Born and raised in Texas, Kathryn Ammon has worked on reproductive rights since her freshman year at the University of Kansas. She has held various leaderships positions at SURGE, the campus feminist and abortion access organization, including serving as its President, where she grew SURGE’s bank account and membership roster. Committed to advocating for marginalized students on campus, Kathryn was elected to the Student Senate, and then nominated to the university-wide governing body, the University Senate, becoming the only woman student senator. In addition to holding various other leadership positions on campus, Kathryn has worked on reproductive justice issues with an indigenous feminist collective in New Mexico and with Planned Parenthood Great Plains, and as a votebuilder with the Kansas Democratic Party. A triple major in History, Political Science and Women’s Studies, Kathryn will study Equality Studies at University College Dublin.
George J. Mitchell Scholarship, Class of 2020