The Portage County NAACP held its 2021 scholarship celebration May 15 at Ravenna High School. Brianna Boykin was the keynote speaker. Scholarship recipients included Joitashe Miller, Tyonna Caples, Zakya Jones and Breanna Larkin of Ravenna High School; Jade Coates of Windham High School; and Olivia Gallardo of Theodore Roosevelt High School.
Joitashe Miller, Ravenna High School: Joitashe has dreams of pursuing her dream to become an adolescent therapist at Kent State. She volunteered at the Dr. Martin Luther King Breakfast and Ravenna High School Day of service at Coleman Professional Center. Joitashe is a member of the “Black Diamonds” student group. Joitashe received the NAACP Albert Peoples Memorial Scholarship and a computer scholarship.
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