Makini Boothe

Makini Boothe is a 2008 graduate of Barnard College, where she studied Francophone Studies and Human Rights. A Jamaican-American (“Jamarican”), Makini is also fluent in French, studied Portuguese and plans to pursue a graduate degree in public health. She currently resides in Newark, NJ, where she is committed to community empowerment through health education. Makini’s dedication to social justice stems from her belief that “the principle of the Oneness of Mankind . . . is no mere outburst of ignorant emotionalism or an expression of vague and pious hope . . .. It implies an organic change in the structure of present-day society, a change such as the world has not yet experienced” (Baha’i Writings).