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Mario Rosser’s Graduation Party – Celebrating an Education
Milestone
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Dozens of family members
and friends gathered in May at The Truth Gallery for Mario
Rosser’s graduation party. The Toledo native son and St.
John’s Jesuit graduate earned his bachelor’s degree in
economics from Columbia University this year and has
accepted a position with an Internet company in San
Francisco working in business development.
Rosser is obviously
excited about his accomplishments and the outpouring of
pride and love from those close to him. Nevertheless he
expresses some concern about the singularity of his
situation.
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Mario and Aunt Sharon
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“It’s all tempered by the
fact that I am unique in this community,” he says of his
satisfaction with his Ivy League education. “It pains me
deeply that I wasn’t able to share my experiences with other
local youth, with young black males here. It would be nice
to have solidarity.”
To that end, Rosser notes
that, his upcoming Bay Area business venture
notwithstanding, he will be committed to public service and
in his hometown. “My future plans are to be of public
service, to give others the opportunity to do what I have
done. I’m committed to change and I am going to return and
try to make a difference in this community.”
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