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Najé James, MPhil

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Najé James, MPhil

@najeijames

(Nuh-Zhay) Clinical Psych PhD Candidate @CityCollegeNY. CRC @icahnmountsinai. @penn_state Alum. Black MH, Cultural Identity, Access to services. she/her

New York, NY

Joined October 2020

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Najé James, MPhil
@najeijames
Apr 15, 2022
I am elated to announce that I will be pursuing my PhD in Clinical Psychology @CityCollegeNY. I am honored to continue to learn and provide services to Harlem and other communities throughout NYC. This Bedstuy girl is on her way to help improve the mental health of black folks 🤎
Najé James, MPhil
@najeijames
Feb 20, 2024
Hi! I’m Najé and I am an alum and proud volunteer of the Shawn Carter Foundation Scholarship. I would love to detail all the ways in which this organization and thus Jay Z have helped me out (a thread)
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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In the fall of my senior year, I began attending the SCF HBCU Workshop series where we got help with our personal statements, CV’s and overall material for college applications. The workshop is held every year to not only help with this but prep for the HBCU bus tour
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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In the spring of 2017, we toured HBCUs from Atlanta to PA. They organization submitted our application material to the schools we were touring (they also paid for our apps on the Black Common App) so we got on site admissions. Makes you feel like a rockstar
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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So yes, big support throughout college. But the foundation took their support for me a step further. In 2018, I was chosen with three other SCF scholars to do a two week exchange program in London/NYC. We created a mock brand campaign for Ford. youtu.be/SXIA6Dwagro?si…
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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So if you’re keeping track 1. College Preparation/Scholarship 2. Exchange Program 3. Teaching how to invest in stocks (also, financial planning, retirement and credit management are also taught through these workshops, it is open to any NYC adult and if interested, hmu ☺️)
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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Last summer we celebrated our 20 year anniversary!! I was afforded the amazing opportunity to not only talk about my experiences in a documentary (that’s soon to come out and is directed by an SCF alum) but I got to speak at the gala ☺️
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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Of course, I received the scholarship throughout my time at Penn State which helped TREMENDOUSLY with cost of attendance. We’re also REQUIRED to complete 40 hours of community service (I might have the number of hours wrong) in order to keep our scholarship.
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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This next part is incredibly important. In the Fall of 2019, I began attending the “Bridges to Wealth” workshop series in collab with UPenn. Through these meetings (which still happen 1xmonth) I was taught how to invest in the stock market and added the community stock portfolio
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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Hey! I saw a repost about the volunteering aspect and the requirement for the scholarship. The motto of the foundation is “lift as we climb” and we are constantly taught to pour into other peoples lives, a requirement like that ensures that the loop of “lifting” continues.
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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lil snippet of my speech lol
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Najé James, MPhil
@najeijames
Aug 25, 2022
first day of the PhD!
Najé James, MPhil
@najeijames
Feb 20, 2024
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Branching off from Bridges to Wealth, in 2021, the SCF piloted a program called Generational Wealth Warriors where myself and other SCF alum not only learned these skills, got funding to start investing in stocks, BUT we got to teach communities of our choice how to invest
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Najé James, MPhil
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Feb 20, 2024
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But overall I hope this thread shows you the many ways in which they have lifted me. I’m only put one alum and this foundation has been in existence for 20 years so imagine the full extent. I enjoy coming back every year and helping with the college workshop series
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