{"id":29238,"date":"2022-02-28T19:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T19:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/almost-two-years-since-the-creation-of-the-office-of-dei-black-student-ambassadors-reflect-on-how-it-can-support-students-like-them-sfs-school-of-foreign-service\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T19:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T19:11:03","slug":"almost-two-years-since-the-creation-of-the-office-of-dei-black-student-ambassadors-reflect-on-how-it-can-support-students-like-them-sfs-school-of-foreign-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/almost-two-years-since-the-creation-of-the-office-of-dei-black-student-ambassadors-reflect-on-how-it-can-support-students-like-them-sfs-school-of-foreign-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Two Years Since the Creation of the Office of DEI, Black Student Ambassadors Reflect on How it Can Support Students Like Them &#8211; SFS &#8211; School of Foreign Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Looking to the Future<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Armstead and Wey mull how an SFS education can be put into action across the student body, both students have big plans for their personal futures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter Georgetown I hope to combine the things I\u2019ve learned here and my outside experiences to assist me in a successful career in law and business administration,\u201d Armstead says. \u201cThe dream job would be working in the music entertainment industry as a legal representative for artists while having my own entrepreneurial endeavors on the side.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46646\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-46646\" src=\"https:\/\/sfs.georgetown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Deb.jpeg\" alt=\"Deborah Wey dressed in business casual, photographed in Georgetown's Dalhgren Quadrangle\" width=\"300\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfs.georgetown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Deb.jpeg 657w, https:\/\/sfs.georgetown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Deb-198x300.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/sfs.georgetown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Deb-462x700.jpeg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wey also serves as a senator and vice chair of policy and advocacy in the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wey also mentions law as a possible future path. \u201cI really hope to go to law school to study some iteration of civil rights law (immigration, women\u2019s rights, etc) and to work as a civil rights lawyer,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While they remain on the Hilltop, however, the student ambassadors want to open up pathways for future success for others. As work on diversity, equity and inclusion continues at SFS, Armstead urges the wider Georgetown community to acknowledge the efforts of Black students like himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also encourages Black students to apply to SFS and get involved with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it is not a responsibility to educate others with your perspective, it is a great opportunity to foster change and a movement toward peace and equity,\u201d he says. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a Black student looking to apply to the SFS, you should keep in mind that your perspective in the community and classrooms can be of great value in eliciting growth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wey has similar words of encouragement. \u201cPlease do it!\u201d she says. \u201cThere is a community here to support you!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sfs.georgetown.edu\/black-student-ambassadors-reflect-on-dei-at-sfs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Looking to the Future As Armstead and Wey mull how an SFS education can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}