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Take a moment to view some of my highlighted accomplishments, expertise, and projects featured in the media.

Date Ranges: 2005-2024

  • The Texas Signal

    In 2024 I was interviewed by The Texas Signal about organizing and growing movements in rural Texas.

  • KERA News

    In 2024 I was interviewed by KERA while working as the Civic Engagement Manager for ATJ (Asian Texans for Justice) about organizing the AAPI community.

  • New Leadership Texas

    Featured in the 2019 report for The Center for Women’s & Gender Studies at The University of Texas. I led the Political Action Project for the summer institute. (page 6-7)

  • Tyler Morning Telegraph

    In the wake of Roe V. Wade being overturned, I was interviewed by the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

    “Roy started her organization in 2014 at UT Tyler. Later, they expanded to be a community organization. Most recently in May, WISE organized three pro-choice rallies in Tyler, when the court's draft opinion on Roe v. Wade was first leaked.”

  • UT Tyler E Open House

    In 2019, I helped to coordinate an original project for the University of Texas at Tyler Digital Literacies Project. The project was a of the first of its kind program at The University of Texas at Tyler.

  • The Ductile Anchor

    2019 feature in the newsletter of the Language & Literature Department at The University of Texas at Tyler. (page 15)

  • PLEN (Publice Leadership Education Network)

    In 2015 I received a scholarship to attend a PLEN seminar in Washington DC. I wrote a brief post about the impact of the program and the significance of being awarded a scholarship, as a young woman from rural Texas.

  • Kilgore News Herald

    In 2012 The Kilgore News Herald featured my story of being accepted into the Prestigious Citadel Militatry College in South Carolina.

  • Kilgore News Herald

    In 2005, I was a 10 year old student headed to Houston,TX for a statewide competition called “Student of the Year”. The newspaper interviewed my mom and I about the opportunity.

“You don’t have to be from a big town to do big things”.

-Armetta LaShun

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