Annabeth Mellon won the William P. and Estan J. Bloom Award in 2020.
Annabeth Mellon came to the Capstone believing she was not the UA type, seeing herself as more of a problem than a problem solver. However, it didn’t take her long to find her chapter in the greater UA story.
By transforming her own experiences with sexual violence into a powerful movement, she brought together students from all walks of life.
Mellon is a co-founder of the Walk of Shame, an annual protest calling attention to sexual assault and victim blaming on campus. The event is a unique space in that it is primarily survivor-focused and survivor-led. At the event, survivors of sexual violence come for healing and community, while also calling for change.
Originally from Talladega County, Alabama, Mellon is double majoring in creative media and gender and media studies.
She has served as vice president and social coordinator, and serves as president, of Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity UA. She is a member of the Blackburn Institute’s New Student Class of 2019 and sits on Student Government Association’s newly formed SAFE Center Committee.
Alongside her work in sexual assault advocacy, she works with New College to provide media literacy and production education to local youth.
Her mother is Bethany Mellon.