BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan alumna Charlene Carruthers ’07, was recently named one of America’s 10 Most Daring Young Black Activists by CampusProgress.org.
According to their website, Campus Progress is a national organization that works with and for young people to promote progressive solutions to key political and social challenges. The organization engages a diverse group of young people nationwide and attempts to inspire them to embrace their progressive values.
The Chicago native, who graduated from Illinois Wesleyan with dual degrees in international studies and history, was selected for the award for her efforts in Haiti after the devastating earthquake last August and for her political and social activism in her blog and twitter accounts. These accounts, she says, “document her individual journey to freedom and focus on issues affecting youth, women and people belonging in the African Diaspora.”