In keeping with a Hope Fund tradition, Council Member Stephen Levin hosted our Fellows for a day at New York City Hall. After lunch at the Councilman’s office and some wonderful conversation about social justice, politics, and our Fellow’s work and interests, we proceeded to City Hall to meet some of the Councilman’s colleagues and watch the proceedings. Among the legislation passed was a bill that one of our Fellows, Kareem Watson, had been pushing for with his host organization, VOCAL-NY.

2015 Hope Fund Fellows in front of City Hall. From left to right: Kareem Watson, Arianna Flores Perez, Chenisvel Nunez, Rahilou Diallo, and Semhal Gessesse

It was exciting to start to see some of the intersections between activism and policy-making, and the Fellows all had a great time.