Then and Now: How Student Advocacy at Howard Has Changed Over the Years


Then and Now: How Student Advocacy at Howard Has Changed Over the Years


Hello, hello! This week we discuss how student advocacy culture has changed at Howard University and the role social media plays in how students advocate for one another. We sit down with Taliana Singleton, also known as @dolly4300 on TikTok, a former Howard student who works with “Whose Howard Is It?,” Gwendolyn Jefferson, Ph.D., a Howard alumna who advocated for her community in the early 1970s, and Jelani Favors, Ph.D., incoming vice president of the United Negro College Fund and director of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute.

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Tiktok Audio Used

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Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Production Team:

Host & Executive Producer: Zion Williams

Producers: Yacine Ba, Tatiana Allen