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June 30, 2021 : By Ryan Klinker - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
After years of turning his life story once characterized by delinquency and failure into a platform to encourage others and spark change in education and beyond, Liberty University alumnus Brandon Fleming (’13) has now written and published a memoir, “Miseducated.”
Fleming is the founder and CEO of the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project, which recruits underserved high school youth with minimal to no prior debate experience to compete against hundreds of elite debaters from over 25 countries. Since the program was created in 2017, every cohort trained by Fleming has won the international competition. This achievement caught the attention of national news outlets and Fleming was featured on CNN, ESPN, Good Morning America, and more. In 2020, he was recognized on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list. His efforts have also been recognized by The Root Magazine, which named him among the 100 most in