THE FOUNDING CLASS

2020
COHORT.

summer 2020

A HOUSE BUILT FROM HOME 

Summer House began during a summer unlike any other. As COVID-19 kept people physically apart, our inaugural class of 13 Fellows came together online for a four-week intensive exploring education, leadership, and their potential to make a difference.

Through virtual workshops, conversations with educators, and opportunities to connect, these young men began building the relationships and sense of possibility at the heart of Summer House.

Every Fellow completed the experience—a 100% completion rate.

Their commitment opened our first chapter: a community formed across screens that would grow, in the years ahead, into classrooms, campuses, and shared living spaces.

13 FELLOWS · FOUR WEEKS · 100% COMPLETION

THE ALL-STARS

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MALACHI TAYLOR
SAN JOSE
STATE UNIVERSITY

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Carlson Ayanlaja
Lake Forest
College

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Kevin Mwangi
Cheyney University Of Pennsylvania

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Michael Meeks
California State
University Northridge

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Derrick Davis
THE University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Isaiah Ball
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY Channel IslandS

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KJ Johnson
Lamar
University

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Peyton Watson
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cameron Purifoy
The University of Texas
at San Antonio

Julius Robinson Temple University

JULIUS ROBIINSON
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY

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Knowledge Gossett
Cheyney University Of Pennsylvania

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Tex Wambui
University of
California, Davis