She was reported to the police for spraying invasive lanternflies. Now she's been honored by Yale

The ceremony also served as an opportunity to recognize Bobbi's donation of her personal spotted lanternfly collection to Yale's Peabody museum.

In October, Bobbi was testing a homemade repellent to spray spotted lanternflies in her hometown of Caldwell, New Jersey. State agricultural departments across the countryBut Bobbi's quest to help remove the invasive species was interrupted when a neighbor called the police reporting "a little Black woman walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees on Elizabeth and Florence.

"Dr. Opara, you have been a blessing," she said, according to the news release. "You are part of our testimonial and what it means to have a community of amazing, beautiful, Black, intelligent scientists and doctors, and more important than that is your heart and your passion for the work that you do.For Joseph, the incident has become an opportunity to speak out against racism in her town and across the country.

To bad no one in Florida will see this. It triggers a white student.

Lol. In case you are blind, she's a little black girl.... like Seriously? Does her color make a difference to the story? Just wow . Great reporting right there.

The karen's are still out there ...😒

Pretty easy to get honored by Yale apparently.

abc7leanne the person who made the police call should be charged with false reporting

I wonder who reported her…

'little black women'... Dude. That's so wrong. She's a child.

OK

That story was outrageous. That neighbor was a punk. I’m glad she’s being honored by academia.

This is such a beautiful story❤️❤️❤️💕 this is our future scientist our future🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰our future are the children 🥰

Good on her. It was absolutely outrageous to be outside doing her thing and being judged as a criminal for her skin color.

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