HBCU National Center Hosts first Gen Z Congressman, Maxwell Frost
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Posted By: S. Moore on January 03, 2023 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Florida Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost will participate in a speaker series at the HBCU National Center to address the Spring 2023 student interns class. 25-year-old Frost will be the first Gen Z and only Afro-Cuban member of Congress. “The perspective I bring as a young person, as a young Black person, as a young Black Latino person from the South, is important,” Frost said in an interview with The New York Times. Frost began his career as an intern on a number of political campaigns. The HBCU National Center was established in 2021 to address the structural inequity of housing that locks out students of color from internships in Washington, D.C. Experiential learning programs lead to employment for students upon graduation, the key to next-generation leadership and advancing diversity in the workforce. In addition to providing students with housing for the duration of their internship, the National Center strives to foster a community of experiential learning, mentorship, and networking for HBCU students. To accomplish this, the Center organizes a series of speakers and professional development events each semester. In previous sessions at the HBCU National Center, talks were given by Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12), Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Sen. Tim Scott (SC), and Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7). The speaker series will continue in Spring 2023, keynoted by Rep. Maxwell Frost (FL-10). The Spring 2023 class consists of students represented by Benedict College, Claflin University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T University, Prairie View A&M University, and Virginia State University. Also living at the National Center this Spring is the inaugural recipient of the Lewis Scholarship administered by the National Press Club. The scholarship was established by the founders of Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH) and the HBCU National Center to provide free housing and a monthly stipend supporting student journalists of color who are interning at news media outlets in Washington, D.C. SOURCE NEWSWIRE If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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