The Black Student Alliance closed out the year strong and is enjoying a summer of internships, travel, and time away from Charlottesville. Here are some final updates along with our sincere gratitude to you all for your support during this school year and to Ubunye – for allowing us to contribute to the newsletters this year!
Spring Semester Recap
Throughout this semester, our committees hosted a number of events for students and community members. February was filled with events in honor of Black History Month, hosting our annual Black Culture Week, which ended with our annual anticipated event Black Ball – hosted by our Special Events Committee. Our Political Action Committee partnered to host two Know Your Rights events, helping our community stay sharp, empowered, and ready to advocate for themselves. Our Professional Development Committee hosted “Meet the Lawnies” and celebrated UVA Dine employees with a day of appreciation with roses and notes. The full calendar of events from this past semester is below:
General Body Meetings:
- Wild N Out (in collaboration with the Organization of African Students)
Black Culture Week
- Black History Bingo
- Black Art House
- Dance Workshop (in collaboration with AfroHoos Dance Team)
- Black Ball
Roses of Gratitude
Collaboration Events:
- Black Love Soiree
- Black Love Symposium
- Know Your Rights
- The Kookout
- Sunset Series
- Pie Your President
2025-2026 Leadership Results
We are so excited to announce our 2025-2026 Executive Board! We are excited to welcome a new set of leaders and see all that they will do to continue our organization’s mission!
President: Chandler Nandkumar
Vice President: Zoey Brooks
Secretary/Historic and Alumni Relations Chair: Kishanti Barmoh
Chief Financial Officer: Cayla Carter
Social Cultural Chair: Taliya Moss-Melendez
Social Cultural Vice Chair: Joseph Jones
Community Engagement Chair: Rachel Dereje
Community Engagement Vice Chair: Katherine Rattray
Political Action Chair: Naomi Tesfaye
Political Action Vice Chair: Samiya Williams
Professional Development Chair: Ruth Melese
Historic and Alumni Relations Vice Chair: Riley-Paige Belisle
Thank you for Keeping Up with BSA! We hope you all have an amazing summer, and we are looking forward to continuing to work with you all next school year!
Kishanti Barmoh, Chair of Historic and Alumni Relations
Zoey Brooks, Director of Communications