Chevara Orrin
to Chevara Orrin, WSSU director of Conferences and Institutes, who was recently featured in Skirt Magazine. The article characterized her this way, “Chevara is 5-foot powerhouse in 4 inch heels.” Wonder where they got that idea?
The article goes on to say that as an advocate for change, Chevara is leaving her mark on Winston-Salem and runs the list of her accomplishments which includes: setting up the first transgender panel at Winston-Salem State University; helping found and advise the university’s first gay/straight student alliance organization; advisor to the Black Men for Change organization; exposing students within her sphere of influence to the Winston-Salem Symphony, a privilege she maintains “should not just be for a privileged few; and owning a gallery with her husband, WhiteSpace, where art is used to bridge the chasms of race.
Of her life experiences Orrin says , “I am more aware…more determined…and more empowered to work to improve the lives of others.”
