumni Reunion
Committee.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Fundraising
Fundraising
Alumni of Color Initiative
Communications
Newsletter
Newsletter
Alumni & Student Relations
Local Chapter, Atlanta
Local Chapter, Chicago
Local Chapter, NYC
Local Chapter, NYC
Local Chapter, DC
Local Chapter, Philadelphia
Matriculation
Matriculation
Africana Liaison
Africana Liaison
Membership
Historian
By-Laws

Nicole Clare ’99
Alissa Mayers ’03
Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68, P’99, P’03
Harold Bailey ’70 LHD’95 hon., P’99, P’03
Shane McGregor ’95
Denise Bledsoe Slaughter ’75 AM’77
Lydia Boddie-Rice ’76
Justin Coles ’11
Andrea O’Neal ’03
Margaret Stevens AM’06 PhD’10
Tuneen Chisolm ’84
Steven Hunter ’99
Deshaun Mars ’08 AM’09
Dwight Vidale ’05
Anthony Teat ’88
Thierry Fortune ‘84
Eldridge Gilbert ’05
Judith Sanford-Harris PhD ’74, P’14
Neil Roberts ’98
Markita Morris-Louis ’98
Celeste Malone ’02
Cassie Owens ’09
Leland McGee ’77

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BLACK ALUMNI REUNION COMMITTEES
Reunion Co-Chairs
Darwyn Parker-Harris ’75
Tiffani Scott ’98
Executive Planning Committee
Karen McLaurin Chesson ’74
Adrienne Jones ’93
Richard Gray ’85
Planning Committee
Dorsey James ’83, P’14
Troy Wilson ’83
Harry Holt ’84, P’16
Tina Patterson ’85
Cheryl McCants ’86

Dina Runcie ’86
Diane Johnson ’94
Nicole Clare ’99
Alissa Mayers ’03
Justin Coles ’11

Promotions Committee
Adrienne Jones ’93
Rosetta Hillary ’74
Brian Lacey ’75, P’02
Troy Wilson ’83
Thierry Fortune ’84
Katani Sumner ’85

Harold Bailey ’70 LHD’95 hon, P’99, P’03
Kenya Crumel ’93
Diane Johnson ’94
Eldridge Gilbert ’05
Aisha Stroop ’98
Tiffany Yizar ’07
Nicole Clare ’99
Justin Coles ’11
Lorie McGee ’01
Chantel Whittle ’12
Alissa Mayers ’03

On-Site Host Committee
Karen Hall ’77
Diane Johnson ’94
Aisha Stroop ’98
Nicole Clare ’99
Dionne Nickerson ’00
Varina Clark ’12
Amanda Dowden ’12 MD’16

Thomas Beauford ’13
Michelle Onibokun ’14
Colin Blake ’15
Chell Burke ’15
Taylor Williams ’15
Anisha Lewis ’16
Ricardo Mullings ’16
Malikah Williams ’16

Aadon Penny ’11
Colin Blake ’15
Shauna Tulloch ’15
Chell Burke ’16
Godwin Tsado ’16

Josie Valcin ’16
Isabelle Thenor-Louis ’16
Gabrielle Frampton ’17

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ROLAND LAIRD JR. ’82 MEMORIAL SUMMER PROGRAM
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC) is pleased to announce the
Roland O. Laird Jr. Memorial Summer Program Scholarship Fund
through which IPC will continue to support selected African-American
participants in Brown's Summer Leadership Institute and SPARK
programs. Our goal is to raise $10,000 for the Laird Jr. Memorial SPS
Fund by December 31, 2013. The fund is housed at Brown University and
all contributions are tax-deductible.
Roland Laird Jr. ’82 was the central player in establishing and
maintaining IPC-NY's SPARK scholarship to honor the late Marie Moses
Irons ’82, a computer science major. That scholarship enabled at least two
African-American middle school students from the NY/NJ area to attend
SPARK since 2003. SPARK students spend 1 to 2 weeks on Brown's
campus immersed in a science discipline of their choice; they get a real taste of what it means to be a
scientist and learn how to explore and make discoveries. Laird ultimately expanded the initial effort, adding
IPC-NY scholarships in the names of Onyx and the late Coach Doug Terry to Brown's summer Leadership
Institute for high school students. Leadership Institute students spend 2 weeks at Brown developing
knowledge and understanding of complex issues through case studies, lectures, films, simulations,
discussions, field research and group projects. With faculty guidance and peer feedback, students create
an Action Plan that addresses a pressing social issue in their school or community, and then work on the
project when they return home.
Brown partners with IPC, paying 50% of the tuition and fees for each IPC nominated summer program
participant; however, Laird ensured IPC-NY's ability to fund its 50% of the tuition fees and he personally
provided transportation for the students to campus. Each year, he reached out to fellow IPC alum for
contributions and sought grants to raise the necessary funds through an outside foundation. In 2012, Laird
worked with Tuneen Chisolm ’84 to help establish IPC Atlanta's scholarship to the Leadership Institute in
honor of Dr. Ruth Simmons, and he made sure IPC Atlanta's inaugural scholarship was covered when the
area contributions fell short of the necessary amount. To date, over 36 African-American students have
attended Brown summer programs as IPC nominated participants.
When Laird passed away in February 2013, we thought it fitting to establish a Brown University housed IPC
summer program scholarship fund in his name to ensure that we continue the IPC support of African
American Brown Summer Program participants that Laird worked so diligently to establish and maintain.
The amount required to support two SPARK participants and two Leadership Institute participants is
$10,000 each year.
To donate, visit www.gifts.development.brown.edu/Brown/ChooseGifts.aspx, check the box for "Other"
under "Other Current-Use Priorities," and write in "LAIRD JR. MEMORIAL SPS FUND."
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GEORGE LIMA ’48, TUSKEGEE AIRMAN
In April 1945, as a member of the U.S. Army’s 477th Bombardment
Group, George S. Lima was one of sixty black Air Corps officers
arrested for trying to enter a white officer’s club at Freeman Field, in
Indiana. He described the incident during an interview. “When you’re a
commissioned officer you get a notice from the president that you’re an
officer and a gentleman, and you think that, presumably, you’re entitled
to everything an officer is entitled to,” he recalled. “And we go to the
club and try to get a Coca-Cola—they tell you they can’t serve you—
then you react, you know.” As a result of the incident at Freeman
Field—an embarrassing name, under the circumstances—the army
ordered the base to integrate its clubs and replaced the unit’s
commanding officer. Three years later Harry Truman ordered all the
armed forces integrated. A lifelong political and labor activist, Lima, the
son of immigrants from Cape Verde, George Lima moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, after the war with
his new wife and daughter. From there, Lima commuted to Brown—except during football training, when he
lived in Hegeman Hall. He helped found the University’s chapter of Omega Psi Phi, a black fraternity, and
he studied sociology partly “to get my head straight about this business about segregation and
discrimination,” he says. Mr. Lima founded the Black Air
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is
dedicated to empowering youth through education. His
remarkable experiences as a “Tuskegee Airman” came to
the attention of the public in the documentary “Black Men
Can Fly”. More information is available on their website at
www.blackairfoundation.org
The Inman Page Black Alumni Council honored George
Lima during the 2010 Black Alumni Reunion (shown above)
for his outstanding contributions to the Black community at
Brown University and beyond.

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THOMAS BROWN ’50, TRUSTEE EMERITUS
A native of Fall River, Thomas Brown is most remembered
for the lifelong battle he fought in Boston to achieve diversity
in employment. A member of the class of 1950 at Brown
University, he immediately took a more venturous
professional turn for that era. As an associate at the Marvin
and Leonard Advertising Agency he became the first AfricanAmerican to be employed at a management level in that
industry. It was at that firm that he came to the attention of
Edwin H. Land, CEO and founder of the Polaroid Corp. Land
hired Brown as his special corporate assistant, thus providing
Brown with the bully pulpit from which to begin a crusade for
social change. A call from Land's office to other Greater
Boston CEOs would make it difficult for them to refuse to
consider hiring racial minorities. Brown made a number of
such calls until it was necessary for him to establish the Jobs
Clearing House to process the new job opportunities. Tom
Brown opened Jobs Clearing House in 1963 and ran it for
more than 30 years and never took a dime of compensation
for his effort. During this time more than 10,000 minorities
found employment at higher levels than were formally available. Business and educational leaders in
Greater Boston acknowledged Brown's achievement. He was a member of the Brown University Board of
Trustees. Brown was a big promoter of the IPC Scholarship Fund.

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DANIELLE DUNLAP ’10, PEACE CORPS ACTIVIST
Danielle Alexis Dunlap graduated in 2010 from Brown University with a
degree in Neuroscience. While at Brown she was a member of the Fusion
Dance company, a minority recruitment intern and a swim instructor for
children with asthma. Dani arrived in Ghana on June 6, 2011 for preservice training as a health volunteer. She was one of 69 Americans
sworn in as Peace Corps volunteers on Aug. 30, 2011 at the residence of
the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana as part of the 50th anniversary celebration
of Peace Corps in Ghana. Throughout her service, she carried out
activities aimed at improving the quality of life for her community in the
areas of nutrition, HIV/AIDS and malaria awareness, and sanitation.
Peace Corps Ghana staff said Dani’s boundless energy and enthusiasm
endeared her to her community in Ghana, and that she was proud of her
role as a volunteer trainer, helping to mentor newly arrived volunteers in
the projects to which she was so devoted. Dani was scheduled to
complete her service on August 16, 2013.
Dani was born in Germany and lived in several places around the world before her service in Ghana. She
enjoyed traveling and studied abroad in both Haiti and South Korea, where she learned Spanish and
Korean. Prior to joining the Peace Corps, Dani tutored young students in English, math and science at The
Academy at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass.
In the fall of 2013, she planned to further her
education by beginning a Masters program in
Public Health at Emory University. But her time
was cut short and Dani passed on April 28,
2013 of an acute Malaria illness. While in
Ghana, Dani raised money to build a clinic in
her community. That community chose to
remember her by naming the clinic after the
name they had given her, "Mama Grace."

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DECEASED BLACK ALUMNI
Mr. Ralph W. Reckling
Mr. Roswell S. Bosworth
Mr. Frederick D. Pollard
Dr. Lorimer D. Milton
Miss Rosa J. Minkins
Mr. Jay M. Williams
Dr. Russell A. Lane
Reverend Aurelius D. Pinckney
Mr. Joseph C. Allen
Dr. Walter F. Becket
Dr. Joseph F. S. Carter
Dr. Samuel B. Milton
Mr. Howard Hughes Murphy
Mr. Louis L. Redding
Mr. Lawremce S. Larry
Mrs. James K. Smith
Mrs. Charlotte W. Strickland
Miss Violet Warfield
Mrs. Marguerite Worthington
Mr. Robert E. Mc Millan
Mrs. William H. Bush
Prof. J. Saunders Redding
Mrs. Esther Cumby
Dr. William C. Foster
Mr. Joseph H. Mahood, Jr.
Mr. John Hope II
Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit, Ph.D.
Dr. S. O. Roberts
Mrs. Carolyn Stanley
Mr. Carl N. Mayhew
Dr. Mercer Cook, Ph.D.
Mr. Vernon Beaubien
Mrs. Paul S. Hough
Mr. Frederick D. Pollard, Jr.
Mrs. P. Vaughn Sterrett
Miss Beatrice Y. Black
Dr. Lester L. Gavurin
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Phillips
Mr. Paul B. Zuber
Mr. George S. Lima
Prof. Charles H. Nichols, Ph.D.
Mae B. Simmons, Ph.D.
Mr. Robert Albert
Mr. James O. Banks, Jr.

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Mr. Thomas J. Brown
Mr. Fermino J. Spencer
Mr. Joseph H. Thomas, Jr.
Mr. Eugene E. Whitlock, Jr.
Mr. Archie Williams
Mr. Charles E. Taylor
Mr. Wortham R. Baskerville
Mr. Joel C. Stokes
Ms. Peggy B. Evans
Prof. Wallace Terry II
Dr. Roy Hunter, Jr., Ph.D.
Prof. Irving L. Williams
Dr. J. Nathan Gayles, Jr., Ph.D.
Dr. Ronald E. Brooks, Ph.D.
Mr. John A. Jones
Dr. Enamidem U. Ubok-Udom
Ms. Judith Clark Lombard
Dr. Jerome H. Wood, Jr., Ph.D.
Reverend Lindsey A. Robinson
Dr. Clement F. Shearer
Mr. Leonard B. Smith
Mr. Ray D. Barnes
Mr. Phillip N. Bond
Mr. Leonard E. Collins, Jr.
Mr. Robert H. Jones
Mr. Bruce L. Owens
Miss Sherley A. Williams
Mrs. Vera L. Ballard
Mr. Rodney W. Dennis
Dr. Eldred G. Fowler
Mr. Albert C. Mannings
Mr. Kenneth L. Marshall
Mr. Sylvester Turner, Jr.
M. Denise Wiley, M.D.
Mr. Glenn T. Wilson
Mr. Christopher T. Chester
Dr. Herbert O. Edwards, Sr., Ph.D.
Mr. James A. Emanuel, Jr.
Patricia Taylor-Irvin
Dr. Janis H. Jackson
Dr. Wendell A. Jeanpierre, Ph.D.
Mr. George G. Woody III
Mr. Charles Ballard
Dr. Melvin W. Dixon, Ph.D.

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DECEASED BLACK ALUMNI
Dr. Arlington L. Finley, Ph.D.
Mr. Carl A. Hardy
Anthony Harmon, M.D.
Mr. Jack S. Lobato
Mr. Kenneth L. Middleton
Mr. Edward P. Morris
Mr. Eddie Ray Wallace
Ms. Teddy R. Wilster
Ava Malloy Brackett
Ms. Elizabeth A. Britton
Professor Rhett S. Jones, Ph.D.
Mrs. Lynn Beaman Keys
Ms. Jacqueline A. Reed
Ms. Linda S. Ballard
Mrs. Beverly M. Guthrie
Ms. Vicky R. Jones
Dr. Charles J. Latos, Ph.D.
Pastor Melvin T. Lee
David Riddle, D.D.S.
Mr. James F. Wing, Jr.
Kirk A. Woodson, M.D.
Desiree Bennett Backstrom, M.D.
William C. Baker, M.D.
Mr. Leonard J. Davis
Ms. Valerie J. Drysdale
Mr. Musa Kalimullah
Mr. Charles J. Norwood
Ms. Dorothy Phillips Prude
Mr. Thomas W. Riggsbee
Mr. John F. Silva
Mr. Michael A. Slocum
Mr. Hugh L. Pearson
Ms. Cassandra R. Burrell
Mr. Ronald W. Chapman
Ms. Maureen D. Jackson
Mr. Frederick W. Love
Ms. Lori Murphy-Carter
Mr. Arthur D. Wright III
Mr. Erik L. Bond
Mr. Michael C. Frazier
Mr. Alan C. Howard
Ms. Makeda Milele
Mr. Cortland W. Waifer
Mr. Bernard G. Council
Dr. Isaac A. Harris, Jr., Ph.D.

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Ms. Marie L. Irons
Mr. Roland O. Laird, Jr.
Ms. Alyson S. Perry
Ms. Robin L. Walker
Mr. Jurgen D. Cheston
Mr. Derek A. Jones
Ms. Tonita F. Lipscomb
Noreen M. Coachman, M.D.
Mr. Chester N. Crawford
Mr. Cedric B. Johnson
Mr. Andre M. Jones
Mr. Eaon A. Richardson
Mr. George L. Alleyne
Dr. Kris L. Douglas
Ms. Lisanne Paulin
Mr. Roger D. Parrish
Thaddeus M. Smith, Ph.D.
Mr. Melvin D. Lewis
Mr. Joseph R. Cordery
Ms. Iona Grace Harris
Mr. Kenneth P. James
Ms. Nicole I. Mason Esq.
Mr. Darryl Theirse
Mr. Edward M. Washburn
Arthur W. Chaney, M.D.
Ms. Michele A. Roach
Dr. Lynnéa Y. Stephen
Donald A. Randolph, Jr., M.D.
Mr. Reginald Shepherd
Mr. Tronn D. Carson
Jimmie D. Clark, M.D.
Ms. Nadgia B. James
Ms. JoAnne K. Johnson
Mr. Iran A. Bachman
Mr. Gabriel B. Stepto
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CELEBRATE DIVERSITY with the Brown Alumni Association’s
MULTICULTURAL ALUMNI COMMITTEE
MAC welcomes alumni back for
the 2013 Black Alumni Reunion!
The Multicultural Alumni Committee of the Brown Alumni Association
(MAC) is pleased to welcome you to campus and wishes you a rich and
fulfilling experience at the 2013 Black Alumni Reunion.
MAC is a standing committee of the Brown Alumni Association (BAA)
Board of Governors. MAC represents the voices of alumni of color, and
serves as an advisory committee to the BAA Board. We proudly support
initiatives like the Black Alumni Reunion that celebrate the diversity of
the Brown community, including MAC/BAA-affiliated alumni groups:
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Asian/Asian American Alumni Alliance (A4)
Brown Transgender, Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae
(Brown TBGALA)
Brown University Latino Alumni Council (BULAC)
Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC)

Visit alumni.brown.edu/diversity to learn more and find out how to
stay in touch!

Since 1970 Rites and Reason has developed and produced
over 100 plays ranging in subject matter from the black
solider in the Revolutionary War, to the roles of ArmenianAmerican women, to the practice of ancient Chinese foot
binding, championing the multidisciplinary approach to
theatre arts. It is anchored in tradition and heritage yet
embraces innovation and the fresh ideas that come with
changing times.

A Collaborative Beginning
In 1974, Afro-American Studies and
Rites and Reason Theatre informally
united when the founding Artistic
Director of Rites and Reason and the
Director of Afro-American Studies
joined with 15 Brown undergraduates
(six white, nine black) in a Group
Independent Study Project (GISP).
GISPs enable students with a shared
interest to work with faculty to direct
their study. The professors agreed to
teach GISP 21, “Race Relations in
Providence, 1920-1940,” which, for the
first time, brought the results of student
research to the stage of Rites and
Reason.

A research and developmental theatre, Rites and Reason
employs its unique Research-to-Performance Method (RPM)
of play development. RPM is a rational and systematic
process that organizes teams of artists and scholars in the
development of new plays. Combining artists’ ideas and
scholars’ research, these teams typically begin a dialogue
with each other over a body of research. In most cases, the
scholar prepares a brief written statement on the research
which is discussed with the playwright. The playwright then prepares an overview of the
play based on a reading of the research. The playwright revises the work and the dialogue
continues. Other artists, scholars, students, and community members are often invited to
participate in the discussions. Through these discussions the research moves from
readings, to workshops, and finally to a full production.
The Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund
With broad and significant support from across the Brown alumni community, The Ruth J.
Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund was established in May 2012. The Fund
supports the various initiatives of the Department of Africana Studies.
The Department of Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary intellectual center for students,
faculty, artists, and scholars interested in the artistic, historical, literary, and theoretical
expressions of Africa and the African Diaspora. It houses scholars in the fields of history,
literature, philosophy, religious studies, political theory, performance studies, feminist
studies, and cultural studies.
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The Department's Rites and Reason Theatre develops new plays by students and faculty.
Africana Studies sponsors symposia, lectures, debates, a bi-annual film festival, and regular
colloquia on African and African Diaspora writing. The faculty is also at the hub of a global
collaboration projects.
Your gift to this Fund will help support the activities of the department, including Rites and
Reason Theatre. The endowment will also fund visiting scholars and artists and support
program enhancements that will benefit the entire Brown community.
Visit the website below to make your gift to the Endowed Fund:
www.giving.brown.edu/initiatives/aoci/africana
Department of Africana Studies
Brown University
Box 1904
155 Angell Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3137
www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/rites_reason

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The Department of Africana Studies’ Rites and Reason Theatre presents

an INVITATION to the

NIGHTMARE YEARS
a musical drama

Written and directed by

Original score by

Elmo Terry-Morgan

Dr. Clarice LaVerne Thompson

Thursday, October 17 through George Houston Bass
Saturday, October 19 at 7PM Performing Arts Space
Brown University, Churchill House
155 Angell Street
Sunday, October 20 at 3PM
with post play FolkThought discussion

Providence, Rhode Island

http://brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/events • 401-863-3137 Africana_Studies@Brown.edu

The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) is an
interdisciplinary campus-wide hub for generative ideas, public conversation, creative
expression and engaged scholarship on race and ethnicity in America. We also encourage
and support research on indigenous people, new immigrant and racial groups as well as
transnational issues as they pertain to race and ethnicity.
A core component of CSREA is enabling faculty and advanced students in the development
of cutting edge, collaborative intellectual work. Toward this end, CSREA has launched
“What I am Thinking About Now,” an on-going informal workshop/seminar series to which
faculty and graduate students are invited to present and discuss recently published work
and work in progress. We also initiated the CSREA Research Grants Program. This
program awards up to $3,500 for semester long collaborative research projects led by
faculty from departments across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences who are
developing or share an existing inter-, multi- or trans-disciplinary research project.
On September 17, we hosted our inaugural event: a community forum titled “Where Do We
Go From Here?: After Trayvon,” led by a panel of nationally recognized activist-leaders and
students. On September 24, we opened an exhibit of artworks from CultureStr/ke, a national
network of professional and emerging artists whose mission is to advance progressive
change in immigration through cultural organizing.
CSREA is excited to be a hub at Brown and beyond for the study and reflection on race and
ethnicity in America. Prioritizing race and ethnicity as core research areas across various
disciplines enables and intensifies our ability to develop new ideas, raise new questions and
hopefully generate more useful answers.
We encourage alumni involvement! Please visit our website to join our mailing list and
offer program suggestions: www.brown.edu/race
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RACE + ETHNICITY IN AMERICA
Box 2032, Providence, RI 02912
401-863-5775
csrea@brown.edu

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The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) is a scholarly research center
with a public educational mission.
Recognizing that racial and chattel slavery were central to
the historical formation of the Americas, the CSSJ will
create a space for the interdisciplinary study of:
• historical forms of slavery
• how the legacies of slavery shape our contemporary world
• contemporary forms of human bondage
To further this study, CSSJ will establish research programs designed to foster deeper
understandings about the issues of justice, human rights, and freedom today.
We are dedicated to a policy of global public engagement on the issues of slavery, human
bondage, and justice. In order to explore these issues we will:
• convene public forums
• intervene in national and international debates
• develop collaborative partnerships of research and activities with scholars, activists,
individuals, and institutions committed to these issues
• hold conferences and workshops around these issues
The Center developed out of recommendations of the Steering Committee on Slavery and
Justice. During the Center’s inaugural year of programming in 2012–13 we introduced a
robust interdisciplinary series of programs which both examined Brown University’s
complex historical relationship with slavery and the contemporary legacies of slavery around
the world. The Center hopes to continue to provide a structure through which students,
scholars, and community members can create innovative connections and meaningful
discourse.
Through films, lectures, music programs, public exhibitions, conferences, and workshops,
CSSJ seeks to weave the past, present, and future perspectives on historical forms of
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slavery and the contemporary search for justice and create a space for ongoing dialogue
surrounding these issues.
History of CSSJ
In 2003, the then President of Brown University Dr. Ruth Simmons
appointed a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (SCSJ) to
explore Brown’s historical relationship to slavery and the transatlantic
slave trade. The SCSJ devoted three years to this task, uncovering,
documenting, and discussing Brown’s history and relationship to
American slavery and the African slave trade. The SCSJ also sponsored
many events that helped Brown and the Providence community reflects
on this history, and the then national debate about reparations for slavery.
The SCSJ’s final report includes a set of recommendations by which Brown could publicly
acknowledge this history and promote ongoing consideration of issues related to slavery
and justice. One major recommendation was the establishment of a Center for the Study of
Slavery and Justice (CSSJ). CSSJ was formally established during the 2012–2013
academic year.
Contact Us
At the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice we are interested in collaborative
programming, and providing a space to respond to
issues important to you. Please share your
feedback from previous events, or ideas for new
programming.
Alumnae Hall
194 Meeting Street
Phone: 401-863-5085
Email: slaveryjustice@brown.edu
www.brown.edu/slaveryandjustice
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The Third World Center was established in 1976 in response to student protests in 1968
and 1975. Although “Third World” may have negative socioeconomic associations, Brown
students continue to use the term in the context originating from the Civil Rights Movement.
MISSION
The Third World Center seeks to provide students at Brown University a variety of
opportunities to engage in the academic endeavors of the University and to integrate their
curricular and co-curricular interests. Accordingly, the Center’s mission is fourfold:
1. To provide an environment in which students of color and their allies can feel comfortable
exploring, expressing, and celebrating their cultural heritages;
2. To provide a base from which Third World students can have an impact as a community
at Brown;
3. To expand the social awareness of the University community with regards to current
issues involving the status of Third World people at Brown University and in society at large;
and
4. To equip students with life-long skills to aid them as they navigate their journey at Brown
and beyond.
The overarching purpose of the Center is to make significant contributions to the personal
and intellectual growth of students at Brown.
SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
The TWC promotes learning opportunities for social justice education, community building,
and leadership development through programs such as the Third World Transition Program
(TWTP), Minority Peer Counselor (MPC) program, heritage series, and student initiatives.
Third World Transition Program
The Third World Transition Program is the TWC’s premier pre-orientation program that
began in 1969. Over the four-day experience, participants meet other students, are
introduced to campus resources, and engage in learning activities that promote selfreflection, identity exploration, and critical discourse.
Minority Peer Counselors
The MPC Program started in 1973, when a group of black upperclass students volunteered
their services to provide new black students with academic support while building a sense of
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community, tradition, and strength. This program has evolved over the decades to include
mentors from other communities of color. Today, MPCs help build a stronger community
among first-year students within the residence halls. They also conduct workshops, provide
an academic and cultural referral network within and across residence halls, and promote
consciousness of cross-cultural issues.
Co-Curricular Initiatives
The TWC hosts five programming series: Asian American Heritage Series, Black Heritage
Series, Latino Heritage Series, Multiracial Heritage Series, and Native American Heritage
Series. Additionally, the Center supports the Asian American Student Initiative, Black
Student Initiative, Latino Student Initiative, First-Gen Initiative, $ocial Classmates (student
organization that raises awareness, fosters dialogue and takes action on issues pertaining
to social class disparities and classism in the student body), and The Next Thing (a
confidential support group for LGBTQ students of color).
TWC’S LEGACY MOVING FORWARD
The Third World Center will soon celebrate 40 years of student activism among
communities of color. To identify the most pressing needs of current students while setting a
vision for the future, the Center completed an extensive program review - which included a
self-study and external evaluation - to highlight the Center’s strengths, areas of
improvement, and programming opportunities. The next task is to have in-depth
conversations with different members of the campus community about the mission, focus,
and strategic plan of the TWC in 2013 and going forward; a name will come out of those
discussions about mission. More information about the strategic planning process can be
found at www.brown.edu/twc.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Third World Center
Brown University
Box 1871
68 Brown St.
Phone (401) 863-2120
Fax (401) 863-1184
TWC@brown.edu
Like us on Facebook: Third World Center (TWC)
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For nearly two decades, the Annenberg Institute has hewed to a single mission: to develop,
share, and act on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in
America, especially in urban communities and in schools serving disadvantaged children.
We adopted that mission because our abiding concern for equity demanded a focus on
urban schools and communities, where inequities in opportunities and results remain
unacceptable.
Since that time, we have seen many improvements in urban education, and the Institute is
proud of whatever small role we have played in some of them . However, we know the job is
incomplete. While many urban school districts can justly claim that their students have
attained basic-level knowledge and skills, no large urban district can say that all of its
students have developed the abilities they will need to be effective citizens in a complex,
diverse society or workers in a global, creative economy.
We know that schools alone cannot ensure that all students have the resources and
supports they need to reach that level. Districts, in partnership with community agencies
and organizations, need to provide a comprehensive web of learning support. We call this
type of partnership a “smart education system.” Our work is focused on defining such a
system and assisting communities in developing and strengthening their systems. We do so
while adhering to our core principles.
Districts and Communities
A smart education system is built on three pillars: schools, districts, and communities. The
importance of schools is obvious, and fortunately, there are many organizations, including
many with which we partner, that provide resources and supports to strengthen instruction
and learning in classrooms.
We have chosen to concentrate on the areas that match our expertise and experience:
districts and communities. In 2000, the Institute formed a national task force to examine the
role of urban districts. At the time, districts were seldom considered vital to educational
improvement, except as a source of problems. But the task force concluded that redesigned
districts are essential to ensuring results and equity, and it outlined a vision for a district that
could support students and schools effectively.
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The task force’s conclusions have informed much of our work since then. We currently work
with districts to build their capacity to support schools and students, and are developing and
testing an array of tools to support them in those efforts.
Similarly, we work to build local capacity and develop supporting tools to enable community
organizations to provide pressure and support for educational improvement. Community
organizing and engagement has been a hallmark of the Institute’s agenda since the 1990s,
when the Institute supported the eighteen Annenberg Challenge sites. Our work in this area
was strengthened substantially in 2006, when the New York City-based Community
Involvement Program joined the Institute and augmented our expertise and capacity. With
them we have continued to work on building community engagement in New York, and have
expanded our engagement work in other cities. In 2011, the Institute launched a major
national initiative, the Center for Education Organizing, that provides research, policy
analysis, and alliance-building support to individual groups and national networks engaged
in education reform.
We are engaged in building smart education systems in a number of cities throughout the
country. Yet we are also committed to upholding our values at home, both as a member of
the Brown University community and as a citizen of Providence and Rhode Island.
At Brown, we are helping to prepare the next generation of urban education leaders through
the Urban Education Policy master’s program. In Providence, we are providing research
and technical assistance support to the mayor’s Children and Youth Cabinet in its schoolimprovement efforts.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Brown University
383 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903-2923
Telephone: 401.863.7990
AISR_info@brown.edu
www.annenberginstitute.org

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As you may know, the Brown School of Engineering is undergoing an unprecedented growth campaign
which includes new faculty in cutting-edge research areas, growth of master's programs, and planning for a
new high-tech facility on College Hill.
A major component to all of this positive growth is accessibility of the engineering program to students, and
with that in mind the School is committed to growing and supporting all student organizations.
A specific targeted effort is taking place to foster the growth of the National Society of Black Engineers
(NSBE) to ensure that membership is supported and a close integration with the School of Engineering's
growth plan exists. The School is committed to working closely with NSBE to expand and support
membership, increase ties with alumni, and solidify collaborative relationships with other student
organizations in order to provide NSBE students with the best possible networking and create a strong
presence at the School. Help with mentoring, networking, events (speakers, job talks), and graduate
diversity fellowships are also key areas we would like to see grow in the coming years.
Diversity is a vital component of any university. Exposure to a broad range of perspectives, views and
outlooks is key to fostering both breadth and depth in intellectual discovery and furthering research.
The School of Engineering seeks to promote diversity, inclusion and fair treatment of all members of the
community.
In a time when the importance of geographic boundaries has been virtuallyeliminated by emerging
technology, the importance of diversity and the understanding of different perspectives play a key role in
the functioning of our society.
Brown University is founded on the ideals of academic inclusiveness and the benefits of a liberal education.
These principles are held strongly at the School of Engineering, where this philosophy has developed into a
culture of multidisciplinarity that crosses many intellectual boundaries. The School of Engineering's success
through creative and collaborative approaches are a testament to the benefits of inclusion and working with
a variety of diverse perspectives.
Diversity is therefore a foundational element, which facilitates our educational and research goals, and the
School is keenly aware of how enhancing historically under-represented populations in our engineering
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We acknowledge the challenges and the opportunities of achieving diversity, particularly in the fields of
engineering, which is why the School is strongly committed to developing these efforts at both the graduate
and undergraduate levels.
Outreach to under-represented populations for admissions, as well as efforts to engage students through
student organizations and support/retention programs are a priority for the School.
Many new initiatives are planned in these areas for the near future, and those with new ideas or support for
our efforts should contact Associate Dean Robert Rome for further discussion and brainstorming:
Robert Rome
Associate Dean for Organizational Development and Planning
School of Engineering
Brown University
Box D, 184 Hope Street
401-863-1433
robert_rome@brown.edu
www.brown.edu/academics/engineering

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Founded in 1975, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is one of the largest studentgoverned organizations in the country. With over 394 College, Pre- College, and Professional chapters in
the United States and abroad, NSBE has, accomplished more for Black engineering students than any
other organization in the world. The mission of NSBE is “to increase the number of culturally responsible
black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact their communities.”
The Brown University chapter of NSBE aspires to follow the main mission of NSBE while furthering our
members’ pursuits in engineering. This year, our chapter aims to have a resurgence within the Brown
community with the hopes of becoming one of the leading Black professional groups on campus. The long
term goal of the chapter is to increase the number of Black graduates from Brown University in the fields of
science, technology, engineering, and math (S.T.E.M.). We are excited about what this year brings forward
and we look forward to leaving a legacy for future generations of Black Brunonians.
The primary long term aim of the NSBE chapter at Brown is to increase the number of students that
graduate with degrees in engineering. To achieve this goal, the chapter has outlined the following steps:
1: To provide a support group for students of color in Engineering
Some students of color – particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds – who major in engineering
are often discouraged when they encounter the challenges related to engineering. Our NSBE chapter
should be there to support these students by demonstrating that it is possible to bridge those gaps and
excel in fields of engineering.
2: To create a network within and outside the Black at Brown community of engineering
This network would consist of undergrads, graduates, and alumni of the Brown community. This network
will be important in achieving the long-term goals because it helps to build a network within the Brown
community to promote collaboration within all fields of engineering.
3: To introduce black students to career opportunities within the field of engineering
Possibly the greatest benefit of being a part of NSBE is providing the opportunity for students to see what
career paths are possible with a degree in engineering. It is important for NSBE chapter members to travel
to the NSBE conferences to seek internship and employment opportunities.

Questions, comments or suggestions can be directed to NSBE Chapter President
Godwin Tsado ’16 at godwin_tsado@brown.edu.

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PANELISTS, SPEAKERS AND HONOREES
Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68, P’99, P’03 | Moderator/AOCI CoChair
Bernicestine McLeod Bailey is president of McLeod Associates, Inc., an
information technology consulting firm that specializes in performance
management and business intelligence software applications. For 12
years prior to forming McLeod Associates in 1981, she was a Systems
Engineer at IBM. In addition, she is currently actively involved as a Vice
President of Aisha & Co LLC, a family business specializing in the
stationery, gift, and toy industries with the Ishababies ® product line. Ms.
McLeod Bailey was elected to the Brown Corporation (the Board of Trustees) in 2001 and is currently a
Trustee Emerita. She has been involved at Brown most recently as a Vice Chair of the Campaign for
Academic Enrichment, specifically the Alumni of Color Initiative; a past chair of the President's Advisory
Council on Diversity; and chair of the Archives Committee of the Pembroke Associates Council.
Additionally, she has served as Class Treasurer; co-founder, the Investment in Diversity Fund; co-founder,
Third World Alumni Network; member, Parents Council; member and co-chair of several Reunion Gift
Committees; board member, Friends of the Library; member, Third World Alumni Activities Committee; and
she has participated in numerous on-campus forums and seminars. She was an initial recipient of the
Brown Alumni Service Award and received the Brown Bear award for sustained alumni service in 2007.
Harold Bailey , Jr. ’70 LHD’95 hon., P’99, P’03 | Moderator/AOCI CoChair
Since his days as a student leader and athlete, Harold Bailey has been
committed to making Brown a better place. As an early chair of the BAA’s
Minority Affairs Committee and later as secretary of the BAA, Bailey
worked successfully to increase the numbers of alumni of color involved in
student recruitment, local programming and reunion activities. Mr. Bailey
served as the co-chair of IPC’s Black Matriculation Campaign that
facilitated alumni calling prospective Brown students. He is also one of the
Vice Chairs for the Alumni of Color Campaign Committee. Mr. Bailey is a trustee emeritus and holds an
honorary Ph.D. from Brown University.

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Karen Baxter | Moderator
Before coming to Rites & Reason, Baxter was the executive director of
the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop (FSWW), one of the oldest Harlembased playwrights' laboratories. As Producer/Managing Director at Rites
& Reason, Baxter produces all of the season's productions and
programs. These have included film/stage-veteran Ossie Davis' Sybil,
Mule Bone by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes (which was
presented on Broadway by Lincoln Center, NY) and The
Disappearance by award-winning novelist Rosa Guy, adapted and
directed by veteran actor Ruby Dee and Elmo Terry-Morgan (which was also produced at CrossRoads
Theatre, NJ); the RI, NC and CA tours of Heart to Heart: Ain’t Your Life Worth Saving?; Freshwater
Road by Denise Nicholas; The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza (fully produced at the Goodman
Theatre, Chicago and at the Fountain Theater, Los Angeles). Baxter also produces The Black Lavender
Experience – Theatre and Conversation Sparked by Queer Playwrights of Color; and the Africana Film
Festival. She studies the West African language, Bambara and works with the Trilateral Reconnections
Project, University of Cape Town, SA/Brown/University of the West Indies and Fitna Yellen, Mali. Baxter
also teaches a course, Art and Civic Engagement that explores public art, communities, social and cultural
identity, democracy and power structures.
Lydia Boddie-Rice ’76 | Moderator
Lydia Boddie-Rice is CEO of Young Audiences of Rochester and
President and Principal Creative of BoddieWORKS Outreach Consulting.
She retired in 2010 as Manager of Public Affairs at Rochester Gas and
Electric Corporation for fourteen years where she was primarily
responsible for managing Community and local Government Affairs and
the Company's Corporate Contributions program. A Rochester
community influencer, she also is the former Director of the Center at
High Falls and elected Commissioner of the Rochester City School
District’s Board of Education. She is or has been a member of an exhaustive list of boards and committees,
including, but not limited to Rochester Community Baseball and the Rochester Broadway Theater League.
She is also the Founder and Managing Director of Cross Currents Minority Rowing
(www.ccminorityrowing.com). Lydia holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a masters degree
from Rhode Island College. She also earned her K-12 teaching certification in art education from the Rhode
Island School of Design. She has received numerous honors and awards for her professional contributions
and expertise.
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Sheila Bridges ’86 | Featured Author
Named "America's Best Interior Designer" by CNN and Time Magazine,
Sheila Bridges founded her own interior design firm in 1994. Sheila
Bridges Design, Inc is committed to creating high-end, interior spaces
that are thought-evoking and visually interesting while also comfortable
and livable. Ms. Bridges has designed residences and offices for many
prominent entertainers, entrepreneurs and business professionals
including the 8,300 square foot Harlem offices for former President Bill
Clinton and his staff. Sheila Bridges Design, Inc has also completed
projects at Columbia University and Princeton University, bringing Sheila's signature design aesthetic to
interior spaces at both of these prestigious academic institutions. Sheila has been a regular contributor on
NBC's Today Show, has appeared on Oprah and has been profiled in numerous national and international
publications including The New York Times; The Wall Street Journal; O, The Oprah Magazine; Martha
Stewart Living; and Ebony. Ms. Bridges was recently featured in the New York Times and will be signing
copies of her new book The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir on Saturday, October 19 at 2:00-3:30pm at the
Brown Bookstore and 3:45-4:15pm at Smith-Buonanno Hall Lobby.
Professor Anthony Bogues | Panelist
Professor Anthony Bogues is Harmon Family Professor of Africana
Studies, affiliated Professor of Political Science and Modern Culture and
Media, and Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at
Brown University. Created on recommendation of the '2006 Report of
the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice', the
new Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice will expand upon the
work of that committee, creating a space for student and faculty
research and public discussion of the history and legacies of these
issues. He recently co-curated a national exhibition of Haitian Art, Reframing Haiti: Art, History, and
Performativity. He is currently working on three major projects: a political/philosophical project on questions
of the human, freedom, human emancipation and the black intellectual tradition; co-curating a major
exhibition on Haitian art for 2014 in Paris and Cape Town, South Africa; and an intellectual/political
biography of Michael Manley and Jamaican postcolonial politics. Professor Bogues teaches courses on
subjects ranging from the Haitian Revolution, the complexities of African American political thought, and the
nature of freedom in the modern world to the relationship between critical political theory and the
imagination and on the relationship between history and literature in Caribbean novels.

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Ed Brockenbrough ’95 | Panelist
Ed Brockenbrough is an Assistant Professor of Teaching and Curriculum
at the University of Rochester’s Warner Graduate School of Education,
where he teaches courses on concepts and issues in social science
research, pre-service teacher preparation, and diversity and social justice
in American education. He is also the Director of the Urban Teaching and
Leadership Program, a Warner School initiative in partnership with the
Rochester City School District that prepares urban teachers with a
commitment to social justice. Professor Brockenbrough's research and
scholarly publications focus on negotiations of identity, pedagogy, and power in urban educational spaces,
with particular attention to black, masculinity, and queer issues in education. He is currently publishing
findings from his critical ethnography on the identities and educational experiences of LGBT youth of color,
with an emphasis on youth agency in the midst of multiple systems of oppression. Professor
Brockenbrough is also the former president of the board of directors of the MOCHA Center, a nonprofit
agency that addresses health disparities affecting LGBT communities of color.
Chell Burke ’15 | Panelist
Chell Burke is a junior from Brooklyn, New York City and is currently on
the pre-med track studying Neuroscience and intending to double
concentrate in Community Health. She hopes to fuse her two interests by
pursuing her MD degree and becoming an activist for persons living
without (quality) health care. She has served as a mentor to students of
various programs for 7 years and continues to pursue her vision of
shaping the next generation through her knowledge and experiences even
today. Ms. Burke has served as president of The League of United Black
Women, executive board member of the Black Student Union and is currently a Black Heritage Series
programmer while maintaining a presence in various groups on campus. Outside of her academic and
extracurricular interests, writing poetry, choreographing dances for her dance team and playing the piano.

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Angel Byrd, MD/PhD Candidate | Featured Student Speaker
Dedicated, passionate and energetic, M.D./Ph.D. student Angel Byrd has
earned many accolades and research opportunities. But she only recently
won a young scientist’s most coveted prize: publication as lead author of a
paper highly esteemed by her colleagues. As an undergrad at Tougaloo
College she earned the opportunity to do summer research in China on
gene expression and was named a Leadership Alliance scholar. Later at
Brown she earned a research internship at drug giant Eli Lilly, and has
piled up awards for research posters. After she won a coveted United
Negro College Fund/Merck Graduate Fellowship in 2011, she sparkled on televisions around the country in
a segment featuring her on BET. But it was not until recently that she could experience the pride — and
relief — of flipping open the Journal of Immunology to see her name as lead author not only of a paper, but
a paper the editors featured as one of the “top 10 percent” of the papers they publish. What Byrd found,
along with co-authors, are the exact conditions and molecular means that trigger the body’s response to the
invading Candida albicans. The fungus kills about 10,000 people in the United States each year,
particularly babies, HIV patients, and others with weak immune systems.
Dorothy Clark ’75 | Moderator
Dorothy Clark recently retired from the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke
University where she served as Deputy Director for Operations. After
leaving that post, she started Bull City Tax Service which focuses on
providing services to the arts community and small businesses. She is
also a full time student in Duke Divinity School. She makes her home in
Durham, NC and, when time permits, still performs on stage. Dorothy is a
founding member of 20/20 Sisters of Vision, a Giving Circle and member
of the Community Investment Network.

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James Clemmons ’14 | Panelist
James Clemmons, a native of a Columbus, Georgia, stands currently as a
senior at Brown University concentrating in Economics. Beyond being
academically devoted, James partakes in multiple extracurricular activities
which include The Brotherhood, Imani Jubilee, Residential Life, Ivy
Council, and Brown Student Agencies. He is a leader on campus serving
as Co-President of the Brotherhood and a Community Adviser for the
Office of Residential Life.

Justin Coles ’11 | Moderator
Justin Coles, a Philadelphia native, graduated from Brown University with
a dual concentration in Political Science and Education Studies. The
majority of Mr. Coles's academics as an undergraduate focused on the
intersections of politics and urban education in America. While at Brown,
Mr. Coles spent a large amount of his time working with the Black
community, primarily as an officer for O.U.A.P., recently renamed the
Black Student Union. Mr. Coles also spent time as a tour guide for the
Bruin Club, a Minority Peer Counselor, and a secretary at Advising Central
for the Dean of the College programming. Immediately after leaving Providence, he returned to
Philadelphia where he taught 8th grade literature as a Teach For America corps member. Mr. Coles is
currently a doctoral student at Michigan State University’s College of Education, in the Curriculum and
Instruction department with a focus on Race, Culture, and Equity.

Adom Crew ’04 | Panelist
Dr. Adom Crew is a graduate of the Class of 2004 and currently resides in
New York, NY. While at Brown, Adom was a member of the Men’s Soccer
Team, where he earned Ivy League Player of the Year and All-American
accolades during his senior season. After receiving his Business
Economics degree at Brown, Dr. Crew continued his studies at New York
University College of Dentistry, graduating in 2009 with high honors.
Currently a practicing dentist in Queens, NY, Dr. Crew has earned a
Fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantology and is back
at NYU part-time completing additional certification in Implant Dentistry. Outside of work, Dr. Crew serves
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on the Junior Board for HELP USA, a charity that provides housing and supportive services for the
homeless; and as a Trustee at Madison Avenue Baptist Church. He also is active in a variety of volunteer
activities, including the Brown IPC Mentorship Program and weekly programs at his local soup kitchen and
homeless shelter. In the future, Dr. Crew hopes to continue to expand on his passion for helping others in
both his work and extracurricular endeavors.
Spencer Crew ’71, P’00, P’04 | Moderator
Spencer Crew is a Professor of History at George Mason University. He
has worked in public history institutions for more than twenty-five years.
He served as president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom
Center for six years and was Director at the American History Museum at
the Smithsonian Institution for nine years. Mr. Crew is an active member
of the academic and cultural communities, serving on many boards that
work to generate enthusiasm for history among the general public. He is a
trustee emeritus of Brown University. He will be honored with the Brown
Bear Award for a lifetime of outstanding and wide-ranging volunteer service at the Brown Alumni
Association Recognition Ceremony and Luncheon.

Brickson Diamond ’93 | Master of Ceremonies/Former AOCI Co-Chair
Brickson Diamond is Chief Operating Officer of The Executive Leadership
Council (ELC), a national organization of current and former AfricanAmerican CEOs and senior executives at Fortune 500 and equivalent
companies. As COO, Mr. Diamond is responsible for the daily operations
of the organization. Mr. Diamond has more than 17 years of experience in
investment management and spent 11 of those years with Capital Group
Private Client Services. Most recently, he founded and led Big Answers
LLC, an independent strategic consulting practice advising small to midsized non-profit and for-profit entities primarily focused on organizations dedicated to social change and
access for members of the African-American and LGBT communities. A graduate of Brown University and
The Harvard Business School, Mr. Diamond has served on the board of the Brown Alumni Association and
currently is a member of Brown’s President’s Leadership Council.

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Eldridge Gilbert ’05 | Panelist/IPC Black Matriculation Co-Chair
Eldridge Gilbert originates from Rockford, Illinois and finished his
undergraduate degrees from Brown in 2005. Following graduation he
moved to New Orleans, LA to begin his two year commitment to Teach
for America. When Hurricane Katrina hit the city in August, Eldridge
moved to Houston where he was a founding teacher at KIPP New
Orleans West. The following year he became a founding teacher at YES
Prep Public Schools’ East End campus. He taught there as a Reading
and Social Studies teacher before transitioning into the Dean of Students
role. During his time as Dean of Students, Eldridge entered the first class of the Rice Educational
Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) and completed his MBA at the Jones School of Business. In 2010, he
became the founding School Director of YES Prep North Forest, YES Prep’s first district partnership with
the North Forest Independent School District. YES Prep North Forest now serves 700 students in 6th - 12th
grade and will have its first graduating class this spring.

Richard Gray, Jr. ’85 | Panelist
Richard Gray is the Director of the Community Organizing and
Engagement Division of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at
Brown University (AISR). His work includes providing strategic support
on community organizing and engagement to community and school
reform organizations in cities across the country and directing the Center
for Education Organizing at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform to
help expand the power of education organizing through building strategic
alliances among organizations and with strategic partners such as
teachers unions, reform support organizations, civil rights organizations, and research/policy institutes.
Before joining the Institute, Mr. Gray was the Director of National Technical Assistance with the Community
Involvement Program at New York University’s Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP), where he
assisted community groups in New York City and across the country in developing strategies to improve
local schools and shape more effective and equitable education policies. Mr. Gray was also the CoExecutive Director of the National Coalition of Advocates for Students (NCAS), a nationwide network of
child advocacy organizations that work to improve the access of quality public education to student
populations who have traditionally been underserved by public schools. Mr. Gray is President Emeritus of
the Inman Page Black Alumni Council.

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Mark Winston Griffith ’85 | Panelist
Mark Winston Griffith serves as the Executive Director at the Brooklyn
Movement Center. Mr. Griffith was on the Faculty of the CUNY Graduate
School of Journalism and was most recently the field organizer for the
MOVE NY campaign. A Central Brooklyn native, Mr. Griffith is the former
Executive Director and Senior Fellow for Economic Justice at the Drum
Major Institute for Public Policy, and the former co-director of the
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project. In the early
1990s, he co-founded the Central Brooklyn Partnership and Central
Brooklyn Federal Credit Union. Mr. Griffith was the first President of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council.

Professor Paget Henry | Panelist
Paget Henry is a Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology and Interim
Chair of the Department of Africana Studies. His specializations are
Dependency Theory, Caribbean Political Economy, Sociology of Religion,
Sociology of Art and Literature, Africana Philosophy and Religion, Race
and Ethnic Relations, Poststructuralism, and Critical Theory. The editor of
The C. L. R. James Journal, Professor Henry is also an external examiner
for the University of the West Indies and the University of Guyana. He has
presented papers in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa,
and he has organized several major conferences on such topics as C.L.R. James's Years in the U.S. and
on Democracy and Development in the Caribbean.

Rosetta Hillary ’74 | Panelist/BAR Worship Service Co-Chair
An accomplished attorney and senior manager with nearly 30 years of
service in the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education,
Rosetta Hillary developed skills as a master troubleshooter and change
agent. Addressing issues related to race, disability, age, and gender
discrimination, Ms. Hillary led both field office and headquarters staff in
efforts to enforce Federal civil rights laws. In August 2008, Rosetta
established a consulting and coaching firm for executives and
organizations designed to assist in troubleshooting, leadership
development, increasing management capacity, and promoting overall life mastery. Ms. Hillary brings 10
years of experience as an executive coach and personal coach to her new venture along with numerous
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other leadership and management skills that she acquired during her tenure with the Office for Civil Rights.
Ms. Hillary is President Emeritus of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council.

Dorsey James ’83, P’14| Panelist & Entertainment Committee Chair
Dorsey James is the president of LA Reid Music Publishing, a joint
venture with EMI to sign new songwriters. Mr. James was previously
president of Skor Entertainment, a holding company that invests and
takes an active management role in media assets primarily related to the
music business. Mr. James also served as Senior Vice President at Arista
Records and General Manager at LaFace Records/BMG Entertainment.
Mr. James is President Emeritus of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council
and regional director and area chair for Brown Alumni Schools
Committees. Mr. James also serves as a current trustee for Brown University.

Alyce Johnson ’74 | Panelist
Alyce Johnson's current work maintains a laser focus on human diversity
and inclusion within the engineering and scientific research environment
of MIT. With over 30 years of providing academic and administrative
staff guidance about benefits, compensation, employee relations,
organization development, professional development and staffing, she
now leads and coaches campus wide actions to sustain diversity, equity
and respect with myriad stakeholders.
In addition, Alyce is an organization development consultant. She
supports through coaching leaders, assessing readiness for change, supporting performance
development, facilitating meetings, designing results oriented retreats to focus strategic planning, employee
engagement, and team building. Her work also includes delivering professional development learning
opportunities.

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Afia Kwakwa ’14 | Panelist
Afia Kwakwa, a senior at Brown University, is a native of Geneva,
Switzerland with Ghanaian and Ugandan roots. She is a double
concentrator in Public Policy and Theatre. Beyond her academics, Ms.
Kwakwa is extremely involved in life on and off campus. Her activities
include: tutoring english language learners, coordinating mentorship of
Providence high school students, representing counselors in first-year
dormitories, and participating in multiple multicultural groups on campus.
Her current and past leadership experiences include: serving Brown's
Student Body as Treasurer, Campus Life Chair and a representative on the Brown University Residential
Council. Next year, Ms. Kwakwa will be joining the Teach for America corps in the Mississippi Delta. Post
Teach for America, Ms. Kwakwa plans to attend law school to study Corporate and Intellectual Property
Law.
Professor Glenn Loury | Panelist
As an academic economist, Professor Loury has published mainly in the
areas of applied microeconomic theory, game theory, industrial
organization, natural resource economics, and the economics of race and
inequality. As a prominent social critic and public intellectual, writing
mainly on the themes of racial inequality and social policy, Professor
Loury has published over 200 essays and reviews in journals of public
affairs in the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations, is a contributing editor at The Boston Review, and was for
many years a contributing editor at The New Republic. Professor Loury’s books include One by One, From
the Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America (The Free Press, 1995 –
winner of the American Book Award and the Christianity Today Book Award); The Anatomy of Racial
Inequality (Harvard University Press, 2002); Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy: Comparing the US
and the UK (ed., Cambridge University Press, 2005); and, Race, Incarceration and American Values (M.I.T.
Press, 2008).

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Ricardo Mullings ’15 | Panelist
Ricardo Mullings is from Brooklyn, New York and is currently a junior
concentrating in Mechanical Engineering. He plans to combine his
engineering background with his interests in law, technology, and
innovation to one day practice Patent Law. He currently serves as the
Vice President of The Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc. and the Black Student Union.

Joelle Murchison ’95 | Moderator
Joelle Murchison serves as Vice President, Enterprise Diversity &
Inclusion at The Travelers Companies, Inc. Ms. Murchison is responsible
for leading the execution of Travelers’ diversity strategy, which includes
managing strategic relationships - both internal and external - to drive and
enhance the organization’s culture and achieve its business objectives.
Prior to joining Travelers, Ms. Murchison was the Manager, Corporate
Recruiting and Diversity Partnerships at United Technologies Corporation,
and previously held positions of increasing responsibility in the nonprofit
sector, and in higher education. She is also a member of the executive committee of the board of directors
of Leadership Greater Hartford and spent 10 years as a diversity trainer with the Anti Defamation League’s
A World of Difference Institute.

Dakotah Blue Rice ’16 | Panelist
Dakotah Blue Rice is currently a sophomore at Brown and is originally
from Huntsville, Alabama. At the age of twelve, Dakotah moved to
Atlanta, Georgia where he resides with both his mother and grandmother.
Dakotah intends to major in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He
hopes to morph his studies into a career first in investment banking and
eventually into venture capital focusing on developing economies.
Outside of majoring in Economics, Mr. Rice's passions include watching
reality television and helping students at a local Providence High School
compete as policy debaters as a coaching assistant and coordinator with the Rhode Island Urban Debate
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League. In addition to being a member of the Undergraduate Finance Board, he serves as the finance chair
for the Black Student Union (BSU) and the production chair for the Queer Alliance.

Sonja Brookins Santelises ’89 | Panelist
Sonja Brookins Santelises is the Vice-President of K-12 policy and
practice for Education Trust. Ms. Santelises comes to The Education
Trust with many years of experience in K-12 education, most recently
as chief academic officer for Baltimore City Public Schools. Prior to her
work in Baltimore, Ms. Santelises spent 10 years working in public
education in Boston. At Boston Public Schools, she served as assistant
superintendent for pilot schools and supported school leaders in 25 highperforming schools operating semi-independently of the district. Ms.
Santelises also served as assistant superintendent for professional development at BPS. In this role, she
worked to develop effective administrators and teachers in the district and secured funding to support a
school leader professional pipeline. She will be honored with the John Hope Award for Public Service for
making a significant impact in her community at the Brown Alumni Association Recognition Ceremony and
Luncheon.
Warren Simmons | Panelist
Warren Simmons directs the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at
Brown University. The Institute was established in 1993 to generate,
share, and act on knowledge that improves conditions and outcomes in
American schools, particularly in urban areas and in schools serving
disadvantaged students. The Institute pursues its mission in four areas of
work: District and Systems Change, Community Organizing and
Engagement, Research and Policy, and Communications. Through its
work in these areas, the Institute conducts and publishes applied
research, develops and disseminates tools and products, and provides technical support designed to build
capacity of urban school communities and systems.

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Denise Bledsoe Slaughter ’75 AM’77 | Panelist/IPC Newsletter CoEditor
Denise Bledsoe Slaughter has served as executive assistant to the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of the District
of Columbia (UDC) since 2009, where she is primarily responsible for:
management of systems, procedures, and office operations in support of
the VPAA and staff directors; liaison/point-person for communications with
deans/chairs, faculty, students, parents, and community; support and
outreach for university ceremonial events; communications strategies,
writing, editing, and proofing for various directors. Previously, Ms. Slaughter served for 12 years as the
Director of Communications at the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), Washington, DC, a non-profit
organization focused on education policy and leadership preparation, and dedicated to helping people learn
to work together across all differences. In addition to her career in non-profits, Ms. Slaughter is a committed
member of her DC and Brown communities. She was the first elected Secretary to the Inman Page Black
Alumni Council in 2001, and served a combined total of eight years as a member of the Executive Board
and Communications Committee. Besides the IPC work, Ms. Slaughter has also served Brown as a
volunteer in other efforts, including BASC interviews.
Alison Stewart ’88 | Featured Author
During her more than two decades as a journalist Alison Stewart has
reported for all the major national news networks and anchored her own
programs on NPR, PBS, and MSNBC. Most recently she was the host of
the debut TED Radio Hour on NPR, which was awarded Best Audio
Podcast by the editors of iTunes in 2012. Her career highlights include
reporting for 60 Minutes, founding NPR’s breakthrough multi-platform
news program The Bryant Park Project, the first public radio news
program to seamlessly incorporate audio, video, and social media, and
creating the MSNBC show The Most, a news program based on the most popular news on the web. In
2013, she was elected to The Board of Trustees of the Corporation of Brown University. Ms. Stewart will be
signing copies of her book First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High
School on Saturday, October 19 at 2:00-3:30pm at the Brown Bookstore and 3:45-4:15pm at SmithBuonanno Hall Lobby.

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Katani Sumner ’85 | Vocalist/BAR Worship Service Co-Chair
After a successful career as the first African-American Unit Manager in
New England in a large well-known corporation, Ms. Sumner knew deep
down inside that her most precious gift was the gift of song. Everyone
who hears Ms. Sumner experiences her undeniable talents, her vitality,
confidence and intelligence. She yields to the call within to spread the
good news in pursuit of her purpose. Katani’s talents and experiences are
far reaching in the areas of singing (Gospel, Jazz, R&B), theatrical
productions (as featured performer as well as producer, director or vocal
arranger). She is perhaps best known as the “Inspirational MC” at the Original House of Blues’-Sunday
Gospel Brunch where she was a featured performer as well as the MC for ten years. Katani can now be
seen as the singer/narrator for the Blues Schoolhouse presentation on the history of the Blues at the House
of Blues Boston or as a featured vocalist for Gospel Night at the Pops-Symphony Hall. Katani's first fulllength CD can be purchased at cdbaby.com or through her website: katanisumner.com.
Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74 | Director of Theatrical Performance
Elmo Terry-Morgan is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and
Theatre and Performance Studies; and Artistic Director of Rites and
Reason Theatre He is also on the faculty of the new Brown/Trinity
Repertory Graduate Program in Theater Arts. Terry-Morgan’s areas of
specialization are African-American Theatre, African-American Folk
Traditions and Cultural Expressions, and Playwriting. He has served as
managing editor for the Black Theatre Network News. Before coming to
Brown Professor Terry-Morgan was a longtime associate director and
playwright at the National Black Theatre of Harlem, NY. He also served as writer and director of the
AUDELCO Awards show, the Recognition Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre in New York City for ten
years.

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Preston Tisdale ’73, P’10, P’10 MPH’ MD’15, P’12 | Panelist
Preston Tisdale is of counsel at the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Beider.
Previously, he directed the Fairfield Judicial District Public Defender’s
Office and was the first director of special public defenders for the State of
Connecticut. Mr. Tisdale served on the Connecticut Commission on Racial
and Ethnic Disparity, the Greater Bridgeport Symphony board, and as
chair of the Regional Youth/Adult Social Action Partnership. He is the
recipient of the NAACP Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Tisdale is
President Emeritus of IPC and a former member of the Alumni of Color
Initiative. He served on the University’s advisory councils on admission and diversity as well as on the
Brown Club of Fairfield County and the Association of Class Leaders. Mr. Tisdale received the first Joseph
M. Fernandez ‘85 Award for bringing diverse alumni together to make a positive contribution to the
University community. He currently serves on the President’s Leadership Council and was voted PresidentElect of the Brown Alumni Association for the 2013-2015 term.
Ocynthia Williams | Panelist
Ocynthia Williams is a wife, and mother to six children, all who attended
public schools in New York City. She is a founding member and parent
leader of NYC Coalition for Educational Justice and a founding member of
the United Parents of Highbridge, where she now works as an education
organizer. Ms. Williams is also an Ambassador with the National
Opportunity to Learn Education Campaign for the Schott Foundation. She
is former parent leader with the Community Collaborative to improve
District 9 Schools (CC9) with whom she played a vital role in developing
the city’s first Lead Teacher Program designed to improve education in failing South Bronx Schools. She is
a founder member of the first middle school in the Highbridge Section of the Bronx that just opened its
doors for the first time in September of 2013. Ms. Williams is a long-time community activist, public
speaker, and a published author. She has presented on education panels nationwide, most recently at
Harvard University, and her work has been captured through the media at rallies and many press
conferences.

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Rev. Jeffrey Williams ’85 | Worship Service Guest Preacher
Reverend Doctor Jeffery A. Williams' forward-thinking ideals are helping to
reshape the social and spiritual landscape of Rhode Island and beyond. In
May 2007, Williams received his Doctorate of Ministry degree in Urban
Complex Settings from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and
graduated in June 2010 with a Master's in Public Administration from the
Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Williams was consecrated
as Overseer of the New England Diocese by His Grace Donald Hilliard II,
in 2008. His commitment to helping others understand the connection
between principle and practice, led to the founding of the Cathedral of Life Christian Assembly in 1999,
which is now called "The King's Cathedral". Under Dr. Williams’ leadership, the Cathedral now owns five
properties, including an historic church located in the Olneyville Square neighborhood of Providence and
has distributed over 60 tons of food and tens of thousands of articles of clothing, household goods and
furniture to those in need. As Chief Empowerment Officer, his congregation in Providence has grown from
nine members to well over 500 hundred, with 30 different ministries and programs. Internationally, Dr.
Williams oversees 43 congregations in six nations and has established the “The Well-Life Project” which is
the funding arm to create 12 fresh water wells in Kitwe, Zambia.
Troy Wilson ’83 | Panelist
Troy Wilson is a founding partner at the Philadelphia law firm of Wilson &
Wilson. He heads his firm’s litigation department. Mr. Wilson has been a
moderator, course planner and speaker for various Continuing Legal
Education courses. He has taught as an adjunct professor of law at the
Widener University School of Law. Mr. Wilson served as former
chairperson of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section
and has served on the Bar Association’s Board of Governors.

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Chantel Whittle ’12 | Panelist
Chantel Whittle is a budding theatre artist and producer. She has served
as the Associate Producer of the Writing is Live Festival 2013,
Development/Marketing Associate for the Yermedea RAW Tour, &
Executive Producer of TPOC in the Upspace. Directing credits
include: RENT & TPOC in the Upspace. Acting credits include: George
Bernard Shaw & Mr. Charles Gill (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of
Oscar Wilde), Berthe (Pippin), Saint Monica (The Last Days of Judas
Iscariot), Lisa the Homeless Woman (A New Brain). Rites & Reason
Theatre credits include: Sultane (Brenda Marie Osbey’s Sultane Au Grand Marais), Sofia (Liz Morgan’sskIN
DEEP), Little Black Devil (Patricia Ione Lloyd’s Dirty Little Black Girls), Ensemble (Sharon
Bridgeforth’s Dyke Warrior Prayers: redux). Film credits include: Japonica Jones (Spicy Wit), Lucy
(Legacy). Currently, she is the Artistic Engagement & Producing Intern at the McCarter Theatre in
Princeton, NJ.

Roger Vann ’87 | Featured Alumni Speaker
For more than 20 years, Roger Vann has served the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in a variety of staff and
volunteer leadership roles. In his current capacity as chief operating
officer and chief of staff, Vann is responsible for day-to-day management
of the 104-year-old civil rights organization. He recently led the
development and implementation of the Association's successful 2012
civic engagement strategy that produced over 430,000 new registered
voters nationwide. In 2011, Vann oversaw the organization's first strategic
planning process of its second century. He previously served as the NAACP's national membership
director, chief development officer and senior vice president of field operations and membership. In addition
to having more than 10 years of experience as a radio news director, programmer and talk show host,
Vann is the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Connecticut. With his
wife, Roger proudly parents three extraordinary children.

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Last year Brown's Black alumni community set a new record number of 898 donors to the Brown Annual
Fund. To encourage this milestone, Lynette Allison Carr ’79, Derek Medina ’88, Roosevelt Robinson ’78,
and Wes Thompson ’76 generously sponsored the IPC Community Brown Annual Fund Scholarship
Challenge, through which they collectively pledged $100,000 to create a scholarship—to be awarded with
preference for a Black student this fall. Our thanks go out to these incredibly generous IPC alumni and all of
the other alumni who continue to make a commitment to ensuring that students from our community have
access to a Brown education year after year.
Lynette Allison Carr ’79 graduated from Columbia Law School and was previously Vice President,
Secretary and a General Counsel of Scholastic Inc. She is currently raising her daughters and active in
their schools as well as a variety of not-for-profit organizations. While at Brown, Ms. Carr received an AB in
French and International Relations and was a member of the Varsity Women's Track Team. Ms. Carr has
served as a member of her 10th and 30th Reunion Gift Committees as well as the Alumni Interviewing
Program (formerly BASC). In addition to most recently serving as a Challenger for the IPC Community
Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Challenge, Ms. Carr has supported the Brown Annual Fund Investment in
Diversity, the IPC Endowed Scholarship and the Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund.
Derek Medina ’88 received an MBA from Columbia Business School, and JD from Columbia Law School.
He is currently senior vice president of Business Affairs at ABC News. He has worked at ABC News for the
past 15 years. While at Brown, Mr. Medina received an AB in Economics. Mr. Medina has served on his 5th
and 25th Reunion Gift Committees and has also served on the Advisory Council on Media Relations and
has participated in the Alumni Interviewing Program (formerly BASC). In addition to most recently serving
as Challenger for the IPC Community Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Challenge, Mr. Medina has also
supported the Brown Annual Fund Investment in Diversity and the Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies
Endowed Fund.
Roosevelt Robinson III ’78 received his MBA from the University of Chicago. Roosevelt has spent the
past 25+ years working in the auto industry business. He is currently president of Middletown Ford, and has
held that position since 1990. While at Brown, Roosevelt received his ScB in Applied Math and was a
member of the Men’s Rugby team. Roosevelt has served on his 25 th and 30th Class Reunion Gift
Committees and was the Multicultural Activities Chair of the Class Officers Committee for Brown. Mr.
Robinson also served for a number of years on the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Council, has served as
an Alumni Marshall for his class and has participated in the Alumni Interviewing Program (formerly BASC).
In addition to his generous support of the IPC Community Brown Annual Fund Scholarship, Mr. Robinson
has supported the Annual Fund Investment in Diversity, IPC Endowed Scholarship and the Ruth J.
Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund.
Westley "Wes" Thompson ’76 is the President of Sun Life Financial in MA. A 25+ year veteran of the
financial services industry, Wes was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Financial
Distributors Inc. While at Brown, Wes received an AB in Sociology and played on the Men's Varsity Soccer
Team. In addition to most recently serving as Challenger for the IPC Community Brown Annual Fund
Scholarship Challenge, Wes has also supported the Brown Annual Fund Investment in Diversity and the
IPC Endowed Scholarship.
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STUDENT GROUP PERFORMANCES
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
“Oh So Klean” Lambda Xi Chapter
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on
January 5, 1911 on the campus of Indiana University
by ten astute gentlemen. Embodying the fraternity’
s motto of “Achievement in Every Field of Human
Endeavor,” the Lambda Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity, Inc. was established at Brown
University on March 12th, 1983. Today, celebrating
its 30th anniversary, Lambda Xi has proven that
Kappa Alpha Psi is the premier fraternity in Rhode
Island by performing captivating step performances,
impacting the community through tireless service efforts, maintaining leadership positions on-and-off
campus and being a repeat Fraternity of the Year recipient.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
“Oh So Sweet” Sigma Nu Chapter
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded January 16,
1920 on the campus of Howard University by five women.
The sorority is based on the principles of Scholarship,
Service, Sisterly Love, and Finer Womanhood. Zeta Phi
Beta is the only NPHC sorority that is constitutionally
bound to a fraternity; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and
is a community conscious, action-oriented organization
comprised of over 125,000 members in more than 800
chapters throughout the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. The Sigma Nu chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was chartered March 12, 1988 on the campus of Johnson & Wales University
and is a city-wide chapter that caters to schools in the Providence area. Recent awards include Highest
GPA in the tri state and Program of the year for the annual, So You Think You Can Stroll Completion.

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Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.
“Battle Zone” Beta Zeta Chapter
Since its inception in 1982, La Unidad Latina has
remained on the vanguard of political and community
empowerment by developing influential leaders that
strive to exert knowledge and power into its peers in
order to attain mutual success. We commit ourselves to
academic excellence, leadership development and
cultural enlightenment, enhanced by a diverse
cognizant membership. La Hermandad strives to
preserve and promote an inclusive intellectual
environment for its members, in addition to the general
community.

Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas
Unidas Sorority, Inc.
”Resplendent” Rho Chapter
On December 1, 1987 at Binghamton
University, four Founding Mothers created an
organization that would not only serve as a
voice for women in an academic setting, but
would also provide sincere sisterhood and unconditional support while actively promoting academic
achievement, service to the community, and cultural enrichment. Over two decade and more than 30
campuses later, the Hermanas of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority Inc. continues
the legacy of their Founders' vision by effectively bridging the gap between the Latino community and the
campuses they represent. Today, almost two decades later, the goals and ideals continue to be exemplified
by the Hermanas: Sisterhood, Leadership, Community Service, Cultural Awareness and Academic
Excellence. The Resplendent Rho Chapter at Johnson & Wales University was founded in the Spring of
1999.

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Black Student Union

Hello!

Issue 1: October/November 2013
The Executive Board
Ricardo Mullings ‘15

Thank you for reading and for
your support. We hope you
enjoy learning more about Black
Student Union’s presence on
Brown’s campus!

President

Jummy Akinsulire ‘16
Vice President

Isabelle Thenor-Louis ‘16

Sincerely,

University Affairs Chair

The Executive Board

Dakotah Rice ‘16
Finance Chair

Armani Madison ‘16
Public Relations Chair

David Johnson ‘16
Community Service Chair

Leadz Dorce ‘16
Historian

Karen Normil ‘16
Secretary

Then and Now
Black Student Union
Founded as the Organization of United African Peoples in 1967, Black Student Union has
served as a consistent source of support and community to black students on Brown’s
campus. Black Student Union has expanded in almost every avenue and will continue to
strive in reach out to the greater Brown community through programs and events. Last year,
we held the first annual Mr. and Ms. Black Student Union Pageant. We also implemented the
Black Carpet Series, a bi-weekly free screening of a popular black film. Our general body
meetings have also reached record-breaking numbers in attendance. We are so excited for
this upcoming year and hope you join us on our journey to a more united and prosperous
Black Student Union.
more on

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3
2
1

Welcome
Back BBQ
September 14, 2013
Harambee House

“I was thrilled to see so many new faces. I met a wonderful student from RISD, some
fantastic freshmen, and even some upperclassmen that I had not cross paths with
before.”
-Joshua Jackson ‘16
The Black Student Union invited

Brotherhood, The League of United

students to join us for our Welcome

Black Women, Alpha Phi Alpha

Back Barbeque. Over 70 students

Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi

were in attendance. During the

Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta

event, various organizations on

Sorority Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

campus were given the chance to

Inc., Harambee House, the National

provide information about their

Society of Black Engineers, African

mission. Many groups were

Students Association, and Queer

represented including The

Alliance.

Black Solidarity Conference
Yale University
February 13-16, 2014
Over the years, it has become a

attend this conference. Because of

tradition for Black Student Union

this, we are extremely dedicated

to attend the Black Solidarity

to partaking in this invaluable

Conference at Yale University.

experience in the upcoming year.

This conference has provided our

We are currently in the process of

members with a tremendously

fundraising to attend the

educational and rewarding

conference in February. Black

experience. Each year, BSC

Solidarity Conference is a great

chooses a theme to focus during

opportunity for our Black Student

students’ time at Yale University.

Union to connect with other

In past years, these themes have

student leaders as well as hone

ranged from “Progress is

our skills in a professional

Personal: Erasing Complacency,

environment. Additionally, we

Embracing Our Purpose,” to

look to Black Solidarity

“From Pulpits to the Polls:

Conference as a source of

Ushering In a New Era of

endless opportunity and

Activism,” to “Stigmas and

knowledge. Ideas sparked there

Stereotypes: An Exploration of

are truly timeless as we look to

Black Sexuality.” At each

Black Solidarity Conference as a

conference, an influential black

launching pad to improve future

leader is chosen as a keynote

programs for our Black Student

speaker. At the 17

th

Annual Black

Union. We are extremely

Solidarity Conference, Dr. Angela

dedicated to bringing what we

Davis delivered the keynote

have learned at Yale back to

address. To the left, Dr. Davis is

Brown’s campus. Furthermore,

pictured with a few of our

we would greatly appreciate any

members. Last year, our Black

support you can provide to

Student Union was not able to

revitalize our tradition.

Record-Setting Success
Last year Lynette Allison Carr ’79, Derek Medina ’88, Roosevelt Robinson ’78, and Westley Thompson '76
generously offered the IPC Community Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Challenge, through which they
pledged to create a $100,000 scholarship if a record number of African American and Black undergraduate
alumni contributed to Brown through the 2012-2013 Annual Fund. Our community took up the challenge,
and 898 alumni made gifts, exceeding the previous record by almost 20%! Because of our community’s strong
participation, the four-year IPC Community Brown Annual Fund Scholarship will be awarded beginning this
fall. This brings us to a total of two students receiving scholarships from the Alumni of Color Initiative.

Lasting Legacy
Since The Alumni of Color Initiative (AOCI) was launched in 2008, African American and Black alumni have
also established two endowments and partnered with Asian/Asian American and Latino/Hispanic alumni to
establish a third each of which will provide support to the University in perpetuity.
• Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC) Endowed Scholarship: provides
financial aid each year for an undergraduate student; Taylor Williams '15, from
Cerritos, California, is the current recipient
• Third World Transition Program Endowment: funding for the pre-orientation
program which gives incoming first-year students from a variety of backgrounds
the chance to explore their own unique experiences, share their commonalities,
learn from their differences, and build a more unified community at Brown

Taylor Williams '15

• The Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund: support for the activities
of the Department of Africana Studies, which may include the Rites and Reason
Theatre, identified initiatives from the University's Slavery and Justice Response,
and bringing visiting scholars and artists to the department

A Call to Action
The leaders of IPC and AOCI call upon the community to increase our support of the Africana Studies
department. Last fall, we launched an effort to add another $50,000 to the endowment. We have made good
progress but are still $17,721 away from the goal. As we come together to celebrate our second Black Alumni
Reunion, let’s meet this goal and expand the resources available for Africana Studies.
Please join us by making a gift now.
You can contribute using your credit or debit card online at https://gifts.brown.edu. Click “Give Now,” scroll
to the bottom of the page to the heading “The Alumni of Color Initiative,” and check the box for “The Ruth J.
Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund.” You can also send a check to Brown University Gift Cashier, Box
1877, Providence, RI 02912-1877. Note in the memo that it is for the Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies
Endowed Fund.

On behalf of Brown’s students and faculty, we thank you very much!
Brown University ∗ Box 1893 ∗ Providence, RI 02912-1893 ∗ 401-863-1730 ∗ http://giving.brown.edu/aoci

Brown Univ IPC - Black Alumni Reunion 2013 - Program Booklet

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR BROWN UNIVERSITY SPONSORS
Brown Alumni Association
Multicultural Alumni Committee (MAC)
www.alumni.brown.edu/diversity

Brown University
www.giving.brown.edu/initiatives/aoci

Brown University
www.brown.edu/academics/engineering

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Joelle Murchison ’95
Vice President, Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion
www.travelers.com
Richard Gray ’85
Director, Community Organizing and Engagement
www.annenberginstitute.org
O’s Place Jazz Newsletter
D. Oscar Groomes ’82, P’15
www.osplacejazz.com

One United Bank
Teri Williams Cohee ’79
President
www.oneunited.com
Fete Music
Donald King ’93
Vice President
www.fetemusic.com

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SPECIAL THANKS TO BROWN UNIVERSITY
President’s Office
Christina H. Paxson, President
Geneva Ferrell, Special Assistant to the President
Kimberly Roskiewicz, Assistant to the President
Development
Tammie Ruda, Executive Director, Annual Giving
Suzy Alba, Assistant Director, Affinity & Graduate Programs
Alumni Relations
Todd Andrews ’83, Vice President for Alumni Relations
Myra Liwanag ’91, Director, Regional and Multicultural Programs
Valerie Cordeiro, Program Assistant, Regional and Multicultural Programs
Jill Rossi, Director of Alumni On-Campus Programs and Special Events
Warren Simmons, Executive Director
Richard Gray ’85, Director, Community Organizing and Engagement
Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
B. Anthony Bogues, Director
Shana Weinberg, Center Manager
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
Tricia Rose PhD ’93, Director & Professor of Africana Studies
Caitlin Murphy, Outreach Coordinator and Executive Assistant
Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life
The Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson, Chaplain of the University
The Reverend Kirstin C. Boswell Ford, Associate University Chaplain for the Protestant Community
Third World Center
Mary Grace Almandrez, Director & Assistant Dean of the College
Shane Lloyd MPH ’11, Assistant Director for First Year and Sophomore Programs
Africana Studies / Rites & Reason Theatre
Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74, Associate Professor of Africana Studies
Karen Baxter, Managing Director, Africana Studies
Robert Rome, Associate Dean for Organizational Development and Planning

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