As I learned about the passing of the son of one of our PROMISE members, I began to think about the loved ones of so many of our grad students and team members who have passed away since the major programs of PROMISE began in 2003.
This post is dedicated to them. They loved, they continue to be loved, and they continue to inspire. These are the names that I can think of at the moment. Others are free to add in.
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Jessica Soto Perez (left, 1977-2004), one of our own grad students, in our first cohort of PROMISE Peer Mentors (UMBC)
http://www.umbc.edu/promise/jessica.html
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Gloria Reynoso, the mother of Gloria Anglon, UMCP PROMISE Coordinator
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Joshua Wheagar (the one who came to prepare the way) Mosley, the son of Dr. Sylvester and Korto Mosley (Sly, former PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMBC)
* The brother of Dr. Johnetta Davis (PROMISE Co-PI, UMCP)
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Professor Philip J. Rutledge, the father of Dr. Janet Rutledge (PROMISE Co-PI, UMBC)
http://www.iun.edu/~newsnw/pg/2007/070201_rutledge.shtml
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Jesse Oyd Harris, Jr., the father of Dr. Robin Smiles (former PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP)
* The grandmother of Adrienne Starks (PROMISE student, UMBC)
* The father of Yvette Williams (PROMISE student, UMBC)
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Gladys Franco de Ordóñez , the mother of Patti Ordóñez-Rozo (PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMBC)
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Julia Mae Major, the mother of David L. Major (PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=77389809494
And most recently, the young man who inspired this post,
Sekai Ayinde Williams, the son of Asha-Lateef Williams (PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP).
Sekai means:
"Full of Laughter" and
Ayinde means
"We prayed for him."
