Do the Change: Episode 6 - LaShyra Nolen (Part 1)

23/10/2023 37 min Temporada 2 Episodio 6
Do the Change: Episode 6 -  LaShyra Nolen (Part 1)

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Episode Synopsis

Join us for this episode with LaShyra "Lash" Nolen, a Southern California native, writer, activist, and dual-degree MD/MPP student at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is the first documented Black woman to serve as student council president at Harvard Medical School and strives to continue to dismantle systemic practices inside and outside medical institutions. In 2021, Lash founded We Got Us, a youth-led grassroots community empowerment project focused on increasing access to education and healing for marginalized communities.  Join us for this enriching conversation with Lash as we explore her life story, her Fulbright adventure, and the powerful mission of her grassroots organization, We Got Us. See full transcript here: https://www.coeh.berkeley.edu/do-change-lashyra-nolen