SPECIAL EVENT:
Join us for our 10th HBCU Think Tank Fundraiser
in Durham on June 11, 2024
Our Common Cause HBCU Student Action Alliance empowers students at North Carolina’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We’re strengthening civic engagement as we help students make their voices heard on campus, in the community, at the ballot box and in the halls of government.
Through the HBCU Student Action Alliance, our Common Cause NC Democracy Fellows are active at all 10 HBCU campuses in North Carolina, including:
- Bennett College
- Elizabeth City State University
- Fayetteville State University
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Livingstone College
- NC A&T State University
- NC Central University
- Saint Augustine’s University
- Shaw University
- Winston-Salem State University
Meet our campus coordinators:
Our campus coordinators – Vashti Hinton-Smith, Jazmyne Abney, Shi’Anne Caldwell, and Destiny Jordan – work side-by-side with students recruited from North Carolina's HBCUs to be Democracy Fellows. These students help develop organizing campaigns on their campus around issues of vital importance to their community and educational institution, as well as advocate for issues in the halls of state and federal government.
Jazmyne Abney
Triangle Community & Campus OrganizerJazmyne helps empower student-leaders at HBCUs in the Triangle area.
Shi'Anne Caldwell
Outreach & Engagement Organizer – CharlotteShi'Anne helps empower student-leaders at Johnson C. Smith University and Livingstone College.
Destiny Jordan
Northeastern Community OrganizerDestiny helps empower student-leaders at Elizabeth City State University.