Singleton

Kyera Singleton, 20, Clementon, New Jersey, is a junior at Macalester College, majoring in American studies and women’s gender and sexuality studies and focusing her studies on Black feminist thought. At Macalester, she has served as chair of the Black History Month Committee, moderator of the Jena 6 Campus Wide Forum, and vice president of the Black Liberation Affairs Committee. On campus,she created a documentary, entitled “My Black Is Beautiful,” on the way in which young black women interact with issues of sexuality and intimacy. Last summer, she mentored girls from low-income families in the YWCA-Girls LEAD Program.