One year later, two UNC student activists' lives are changed

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One year later, two UNC student activists' lives are changed

By Leoneda Inge,

Brianna Atkinson

Published May 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM EDT

深夜福利 Higher Ed reporter Brianna Atkinson profiled the students.

Student activist Laura Saavedra Forero鈥檚 prestigious Morehead-Cain scholarship was suspended for a semester after she was charged with impeding traffic and resisting an officer at a pro-Palestinian protest.

Brendan Rosenblum held an Israeli flag in protest when other protestors replaced the American flag at the center of campus with a Palestinian one. Rosenblum ended up in pro-Trump 2024 campaign materials, even though he planned to vote for a Democrat.

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Brianna Atkinson, higher education reporter at 深夜福利 and in partnership with

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 深夜福利 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Brianna Atkinson

Brianna Atkinson is 深夜福利鈥檚 2024 Fletcher Fellow and covers higher education in partnership with .

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