Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice

Caleigh Lyons grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts and this past spring graduated from Oberlin College majoring in English, and Cinema and Media Studies, and minoring in Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies. At Oberlin she was introduced to the public humanities by participating in an oral history project in which local Indigenous people shared what it meant to be Indigenous today. This experience taught her that she want to spend her time helping to share untold stories and fighting for social justice.