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Photo Gallery: BSU hosts Thanksgiving potluck

Meher Parsinni, Photography Editor • Nov 26, 2024

  • Michelle Lett sets down her cooked candied yams, a classic Southern side dish. Many members of the Black Student Union (BSU) cooked food for the Thanksgiving potluck.

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  • BSU members enjoy home cooked food with their friends. “I like coming here because it’s a fun community,” senior Lenny Yuhi said.

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  • Principal Nicole Morgan and BSU officers pose for a photo at the potluck. Morgan wasn’t able to stay for the entire event, but still stopped by to support the BSU.

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  • BSU members line up to get food. Dishes including pound cake, candied yams and mac and cheese were available to attendees.

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  • BSU President Mwape Sokoni serves a member her homemade mac and cheese. “It’s really nice to bring the BSU community and the black community in general together, and we like to have these really fun meetings where we can let people sit back and relax,” Sokoni said.

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Meher Parsinni
Meher Parsinni, Photography Editor
Junior Meher Parsinni is the Photography Editor for The Pitch. Outside of The Pitch, Meher crochets and enjoys watching films with her cats.
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