Laeila Scott, junior law major and IOC chair president, developed the Lemonade Revolution club in 2024 to give the NSU community an opportunity to speak on topics they think are important.
Lemonade Revolution invites all NSU students to come together as a community to engage in discussions on any topic they want.
“My role is to give space for those in our community to speak on something they are passionate about, and then we work together and teach how to advocate for it,” Scott said. “I want kids to know that there are certain skills as far as advocating you can apply to any issue.”
This year, Lemonade Revolution has hosted several major meetings on campus discussing numerous topics, such as critical thinking and advocacy, the value of skepticism and humility, logical fallacies and advocacy, identifying biased media and intersectionality and advocacy.
“We have one of our educational seminars, called ‘Intersectionality and Advocacy,’ reoccurring events such as ‘The Value of Skepticism and Humility.’ These events, while still in the works, I am really looking forward to getting into these conversations shared,” Scott said.
The idea of setting up stands to sell lemonade is a driving factor to increase engagement and simply connect with students.
“Next semester we are starting the lemonade stands to begin active conversations, but we need to do a lot of events to start the funding for those stands. We want to start doing more interactive stuff,” Scott said.
In addition to students being encouraged to speak up and engage through active participation, club members are encouraged to utilize Lemonade Revolutions’ Press Corps, which is an online platform for students to write short articles on social issues.
Lemonade Revolution has an active press corps which Scott said gives students an outlet and a space to advocate for what they think is important.
“I want to give people the opportunity to not only advocate for what they believe in, but give them exposure to reading on topics they feel strongly about,” Scott said.
Eishmel Dort, sophomore psychology major, said he’s gained great experience being in Lemonade Revolution. While only active for a short while, he feels it offers a lens he didn’t have before and gives him opportunities to broaden his knowledge on things he values most.
“My experience has been very positive. I really enjoy the events that are presented to us. I feel it goes beyond activism but to educate and give students the tools to look at things and analyze things for themselves. This exposure allows students to see things in different perspectives,” Dort said.
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Learn more about the club, its Instagram is @nsulemonaderev or visit the Lemonade Revolution website.
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