Word: herriford
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dinner, we got off onto what it is like to be a black woman," Carla Herriford '76, ABRW recording secretary, remembers. "Anything negative we had to say, she had something positive to say. She was really inspirational." Herriford's most emotional experiences with ABRW--the ones that bring the most excitement and warmth into her boice--come from meetings with other women. "There were times last spring we were on the verge of crying, we were so happy just to see a room full of black women...
...best feelings," Herriford says with a soft smile on her face, "is hearing four or five sisters say they've been through the same things you have--even finding another sister from your home town you didn't know was here...
...meetings have enabled Herriford to come in contact with other black pre-med women. "There are about eight or nine of us who have gotten really tight. We support each other, saying, 'Go ahead, apply there sister.'" Herriford is now trying to show freshman women that the problems of being a pre-med are not insurmountable. "I've had my individual struggle and I feel good about it--I don't want my sisters to change their major because they feel they...
...moment at least, ABRW has chosen not to participate actively in the more political issues confronting minorities at Harvard--choosing, for example, not to join the recently formed task force on affirmative action. Herriford explains that the core purpose of ABRW is to unify the black women here and to provide support and morale; when the group has a better idea of its potential, and has overcome the hassles of organization, it may choose to join with other groups on issues like affirmative action and minority recruiting...
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