Allen Buansi - On Education
Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on September 24, 2024
"I really want my kids to first off, be good people, kind people, to be respectful of others, and to be advocates for themselves. I’m of course going to be their best advocate, along with their mother, my wife. But giving them the tools to be able to recognize when they themselves or others are being treated unfairly. That is really important to me."
- Allen Buansi
This interview was a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center Education series. Allen Buansi is a member of the North Carolina General Assembly and serves as a Democrat in the House of Representatives. Allen moved to Chapel Hill, with his mother, at the age of ten and had several very influential teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district that inspired him to become a civil rights lawyer. His time on the football team of Dartmouth College and working at the House of Representatives has taught him a great deal about how to have productive conversations about race, religion, and politics with people who have vastly different life experiences than him. He believes deeply in the power of education and mentorship and hopes to teach his children as well as others that they are strong and are their own best advocates in the school system and beyond.
