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Stepping Up for UNLV’s Black Community

2024 UNLV Student Service Award winner Makayla Franklin inspires Black pride and representation on campus through Afrikan Black Coalition Conference.

Makayla Franklin is UNLV student body president and a senior in the Harrah College of Hospitality. She is the recipient of the 2024 UNLV Office of Community Engagement Student Service Award for her involvement in organizing the Afrikan Black Coalition Conference held at UNLV earlier this year. (Josh Hawkins/UNLV)

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