Harambee House 

You are looking at a very special class of Harambee residents.

COVID-19 took a huge toll on Harambee applicants. Just the year before in 2020-21, there were about 20 residents in Harambee. However, those numbers weren't sustainable enough to maintain a steady community on campus in the long run. Then freshman, Olina Mohamed (pictured front row to the right), saw a need to support and protect Harambee as a home and communal space for Black students on campus. That year, she garnered enough support and applicants from the community for Harambee to reach its highest application amount in history: 69 applicants! Many of these pictured students took a risk: as freshman not knowing much about the dorm life of Brown or even Harambee specifically, they decided to apply and live there and revitalize a beautiful community to honor the communities that came before them.