BLB Scholars
These students were the first recipients for the BLB Pay It Forward Scholarship. They displayed great leadership qualities as well as having innovative thinking in their essays. Most importantly, they showed a desire to pay it forward to the community, as seen in their quotes below.
Irie Otis Evans
School: Stanford University
"I want to fight for my people, both in court as a public defender and in the community by bringing legal education to the Black community."
Damilola Arowolaju
School: George Washington University
“I want to use the knowledge of the law and policies that I will gain to find solutions to the public education, segregation, over-policing, poverty, and mass incarceration issues that plague Chicago as well as the entire country."
Nicolas Smith
School: Washington University
"[I want to] help to combat gentrification and allow existing residents to preserve their community and culture while improving the quality of life throughout."
BLB Random Acts of Kindness
Watch the highlights of a great week, in which we gave away $2500 worth of small financial gifts to students on college campuses and other student-friendly locations.