Sohna grew up with Brandon Harris, Davidson College class of 2022, Belk Scholar, and two-time Student Government Association president.
The friends were raised in Annapolis, Maryland, attending the same elementary and middle schools, living with families who love them. But Sohna and Harris traveled divergent paths; one had access to learning experiences and opportunities for mentorship, the other did not. An offer of a scholarship to a prestigious high school, for example, changed Harris’s social circles and trajectory.
They have come together again, however, for Harris’ independent study project, titled “Telling Stories of the Ignored and Forgotten.”
The public is invited to attend a Zoom presentation of Sura’s life story at 2 p.m., Monday, April 26. Sohna will participate from Patuxent Institution as Harris leads the presentation.
“Originally, I planned to research different stories and write an essay every two weeks,” Harris said, “but I quickly realized that in order to do this well, I needed to dive deeper into a single story, instead.”
The semester-long project evolved into much more than a grade on Harris’ transcript—it shifted Harris’s thinking, and now the pre-med student plans to attend law school after Davidson.
“I am amazed at the lack of understanding so many people have about people and their situations,” he said. “We’re so quick to judge a person based on one action or one decision. I believe everyone is a product of their own experiences, and we’ve moved away from trying to understand where people are coming from. Sura has great potential in his life; he just needs people who believe in him.”
Harris worked alongside James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy and renowned journalist Ike Bailey ’95, whose own life draws many parallels to Harris’ experience. Bailey lent professional and personal experience to the project.
“I was a Black man attending Davidson while a loved one was in prison, and I know the shame that can come with that experience,” Bailey said. “The similarities were too great. If I could help a student deal with this burden he is going through and guide him through this process of investigation and journalism, I knew I had to help.”
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