{"id":21662,"date":"2023-03-01T13:16:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=21662"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:03:41","slug":"transylvania-it-support-coordinator-strengthening-community-ties-through-leadership-lexington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/03\/transylvania-it-support-coordinator-strengthening-community-ties-through-leadership-lexington\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania IT support coordinator strengthening community ties through Leadership Lexington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-730x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21663\" width=\"411\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-730x584.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-350x280.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-810x648.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/transylvania_mambuna.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mambuna Bojang &#8217;96<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since last summer, Mambuna Bojang &#8217;96 has been learning things about his adopted hometown of Lexington that he never knew \u2014 even after living here for almost three decades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercelexington.com\/leadership-lexington.html\">Leadership Lexington program<\/a>, Transylvania&#8217;s technology support coordinator is taking field trips to local businesses and organizations and networking with local movers and shakers. He&#8217;s also helping his employer and alma mater strengthen its already deep community ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Leadership Lexington is a great program,&#8221; Bojang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He meets with the group for a day each month for excursions into the community \u2014 for instance, they&#8217;ve visited the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship, local schools and emergency services operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was particularly moved by a late-night ridealong with a police officer, when he said he got to observe firsthand the vital work LPD is doing in the community. &#8220;It was a great experience getting to see what these people are doing to keep us safe while we sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Bojang has an opportunity to show his appreciation for these members of the community putting it all on the line. Through Leadership Lexington, Bojang is on a team that is helping organize a Lex Heroes Ball on Aug. 5 to recognize the dedicated service of Lexingtonians from all walks of life. (Other projects of this year\u2019s leadership group address housing and voting issues.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-730x286.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-730x286.png 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-350x137.png 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-1536x601.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-810x317.png 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-9.40.25-AM.png 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leadership Lexington Class of 2022-23 (Photo: Commerce Lexington)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only will the connections he&#8217;s making help increase Transylvania&#8217;s engagement with the surrounding community, but they may in a way be an asset to the city&#8217;s large West African population. 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