By: Brittany Guilfoyle
Owens, daughter of Tim and Ruth Owens, hails from Summerville, S.C., and spends much of her time doing volunteer work in her hometown and in Rock Hill, S.C., where she is a senior at Winthrop University.
This slideshow features pictures detailing the 21-year-old English literature major's work in a variety of the organizations and events she is involved with. These include:
- African Awareness Coalition (with the Progressive Student Network)
- Sigma Sigma Sigma
- Model UN
- Summerville Presbyterian Church middle school youth adviser
Additional organizations she volunteers for (not featured in the slideshow) include:
- Amnesty International
- Pre-Law Society
- STAND
- Resolve Uganda
- Invisible Children
- Safe Passage in Rock Hill
- Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church first grade tutor
- Habitat for Humanity
- More Than Me
- Free People Free People
The slideshow mostly presents pictures from "I Am Abducted: Come to the Rescue," which Owens participated in on April 25, 2009. This activity, held in Charlotte, N.C., brought to light the issue of Joseph Kony's child soldiers in Africa.
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