Last Thursday for our social justice chapel, we hosted Yasmin Gabriel. Yasmin came to national attention after Hurricane Katrina when she made a documentary about how the storm impacted college students. She was interviewed several times on CNN about the movie, "Picking Up the Pieces." I caught an interview one Sunday afternoon at the gym and tracked her down. She's now a law student at Howard.

Yasmin was great. Instead of trying to give a speech (she's 24 and wanted to connect with the students), she had them develop several ideas of issues they face and then work through how students at PSC could improve those conditions. The ideas ranged from the rate of HIV in Black women, to creating a hotline for students to call when they have problems. She challenged the students as well- calling out a couple of guys as appropriate! The students swarmed her after her presentation. I really wanted them to see her because there isn't a huge age difference, and she presented a very polished, young professional for the students to emulate.

Later, she met with a smaller group of students, again to share ideas and to provide them with a project to work on. So promised to make it back through to check on the students. I hope she continues to speak on campuses as she really did a great job.

The Prez