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Catching up with Shahirah Gillespie '04

2/16/2017

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​We recently heard from Elmwood Franklin School alumna Shahirah Gillespie ’04, who was just published in the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health and selected as a 2017 Global Youth Ambassador. Read what she’s been up to as she gets ready to make tracks around the world.
 
Following EFS, Shahirah attended Miss Porter’s School, a boarding and day school located in Farmington Connecticut, where she held leadership roles in multiple diversity activities and co-founded a multicultural media-discussion group. While a student, she travelled to Deschapelles, Haiti for a service trip, volunteering at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer. As a senior, Shahirah was one of two winners of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations for her outstanding work to advance the cause of race relations in her school community.
 
After high school, Shahirah attended Amherst College where she received a John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship and graduated with a double major in biology and psychology. She continued her studies in trauma-informed care at Drexel University and received her Master of Public Health degree.  After graduation, she researched as a Samuel S. Fels Fellow for the Philadelphia Hoarding Task Force. This February, Neighbourhood Amenities and Depressive Symptoms in Urban-Dwelling Older Adults, co-authored by Shahirah, was published in the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health.
 
Shahirah is back in Buffalo working as an Outreach and Education Specialist with Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York, teaching sexual and reproductive health with ethnic-specific resiliency strategies to youth and adult groups. This summer, she is heading to East Africa to study Afro-centric, promotion-focused health messaging as a 2017 Global Youth Ambassador. The program centers on a three- to four-week learning exchange with a Planned Parenthood Federation partner organization in Africa with the goal of connecting young health professionals with global leaders and experts from different cultures. The program supports sexual and reproductive rights advocacy and education and will culminate in a Buffalo-based service delivery project aimed at youth empowerment for underserved communities and linkage to non-judgmental health care services.
 
Aligning with her research and community interests, Shahirah also participates in Yogis in Service Teacher Training. The YISTT program was developed in partnership with a research team at the University at Buffalo to  provide effective training in trauma-informed, inclusive yoga.

Looking back on her time at Elmwood Franklin, Shahirah fondly remembers, “concerts with Mrs. Peterson, expressing our choreography and re-starting songs during concerts when she knew we could perform better. Also, I really enjoyed Colonial Day with Mrs. McGennis and learning poetry with Mrs. Gordon.”
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Kilby Bronstein '06 Recognized as a WNY Difference Maker

2/7/2017

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Catch up with Kilby Bronstein '06, who is featured in this month's The Jewish Journal as a WNY leader and difference maker. 

Read full publication here: https://d2sghkvizede3b.cloudfront.net/fed-50/2/JJ%2520Feb17_cov-48.pdf
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Life Is a Song

2/2/2017

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Sisters Maya '13 and Dana '16 Nigrin created an original medley of the "La La Land" melodies by listening to the soundtrack and, as Maya shared, "going through the chords on the piano trying to find the melody." They performed their medley (Maya at the piano and Dana playing the violin) at a recent Nichols School morning meeting.
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Tricia Barrett '92 named to Buffalo Business First's 40 Under 40 Class of 2016

10/26/2016

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Named to Buffalo Business First's 40 Under 40, Tricia Barrett '92 will be honored at their annual luncheon on November 17 for being a Western New York leader under the age of 40 who is a proven performer in her industry and community. Tricia is currently Sr. VP, Managing Director at Praxis Communications LLC and Crowley Webb. Congratulations!
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Omar Fetouh '92 featured in Buffalo Spree's Q&A

10/26/2016

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Catch up with Omar Fetouh '92, assistant news director at Buffalo's public radio station WBFO-88.7, who was featured in October's Buffalo Spree Q&A. WBFO listeners will recognize Omar as the on-air program host during the station's "Here and Now" broadcast. He also coordinates reporting assignments and manages much of the station's web content and social media sites.
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Julia Badgley ’12 part of a winning team in global business competition

9/30/2015

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EFS alumna Julia Badgley '12 recently traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to take part in the World Cup competition for Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE), where her team from Mount St. Mary’s won third place with their company Sweet Fortunes. 

Specializing in “fortune cupcakes” (think fortune cookie, but in even yummier cupcake form), the company run by Julia and 13 of her classmates not only bakes, sells, and distributes the cupcakes, it also turns a good profit. The team’s business savvy passed SAGE’s regional competition and the national competition in San Francisco before moving on to the World Cup, where they competed against student-formed companies from twelve other countries, placing third.

Read more about Julia’s achievement here.
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Mona Fetouh ’86 to deliver commencement address

3/20/2015

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As a monitoring and evaluation coordinator with The International Rescue Committee from March 2010 to January 2013, Mona worked with local partners in Bangkok, Thailand to provide health and education services to approximately 1 million refugees and migrants from Burma/Myanmar.
Elmwood Franklin will proudly welcome alumna Mona Fetouh ’86 as the graduation speaker at the EFS Class of 2015 commencement ceremony this June.

Mona is an international development professional who has worked for organizations including the World Bank, USAID and local and international NGOs at locations around the globe, including Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She currently serves as an evaluation officer within United Nations’ Office of Internal Oversight Services, for which she designs, manages, and implements evaluations to determine relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and impact of United Nations programs.
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Omar Fetouh ’92 receives promotion at WBFO

2/24/2015

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WBFO-FM 88.7 has promoted EFS alumnus Omar Fetouh ’92 from program host/reporter to assistant news director. His responsibilities now include coordinating reporting assignments and managing the station’s web content and social media sites. WBFO listeners will recognize Omar as the on-air program host during the station’s “Here and Now” broadcast and host of “Behind the Bench,” a weekly segment that provides analysis on Buffalo Sabres developments both on and off the ice.

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Henry Keane ’11 named WIVB Scholar Athlete

1/13/2015

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EFS alumnus Henry Keane ’11, team captain on both the swim team and crew team at City Honors, was featured as WIVB Channel 4’s Scholar Athlete for January. The designation recognizes the outstanding efforts of students who excel in academics and sports. Watch the video on Henry’s accomplishments here: 
http://wivb.com/2015/01/09/scholar-athlete-henry-keane/
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Authors Monica Barnett ’85 and Ron Irwin ’79

6/3/2014

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Images © Monica Barnet/www.blueprintforstyle.com
Elmwood Franklin alumna Monica Barnett has published the definitive guide to finding your personal style. Her book, Without Saying a Word: The Silent Power of Style, is available on Amazon.com. Monica is a personal style and image consultant expert who has contributed to The Washington Post, Essence.com, Racked.com, and more. She is also a member of Lucky Magazine's Style Collective, a collection of the best fashion voices from around the U.S. Her work has appeared on television and in print media. Monica assists individuals in transforming closets and personal style; and helps businesses create more style savvy staff. Visit her blog at www.blueprintforstyle.com.
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Images © Ron Irwin/ronirwin.com
Elmwood Franklin alumnus Ron Irwin’s Flat Water Tuesday was named Target’s Book Pick of the Month for May. The novel, the gripping story of a young crew team rower and the lessons he learns through sport and life, is receiving international acclaim. Ron is a lecturer in the Centre for Film and Media at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. His website is ronirwin.com.
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