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Campus NAACP chapter president focuses on supporting her Black peers – The Statesman


RABIA GURSOY/THE STATESMAN
To Oreoluwa Adewale, Black Lives Matter is more than another hashtag or a movement. It is about being allowed to be Black without exception. 
Adewale is a senior political science and Africana studies major, and president of the Stony Brook Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP promotes diversity and inclusion and aims to educate about
 the marginalization of people, while providing a safe space for discussion. 
“A lot of people in our community are raised to survive, instead of being raised to be successful,” Adewale said. “Black lives matter is really just being able to just live your life without fear of having to die for no reason.” ....

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