Joseph Touma

Civic Engagement

A theology and English literature student who aspires to become a pastor and professor, Imani is a champion of social justice, racial healing, and women’s and girls’ rights. She is focused on helping disenfranchised children in Pittsburgh gain access to higher education.

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“Implement change in your daily interactions by listening to people & showing up in love.”

Honestly Imani Jai

Check out Imani’s blog, where she writes about her college experience as a black woman attending a Predominantly White Institution, including the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens.

“I want to continue to bring my lived experience and other lived experiences of young women like me to AE’s consciousness.”

Faves

Books: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

TV: Bob’s Burgers, Good Girls, American Horror Story

Music: Megan Thee Stallion, Tyler the Creator

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The Buddy Project

The Buddy Project

THE BUDDY PROJECT This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re shining a light on the Buddy Project, a suicide and self-harm prevention nonprofit created by AExME Council member Gabby Frost. As Gabby says, “1 in 5 people have a mental illness, but 5 in 5 people have mental health. Mental health matters for everyone.” Whether you’re dealing […] SEE MORE Details
Schuyler Bailar

Schuyler Bailar

A recent graduate of Harvard University and tireless advocate for inclusion, Schuyler is the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team. By 15, he was one of the nation’s top-20 15-year-old breast-strokers and by 17, he set a national age-group record. Follow Schuyler: “When we ask companies for […] SEE MORE Details
Peyton Klein

Peyton Klein

A high school student in Pittsburgh, Pa., Peyton is founder of the Global Minds Initiative – a for-youth, by-youth organization that combats cultural intolerance and discrimination in schools internationally. It is now in 25 schools in two countries, and impacts 2,600 students. Follow Peyton: “Our generation is in search of community. We are striving for […] SEE MORE Details