As grads of multicultural Campbell, you don't see color, speaker tells Class of 2015
CAMPBELL
Before 67 graduates of the Campbell Memorial High School Class of 2015 turned their tassels Thursday evening, someone who’d gone before them wanted to share some lessons learned.
Roxann Sebest, a 2000 graduate of CMHS, was back to speak at their commencement.
Sebest, who is perhaps best known in this area as a broadcast journalist for WKBN 27 First News before she became director of marketing and communications for the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley in January 2014, had some important news for the latest graduates.
There is something special about them, she said, that will make them able to contribute to the world in a special way — and that was her first lesson.
A co-worker who also had a boyfriend from Campbell once told her: “You Campbell kids — you don’t see color. You treat everyone the same.”
“At that moment,” said Sebest, “I’ve never been more proud to be from Campbell. Especially in today’s world. Civil rights is not a thing of the past.”
“When my friend said, ‘You Campbell kids,’” Sebest continued, “she was talking about all of us, even you, Class of 2015.”
Read more of what she said in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.