By Charlene Carruthers I gave this speech in Dublin, Ireland before the release of video showing the execution of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police Officer...
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* Making money takes time So is making sentences I pass by my thoughts of you They are satisfying Then eliminate the list of places...
In world changing circles, self care might be the word of the year. Activists and artists, writers and teachers, organizers and trauma workers are transforming...
U.S. election politicking is distasteful even during the best of times. In our white supremacist, misogynist, xenophobic, capitalist nation—more oligarchy than democracy, further entrenched by Citizens...
By Jennifer Suchland The three Ps of legislation and advocacy in anti-trafficking discourse are Prevention, Prosecution, and Protection. The “three Ps” emerged at the end...
By Lauren M. Todd In the past month, there has been a huge buzz of unabashed laughter at the Grammy-Award winner, Billboard Chart record breaker,...
STATEMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S STUDIES ASSOCIATION ~~~ In the aftermath of the 2015 National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference focused...
By Yaqing Yang I’ve grown a “failure” to my Dad and “lost” to my Mom and Gram. Yesterday, I read an article published by BuzzFeed...
By Connie Wun Much of mainstream America witnessed the police brutality that took place at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina, in which a Black...
Dear Communities: We are grateful for your engagement with this Forum over these past two and half weeks—reading, comments, and sharing with others. Your interest...
By Sa Fa *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* and then one day you finish your...
By Britta Child ‘Tis true, I had been careless for far longer than my allotted grace period when I found out I was pregnant. Years of...
By Martina “Mick” Powell *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* i will let you have this...
By Celeste Orr To, I suspect, the embarrassment of my military family, I do not attend Remembrance Day ceremonies. To be honest, I never really know...
By Akiera Xavina Charles *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* As a humble Afro-Caribbean, Bedstuy native,...
By MaryAnn Kozlowski I always knew my body was a battleground. I’d been fighting with it for years – exercising until I could barely stand...
By Shither *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* The spatial...