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Podcast: Dimensions of Diversity
Episode: Leading with Pride: Breaking Barriers and Making Change with Jay Jones
Description: On this episode of Dimensions of Diversity, Lloyd Freeman speaks with Jay Jones, the first transgender student body president of Howard University, and the first transwoman to serve as student body president at any Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) across the country. The discussion highlights Jay’s upbringing in North Carolina and Texas and what it was like moving from this type of environment to Washington, D.C once she enrolled in Howard University. Jay discusses what it was like starting out at Howard University and how she felt welcomed and embraced immediately. Jay shares her story...