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I am a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in social theory and practice. Social theory and practice is a build-your-own-major option where you are able to choose a focus within the social science field and take courses from different departments to fulfill distribution requirements. All students in the major are required to complete […]
Creating Change (CC) is an annual organizing and skill-building conference that attracts hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied activist from across the country. I’ve been lucky enough to go to the conference twice! Last year, actress and trans rights activist Laverne Cox gave a keynote speech that spoke to my soul (watch it […]
In October, I joined 1,400 current and prospective LGBTQ MBA students in San Francisco at the annual Reaching Out MBA conference. It was a weekend full of workshops, case competitions, networking and job recruitment at some of the most influential companies from Amazon to McKinsey. Highlights included keynote addresses from: Trevor Burgess, one of only two […]
Thanks to Point Foundation, this year I was able to attend my first Creating Change Conference in Houston, Texas. Creating Change is one of the largest LGBT conferences with over 4,000 participants and over 350 workshops and training sessions. Prior to the conference, I had the opportunity to help support the planning of the Latino Institute, […]
With the gracious help of Point Foundation, I was fortunate to attend the Out for Undergrad Technology Conference on the beautiful Facebook Campus in Menlo Park, California. The conference was held on October 19 & 20, and during those two days I gained a great deal of knowledge on how to be out in the […]
Recently, I attended the Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana along with fellow Point Scholars Byran Blaise, Adaobi Kanu and Eric Nakano and Point Alumni Brian Casebolt and Jason Nichols. The gathering brought together LGBTQ MBA students to “inspire, connect, and educate…and to build a network for future LGBT business leaders of […]
I am incredibly grateful that Point sent me to the Out for Work conference in Chicago Sept. 27-29. During this weekend in Chicago I was able to not only face a looming fear I have as a graduating senior—what in the world will I be doing a year from now?—but do something about it. I’ll […]
When my Mormon ancestors first trekked the thousands of miles from the Eastern United States to Utah’s Salt Lake Valley, it was to escape persecution because of their non-traditional views on marriage. Just over 150 years later, I found myself walking their journey in reverse. While a senior at Brigham Young University, I wrote […]
