Speller, Johna

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  • An interview with Johna Speller conducted via Zoom by Naomi Goldson on October 2, 2023Johna Speller is an African American woman who currently attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been involved in many movements such as the Black Lives Matter movement and has been heavily involved in the National Association for the advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She has been a lifelong member of this organization thanks to her mother who is also very active in the NAACP. She started her activism career in her hometown of Laurinburg, which is a relatively small town in rural North Carolina. She advocates for equitable education reform and common-sense gun laws to protect and help people around the state and country working towards education. Johna co-created a Computer Science summit that allowed the youth across North Carolina access to resources they previously could not to facilitate passion for learning. This summit continues to grow because of the structure that Johna put in place to handle leadership changes such as her leaving to pursue post-secondary education. Johna continues to encourage others to know the impact that they have to be able to make a difference in the world through her leadership positions. ... [Read More]

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