New London Noah Harris, the first Black man to be elected president of Harvard University s student body and the author of a children s book called Successville, will be the guest speaker at a virtual discussion Thursday, Dec. 17, on race, diversity and inclusion hosted by the NAACP s New London Branch.
A Zoom link for the 5 p.m. event will be published on the branch s Facebook page at facebook.com/nlnaacp2010.
Harris, 20, a junior from Hattiesburg, Miss., will be interviewed by branch President Jean Jordan and take part in a panel discussion moderated by Aram deKoven, chief diversity officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Panelists include John McKnight Jr., dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College, and New London City Councilor Curtis K. Goodwin.