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...rare to find this kind of serious thoughtfulness and sincere passion in students who have just arrived on campus, but it was these qualities I saw in Amadi P. Anene ’08 and Kyle A. De Beausset ’08 from the first day I met them as a senior and a First-Year Urban Program leader. In no time, I came to know them as inquisitive, hard-working, passionate, fun, and— above all—as good people; the kind that inspire others and make the spaces they inhabit better for having known their...
...part, the energy from people like Amadi and Kyle that inspired me and a group of other seniors to form “Vote or Die,” the initiative to increase diversity on the Undergraduate Council (UC) and collaboration with student groups. Amadi made sure that the initiative itself did not die, and two years later, Vote or Die can claim a phenomenal success once unimaginable: one-fourth of the UC identifies as black—up from four percent...
...respect Amadi and Kyle because they are genuine leaders who have not traveled the anointed path to leadership. On a campus long-wracked by tensions along gender lines, Amadi was one of those who pushed for the long-overdue realization of a Women’s Center on campus, through the UC and the pages of The Crimson. Where others, blinded by their own privilege or rendered silent by the lingering stigma of class that quietly stratifies Harvard’s student body, remained silent on problems like the exorbitant cost of academic books, Amadi put forward and secured funding...
...culture of collaboration” that is necessary for Harvard’s student body to maximize its fullest potential and talent as world leaders and fellow students. On a campus where too many students try to “stick to their own” Kyle, who is “white,” reached out and became a valued and active member of groups like the Black Men’s Forum. Now, Kyle is working as the Co-Director for the Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) Campaign, which he helped start. All of this...
...time in this moment, Harvard’s student body—all of whom are leaders in some respect—can tap enough into their own optimism and passion to recognize the significance of their current situation and what it demands of their leaders. Amadi Anene and Kyle de Beausset are two people who can meet and exceed these demands, helping Harvard to realize all that it is and all that...