{"id":9831,"date":"2023-04-03T18:54:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=9831"},"modified":"2023-04-03T18:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:54:32","slug":"an-alum-comes-home-khalil-brim-returns-to-lvc-for-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2023\/04\/03\/an-alum-comes-home-khalil-brim-returns-to-lvc-for-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum comes home: Khalil Brim returns to LVC for fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Angelica Fraine ’23, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year after year, LVC welcomes new faces and bids farewell to old friends, but there\u2019s nothing like returning to the place one once called home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khalil Brim \u201821 is a well-known name around the Valley, recognized widely for his accolades as a published author, mentor and positive energy among the student body. After graduating with a degree in English and creative writing, Brim has returned to LVC for a fellowship opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to get my feet back underneath me because I\u2019ve been gone for a year and a half, almost two years,\u201d Brim said. \u201cBut I\u2019m glad to be back and connecting with the students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brim is working in the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) as a post-graduate fellow, where he acts as a bridge to the gap between the student body and the DEIB staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first discussions of the position came about when Brim returned to campus in the summer for the third annual oration of Fredrick Douglass\u2019s speech, \u201cWhat to the Slave is the Fourth of July?\u201d Brim had been asked to participate in the recitation as one of the orators, and was approached by Dr. Felicia Brown-Haywood, vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence, about the possibility of returning to LVC for a DEIB fellowship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt kind of seems like there\u2019s a little bit of division and things like that from the community of students,\u201d Brim said. \u201cThey brought me here with the hopes that I could possibly kind of weave it back together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a part of his responsibilities, Brim is invested in programming, planning and research in regard to how to help students of color and other minoritized groups find spaces of belonging on campus and educate the student body on how to help one another heal and grow as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been screaming \u2018students for students\u2019 since I was a freshman,\u201d Brim said. \u201cAt the end of the day, it doesn\u2019t matter what your badge says, what your name tag says, what your title says. What matters is that you show up for the students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since he\u2019s been back, Brim has begun to reimplement campus events such as monthly community check-ins, which is an opportunity for anyone who is a student of color or member of the LGBTQIA+ community to hold a conversation with the members of the DEIB office and other diversity clubs across campus about different projects and initiatives they are working on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We had our first successful one [recently],\u201d Brim said. “Just the life, the vibes, the energy and that excitement of maybe something is turning in our favor of family, inclusivity\u2014it was an amazing day for me.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brim says the most enjoyable aspect of his fellowship thus far has been connecting with the students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to turn LVC back to how I remember when the affinity clubs had like 30, 40, 50 people showing up to meetings and events,\u201d Brim said. \u201cI want it to be a situation where students of color feel included\u2014where every single person on LVC\u2019s campus can look at their four years, or their six years or their five years here and say that this is a place [they] would like to return to.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brim is excited for future opportunities to continue exploring pathways to assist the student body in furthering their LVC experience in whatever way he can. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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