Word: allen
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...where the financial resources of Miller run short, Radcliffe Assistant Dean of Students Joanne L. Allen-Willoughby steps in. After being contacted a month ago by other members of the administration and by Ocon herself, Allen-Willoughby became interested in guaranteeing that current and future student mothers have access to all the resources available through the University...
...trying to be very creative to help Gina so we can make sure that she gets all of the funding that we can provide for her," Allen-Willoughby says, citing Ocon's commitment to improving resources available to other young parents. "She's a young woman at Radcliffe who is very interested in advancing women through their Harvard-Radcliffe careers no matter what their circumstances might...
...Allen-Willoughby says that Harvard has a responsibility to meet more than just the financial needs of mothers enrolled at the College...
...also trying to be of personal help for [Ocon] as well," Allen-Willoughby says. "I'm looking for resources for her throughout the community. What I'm finding, though, is that most other institutions, including other universities, do not have resources in place for student mothers...
...whites have shown up at the South Carolina Historical Society, seeking to make similar connections. Filmmaker Macky Alston, who sought Ball's advice, won the Sundance Freedom of Expression award this year for Family Name, a documentary of his search for descendants of Alston slaves. Another Ball convert is Allen Hutcheson, 24, a descendant of the man believed to be the model for Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind. "We have to find these people," he says of his family's former slaves. "You have to cut the wound open to get the poison out," agrees Ball. "I believe...