What Students Are Doing
Some of the of the Arkansas Student Legislators at the MLK Civic Saturday in attendance to promote civic engagement and racial healing, 1/21/2023.
- Student Rep. Jessica Del Angel (Dist. 1- Texarkana) from Magnolia
- Student Rep. Sabrina Lang (Dist 41- Sherwood)
- Student Sen. Ammi Perez (Dist 10- Nashville)
- Student Rep. Naomi Polanksi (Dist 84- Farmington)
- Student Rep. Luke Beck (Dist 35- Little Rock)
- Student Sen. Kwami Abdul-Bey (Dist. 34- North Little Rock)
- Student Rep. Abigail Fears (Dist. 56- Pocahontas)
- Student Rep. Olivia Fears (Dist. 60- Pocahontas)
- Student Sen. Da'Jun Brewer (Dist. 25- Pine Bluff) from Little Rock
- Student Rep. Rhealyn Schmidt (Dist. 57- Paragould) from Walnut Ridge
- Student Rep. Bo Kearsy (Dist. 52- Hoxie)
- Student Rep. Cole Mandrell (Dist. 61- Melbourne) lives in Pocahontas
- Student Rep. Monet Coppersmith (Dist. 2- Magnolia)
-Student Sen. Romerse Biddle (Dist. 11-Texarkana/Magnolia)
AR Student Senator Kwami Abdul-Bey (Dist. 34- North Little Rock)
- Selected to be a Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) Finding Future Diplomats in the South intern with the U.S. Department of State.
- Named the 2022 Public Interest Scholar by Vermont Law School's Center for Justice Reform.
- Named a 2022 Civic Saturdays Collaboratory Fellow by Citizen University in Seattle, WA.
- Named a member of the 2022-2023 Ballot Initiative Strategy Center's Skills-Building Cohort.
- Hired by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel as its first Elections Coordinator/Organizer.
AR Student Senator Karla Eppinette (Dist. 33- Benton) was selected for the Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) internship program for the Department of State's National Recruitment Team.
-Student Rep. Kendal Cloar (Dist. 32-Little Rock) on a debate student board, for the debate program that oversees debate in Arkansas, ACTAA (Arkansas communication theaters and arts association) and finished 4th in varsity congressional debate at Bentonville’s tournament a few weekends ago, it was the season opener.
-Student Rep. Maddox Hughes (Dist. 30-Little Rock) joined debate and competed in the novice category, he got 5th in congressional debate.
- Student Rep. Luke Beck (Dist. 35-Little Rock) got third in varsity extemporaneous speaking, which is speaking about different political topics world wide.