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Bowden fellow named Obama Scholar
One of RE's 2017 recipients of the Dan Leslie Bowden Fellowships in the Humanities, Noa Richard '18, was named an inaugural Barack Obama Scholar by Occidental College in Los Angeles, an honor that brought her a full scholarship. In announcing the award in September, the college cited her impressive record as a compassionate, intellectual activist.
“We were impressed by Noa’s kindness, her creativity and her sensitivity to issues of social and environmental injustice,” said Wendy Sternberg, Occidental’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. “Noa has found her passion and voice with social causes, activism and volunteerism. She is an amazing young woman."
Richard is interested in becoming a filmmaker and journalist and in pursuing a critical theory and social justice major at Occidental. At Ransom Everglades, she was president of the Natural Rights Initiative, dedicated to raising awareness of and acting against human rights violations globally and in the Miami community; the founder of W.I.N. Miami, an organization that supports women at domestic abuse shelters; and a mentor at Achieve Miami, teaching reading to elementary-school students with low literacy levels in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
She also created, directed and filmed a documentary, “Syrian Women in Miami,” using proceeds awarded from her Bowden fellowship grant.
Richard is interested in becoming a filmmaker and journalist and in pursuing a critical theory and social justice major at Occidental. At Ransom Everglades, she was president of the Natural Rights Initiative, dedicated to raising awareness of and acting against human rights violations globally and in the Miami community; the founder of W.I.N. Miami, an organization that supports women at domestic abuse shelters; and a mentor at Achieve Miami, teaching reading to elementary-school students with low literacy levels in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
She also created, directed and filmed a documentary, “Syrian Women in Miami,” using proceeds awarded from her Bowden fellowship grant.
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