Changu Chiimbwe, a Zambian-born North Rockland High School senior, has been awarded the $1,000 Catherine Miklitsch scholarship after she presented her essay on freedom of speech.
The 17-year-old girl has taken part in Law Day annually organised by the Rockland County Bar Association in order to celebrate the rule of law and U.S. Constitution. This year’s event was held under the theme of “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society”, which Chiimbwe, a Zambian immigrant, felt connected to.
Her family used to live in both Zambia and South Africa but decided to move in order to pursue higher opportunities.
According to the reports, she will attend Columbia University in the fall, hoping to become an international human rights lawyer.
“I think the best way to merge my need to help people with the way i write and speak joins together in the field of law,” Chiimbwe said.
Born in Kitwe, Zambia, and coming to the United States at the age of five, Chiimbwe writes poetry to honor the immigrant experience.
Is this news? My son works for a top magic circle firm in London. As a trainee he was earning 78000 pounds a year. He has been promoted now and is on 110000 a year. Anyway last night was very special as Elisa my Swiss wife and I joined the Labour party for dinner following our appearance at the trump protests. Elisa was donning a tight Armani dress. 17 years of marriage and I still get the same feeling inside and down stairs when I see her in such tight outfits. I love her
You lie
Lungu needs to read this essay.
Our new Mushota…only that the position is still occupied!
ECL, which Lungu are you talking about? Zambia has freedom of the press and freedom of speech which is being abused by dull characters
Congratulations … Let’s roll!!
N.E.Z. (New Educated Zambia) with this kind of behaviour from Council houses you think we can believe ifyabupuba ulesabaila? Welcome to the UK but ichefyeniko.
Congratulation’s Changu, Ivy league is a big deal. keep flying the flag high. Great ambassador …
Stay Blessed
Congratulations and keep it up. Excellence is the cure for racism and tribalism. If you have what to offer to society it doesn’t matter what colour is your skin or where you come from.
Congratulations Changu. So proud of you! Keep soaring.
Congrats my darling, Changu! Young Zambians like you always shine abroad BUT Lungu and his PF with their lawlessness and thuggery would never have allowed you to shine especially with our freedoms and speech in particular!!
@ Chilyata
Mwiponta sana and stop being petty and illiterate! How doe President Lungu come into the picture. This young lady’s parents may be chased away from US now that President Trump doesnt see any value in immigrants especially of her colour. It appears people like you who have never stepped foot on US soil think its all rose there hey, ask genuine people and you will start respecting your native country. Have you heard about the “America First”crusade? Be careful of what you say about your country because you just depict yourself as beggars. If one chooses to go serve the Americans that doesnt give you latitude to undermine our beautiful country.
@ malinso Trump will not be president for life. He will be former president soon and things will change. But poverty in Zambia will continue to escalate with Lungu and his impis in-charge of the cookies jar.
Proud of you Chiibwe!
In your own Country you would be defrachansed because you are Tonga.
Just keep the Zambian flag flying high Changu and remain proud of your Country and Parents for what they made out of you!
Congratulations Changu, you are a pride to all zambians.
It is simple.If you give a man sufficient rope.He will hang himself.Peter Carlos Hinds.
Comment:This I love
Boko Haram.Peter Carlos Hinds.
“The devil and his ministers.Will come as an angel of light”.Bible.Peter Carlos Hinds.
Is she a lawyer or aspiring to be one? The headline is misleading.
The headline is wrong and very misleading. Nothing so special about this young girl and the essay that will compel the entire LT to report on her as a lawyer when in fact she is aspiring to become one. For example my son is 7 and in 4th grade somewhere in North America…. now do the math? No need to send such information to LT. It’s for us the family period. What the young girl is doing is good for her and the family.
It is because Zambia needs courageous Lawyers to rescue citizens from govt abuse that this girl’s performance attracted the attention of LT. We need many more Linda Kasondes in Zambia. Keep it up Changwe!