{"id":76220,"date":"2021-01-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=76220"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:15:10","slug":"a-community-effort","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2021\/a-community-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"A Community Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-center has-text-position-y-bottom has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Illustration of hands raised\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1101x826.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-909x682.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1761x1321.jpg 1761w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-459x344.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-917x688.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1411x1058.jpg 1411w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1819x1364.jpg 1819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/hands-raised-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Giving<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Community Effort\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Alumni, friends, and family fundraise for a scholarship in honor of BLSA&#8217;s 50th anniversary at BU Law.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">January 19, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/louise-kennedy\/\">Louise Kennedy<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Word spread quickly this year after Dean\u2019s Advisory Board member Robin A. Walker (\u201999) and her husband, Geoffrey Talvola, created a new BU Law scholarship in honor of the Black Law Students Association\u2019s 50th anniversary, along with the fund\u2019s first founding partners Angela Gomes (CAS\u201901, LAW\u201905), Terence Rozier-Byrd (\u201906), and Trevor Rozier-Byrd (\u201910).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, Harrison Freeman (\u201917) and Shaelyn Gambino Morrison (\u201917) heard the news of the scholarship. Eager to raise support in honor of this important BLSA milestone, they launched a grassroots fundraising effort among their classmates, friends, family members, and colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July alone, 94 of their fellow alumni and friends collectively raised more than $10,000 for the fund. \u201cIt is great to see how willing the BU Law community is to donate to an important cause,\u201d says Freeman, \u201ceven during a concurrent pandemic and economic recession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-stats record-block-bu-stats has-3-stats\"><figure class=\"wp-block-bu-stats-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stats-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat record-block-bu-stat has-circle2-color-secondary has-number-size-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-text-pre\">BU Law Chapter Founded<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-number\">1970<\/div><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\" viewbox=\"0 0 100 100\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 100 100\" class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-svg\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-circle1\" cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"47\" style=\"stroke-dashoffset:0\"><\/circle><circle class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-circle2\" cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"47\" style=\"stroke-dashoffset:302\"><\/circle><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat record-block-bu-stat has-circle2-color-secondary has-number-size-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-text-pre\">Named Chapter of the Year, Northeast Region<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-number\">4<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-text-post\">Times<\/div><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\" viewbox=\"0 0 100 100\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 100 100\" class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-svg\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-circle1\" cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"47\" style=\"stroke-dashoffset:0\"><\/circle><circle class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-circle2\" cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"47\" style=\"stroke-dashoffset:302\"><\/circle><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat record-block-bu-stat has-circle2-color-secondary has-number-size-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-text-pre\">Named National Chapter of the Year<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-number\">2019\u201320<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-text-post\">Small Chapter Division<\/div><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\" viewbox=\"0 0 100 100\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 100 100\" class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-svg\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><circle class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-circle1\" cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"47\" style=\"stroke-dashoffset:0\"><\/circle><circle class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-circle2\" cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"47\" style=\"stroke-dashoffset:302\"><\/circle><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-block-bu-stats-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Executive board of the BLSA BU Law chapter for 2019-20\" class=\"wp-image-76282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-459x636.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-1109x1536.jpg 1109w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-597x826.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-493x682.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-745x1032.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-954x1321.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-248x344.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-382x529.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-497x688.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-764x1058.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-985x1364.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-1193x1652.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2-722x1000.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/01\/BLSA-group-shot-2.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>The 2019\u201320 BLSA executive board with the National Chapter of the Year award.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, alum and retired associate dean Ernest M. Haddad (\u201964) heard that news and was inspired to issue a challenge of his own: he pledged to match all new gifts to the BLSA scholarship up to $20,000, through the end of the year. He figured it would take that long after his email went out to the alumni community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How long did it actually take? One week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe outpouring of support from our community for this fund has been astounding,\u201d Haddad says, \u201cwith over 175 donors giving more than $100,000 over the past nine months.\u201d That\u2019s enough to make the BLSA 50th Anniversary Scholarship an endowed fund, so it will now support BU Law students in perpetuity. So far, the BU Law community has donated over $180,000 to the fund, and support continues to come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">Donors to the scholarship offer a range of reasons for their gifts: gratitude for their own experiences with BLSA, warm memories of Dean Haddad, and the need for greater diversity in the legal profession. Perhaps most simply, as Adria Bonillas (\u201917) puts it, \u201cIt\u2019s time to uplift the next generation of law students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside record-block-editorial-aside\">\n<p>Support BU Law and the BLSA 50th Anniversary Scholarship Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button record-block-button has-secondary-theme icon-navigateright align-icon-right is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/trusted.bu.edu\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/giving\/interior.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=420&amp;cid=1057&amp;appealcode=WEBLAW\">give here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-collection-billboard record-block-editorial-collection-billboard\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-intro-title\">This Series<\/h3>\n\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-article\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"collection-navigation-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"534\" height=\"704\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tamar Frankel\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2-482x636.jpg 482w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2-517x682.jpg 517w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2-261x344.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2-401x529.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/Frankel-Tamar-2-522x688.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-media-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2025\/a-principled-pioneer-of-corporate-law\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-media-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>A Principled Pioneer of Corporate Law<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-small-title\">Also in<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/collections\/impact\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Impact<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"collection-billboard-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">November 12, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2025\/comrades-in-law-school\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Comrades in Law School<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">October 31, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/forging-his-own-path\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Forging His Own Path<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">September 20, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/jimena-mohedas-scholarship\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Opportunity Knocks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/collections\/impact\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Series home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word spread quickly this year after Dean\u2019s Advisory Board member Robin A. 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