Creating the Dream Awards – suffolk.edu

A welcoming presence

Oluwatumininu (Tumi) Akinyombo, a senior majoring in global business and economics, has served as president of the Universitys African Student Association since her sophomore year. The aspiring strategy consultant has also worked as a Suffolk peer health educator and partnered with an African nonprofit organization on a fundraising gala to benefit visually impaired Africans.

As with Ong, nominators were moved by Akinyombos personal devotion to fellow community members. She pushes people to be their best selves by being true to her values, one wrote. Through her leadership involvement, she has made a lasting impact on the Suffolk community.

Professor Rene Reyes scholarship focuses on constitutional law, race and the law, criminal procedure, and critical race theory. He has also made a clear impact on students with his classroom teaching, which is described as consistently welcoming and respectful, while not shying away from the intersections of law and race.

Professor Reyes perfectly encapsulates the courage it takes to foster an inclusive environment at Suffolk Law for people of color, one nominator noted. In particular, [he] has worked hard to create that environment inside his classroom. Another expressed gratitude for the feeling of empowerment Reyes can bestow in conversation, adding that this is no small feat in a law school setting.

Reyes said he was both honored and humbled to be recognized, noting he will never do anything that is truly worthy of an award named for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also expressed his gratitude for being able to work alongside students and colleagues to advance the causes of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.

Im very grateful to all of you for the work that you do, he concluded, and appreciate the opportunity to be able to contribute to that.

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