Worthy’s journey of fighting oppression began when he became frustrated by the lack of sensitivity to issues of oppression expressed by his graduate school classmates during a Monday evening class in the spring semester of 1987. He was appalled at the level of ignorance and intolerance demonstrated by graduate students. As the only Black student in the class, Worthy courageously challenged his classmates to examine their attitudes and behavior.

It was at this moment when Worthy declared, “Enough is enough.” Worthy became the President of the Graduate Student Association to which he used this platform to eradicate ignorance and mandate social justice.

Worthy has worked with the YWCA Men against Violence against Women and served as one of the program advocates for survivors of sexual assault at the University of Delaware. Worthy implemented the first “Take Back the Night” demonstration at Shippensburg University and served on the Human Understanding and Social Justice Committee and the Executive Committee for Campus Climate during his tenure.