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A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY LOCALLY AND BEYOND Sarah Adejuwon is in her third year of the Goldsmiths LLB Law degree. Sarah grew up in Peckham and went to college in Lewisham. Her experiences as a local resident and at Goldsmiths have inspired her to make a difference on a larger scale. “My journey at Goldsmiths has been very reflective – not always easy, but very fun as I have discovered that I am passionate about helping people. Through my studies and work I’ve developed a commitment to helping my community serve the needs of local people, as there is so much that needs to be done to encourage collaboration, diversity and self-investment. While studying I’ve worked as a Student Ambassador at Goldsmiths, and doing this I’ve been privileged enough to share my experiences with prospective students, particularly my route into university as a care leaver. I’ve strived to involve myself in acts of service to give back to the local community – for example, providing mentoring to people who have spent time in care, and being a Southwark Council Young Inspector and advocating for care leavers that way. Outside of university I also help supervise the Peckham Soup Kitchen project. It started out as a community initiative that was established during the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, to help families respond to growing poverty by providing them with weekly food and toiletries. My time at Goldsmiths has given me a new perspective on things and made me value higher education even more than I already did. I now plan on doing a law Masters with legal practice and building up my work experience as a paralegal. Eventually I want to qualify as a solicitor. I’m eager to specialise in employment law to protect people in the workplace. Goldsmiths is all about the community and I have seen how a lack of resources can affect people. I hope in the future to be a person who donates a huge amount of funding to pioneer the change I would like to see.”○
“THROUGH MY STUDIES AND WORK I’VE DEVELOPED A COMMITMENT TO HELPING MY COMMUNITY SERVE THE NEEDS OF LOCAL PEOPLE”
Above: In her role as a Goldsmiths Student Ambassador, Sarah has assisted many prospective students at Open Days and other events Right: Monk the Labrador helps sensitise MA Ecology, Culture and Society students to the lessons that animals can teach
