Street art in support of Black Lives Matter covers boarded up store fronts on July 25, 2020 in Oakland, California. Demonstrators in Oakland gathered to protest in solidarity with Portland protests. (Photo by Natasha Moustache/Getty Images)
In the wake of 2020’s racial unrest, ignited by high-profile incidents of police brutality and disparities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the winners of Chevron Richmond’s annual Black Employee Network scholarship became a symbol of a movement destined to be both felt and heard for generations to come.
Pinole Valley High student Anita Chinwuba has been reading everything she can get a hold of on Black culture and history. The straight-A student’s goal is to one day advocate for ethnic studies as a requirement in high schools.