The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alumni Association (PennGALA) is pleased to present the recipients of the PennGALA Student Leadership Award. This award recognizes a student who has demonstrated a commitment to serving and advancing LGBTQA diversity at the University of Pennsylvania.
The 2008 PennGALA Student Leadership Award was presented to KeAndra
Dodds C'08 on May 2, 2008. KeAndra majored in Urban
Studies with a Minor in American Public Policy. KeAndra worked to bridge
the gaps between the LGBT community and both the Athletic Community and
Penn's communities of color as Chair of Penn Athletes and Allies Tackling
Homophobia (PATH) and as Co-Chair of Queer People of Color (QPOC). Under
her leadership, QPOC transitioned from being a taskforce to a SAC funded
student group, a constituent group of the Lambda Alliance, Penn's queer
student coalition, and a member organization of Penn's United Minorities
Council.
KeAndra Dodds C'08, and Alexis Ruby Howe C'07, PennGALA Secretary
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The 2007 PennGALA Student Leadership Award was presented to Alexis
Ruby Howe C'07 on April 27, 2007. Alexis Ruby Howe majored in Political Science and Women's Studies. Alexis' helped to establish the questioning student initiative. As co-chair of the Queer Student Alliance, she pushed for increased membership and LGBT presence on campus. Alexis also helped found the Lambda Alliance, a coalition of LGBTQA organizations, and encouraged the discussion of gender identity issues and sexuality studies.
Elizabeth B. Cooper C'83, PennGALA Steering Committee, Alexis Ruby Howe C'07, and M. Claire Lomax C'84, James Brister Society Co-Chair
