NLG Student Corner

BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Reported by Marianne Tassone

Though no official Guild chapter exists on BU campus, there is a group of us who are members of the NLG and who are involved in planning several Guild events this spring.  In February, members of the NLG Mentorship Program participated in a social event to meet their mentors.  In March, we took part in a series of NLG-sponsored presentations by the Venezuelan legislator Modesto Ruiz who discussed policies, participation, rights and duties of Afro-Venezuelans.

We’ve been also working with BU’s Immigration Law & Policy Society & LALSA on several events we would like to organize this semester.

An NLG general interest meeting is scheduled for later this semester.

NORTHEASTERN
Reported by Jillian Tuck

NLG has been quiet this past month, given the end of the winter quarter and spring break.  Members that signed up for the NLG Mentorship Program met with their mentors and look forward to building relationships with them.  We also organized a speaker event with Venezuelan Legislator Modesto Ruiz, who spoke about Social Inclusion and Political Rights of Afro-Venezuelans.

SUFFOLK
Reported by Margaret Aylward

Our student chapter was involved in the NLG series with Modesto Ruiz and  we hosted his lecture on race relations and race-related issues in Venezuela.