Grace Jerry, a 2015 alumna of the Mandela Washington Fellowship at the Presidential Precinct, is using her voice to encourage and inspire other leaders around the world. Her message is simple: stay at home. We can work together to beat this pandemic.
We look up, in high regard, to our alumni like Grace who are using their talents and platforms to give back to their communities with hope. Grace reminds us that “while the #COVID-19 crisis reminds us of our shared fragility, it also demonstrates how everything and everyone is truly connected.”
Grace’s gifted voice has been impacting our Presidential Precinct community regularly ever since her visit to the Precinct in the Summer of 2015. She began her Fellowship prepared to deploy the lyrics of another hope-filled song highlighting the unavoidable potential of African youth. “E Go Happen” soon became an anthem for Mandela Washington Fellows, eager to return to their home countries with a mandate to give back to their communities. The official YALI tribute music video was filmed at Presidential Precinct partner site, James Madison’s Montpelier.
By the end of her six-week Fellowship, Grace’s contagious joy had reached program leadership at the State Department and White House. With all 1,000 2015 Mandela Washington Fellows gathered together in Washington, DC, Grace introduced then President Barack Obama. Her story serves as a reminder to us all that we can speak life and hope into our communities and the world. That hope is contagious. And that now more than ever, hope may be exactly what we need. Thank you, Grace!
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