ILRies Part of Perkins Prize Winning Team

Three ILR students are part of the leadership team for Cornell Students 4 Black Lives, a student-led organization that was awarded the university’s 26th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony during a virtual ceremony May 6.

Sherell Farmer ’22 is a co-founder of Cornell Students 4 Black Lives, a group that formed a coalition of more than 290 social, cultural and professional organizations. Its executive board also includes ILRies Glenn Asuo-Asante ’21 and Yuan Chen ’22.

Cornell Students 4 Black Lives was established in 2020 with a summer campaign that raised $118,000 to support local, state and national nonprofits that demand justice for Black lives. The group educates on Black issues and partners with other Black activist organizations on campus, including the Cornell Abolitionist Revolutionary Society and Black Students United, to push for institutional anti-racist change.

Read the Cornell Chronicle story about the Perkins Prize here.