Liberal Arts student uses platform to educate others on the … – Pennsylvania State University

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Brooklynn Jones, a third-year student double majoring in criminology and psychology and minoring in sociology, said she has gained a strong understanding of the importance of voting and being politically active through her numerous involvements and academic passions.

Jones, a Paterno Fellow, Schreyer Scholar and Bunton-Waller Fellow, has been involved in voting work since attending high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she founded her schools first voting registration club. When she came to Penn State, she joined the newly formed League of Women Voters.

Because I already did voting work, I was excited to join and help get the club started, especially with a group of women who shared the same interests and ideas that I had, she said.

Jones is now the treasurer for the Penn State chapter of the League of Women Voters and previously served as the organizations liaison for PSU Votes.

Along with being in the League of Women Voters, Jones is an active member of the sorority Delta Sigma Theta, where she serves as the organizations social action chair and uses her experience in voting work to host events aimed at informing and activating student voters.

My organization involvements have allowed me to indulge in social advocacy, which is an important tool needed in the field of law, especially when defending someone, she said. To add, the leadership positions I have held within my various organizations and within the College of the Liberal Arts, like being a teaching assistant, have taught me how to regulate and delegate important tasks.

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