“Unsung Heroes” of Georgetown U
Febin Bellamy is a Georgetown University business student, immigrant from India, and founder of the Facebook group Unsung Heroes.
As WaPo reports, Bellamy was inspired to start the group after getting to know a janitor (and fellow immigrant) working at Georgetown. Their connection led Bellamy to “see” previously “invisible” workers across his campus. And he looked for a way to facilitate more student-staff connections.
What Bellamy came up with was a Facebook group where he posts photographs of Georgetown workers alongside their stories (a la HONY).
Many, it turns out, are immigrants.
The shared stories have not only increased communication on campus, but they’ve led to pretty remarkable fundraisers. For example, students raised several thousand dollars to help a cafeteria cashier return to Southern Sudan to visit family there.
Bellamy has plans to expand Unsung Heroes beyond the Georgetown campus. That, I know, is a campus movement we could all get behind.
-KitJ