URBAN SPOTLIGHT : Brendan Underwood
URBAN SPOTLIGHT : Brendan Underwood
Brendan Underwood Freshman | Saint Louis University High
Brendan Underwood is currently a member of the Urban League of Metropolitan St . Louis ’ NULITES chapter and is also a freshman at Saint Louis University . Brendan has participated in many NULITES activities this year through the Project Ready Program , including the “ Your Voice Matters Video Project ,” and the 2015 National Urban League Youth Leadership Summit . Besides his active engagement with the Urban League , he is very interested in helping cultivate a better community .
Recently , Brendan hosted a leadership summit at his school . The summit called for students in attendance to look within themselves and identify what kind of leader they were . This was a very successful event as students from 8 different schools in the Saint Louis area were in attendance . Brendan was a speaker during this summit , but played a key role in inviting , Dr . Jason Purnell , to be the keynote speaker to discuss the adult perspective of what a leader looked like in these times .
Saint Louis University High School his former school was impressed with Brendan so much that they nominated him to speak at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington D . C . After being selected to be a speaker for this event , he had the opportunity to deliver his remarks in front of 1,300 students . His speech , entitled “ My Awakening to Racial Issues and Racial Justice ,” addressed racial issues and how the formation of community is a key solution to many of the world ’ s issues including racism . At the end of this school year , Brendan is looking forward to transitioning into college .
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