On Saturday June 3, 2023, Areva Martin was honored with a Civic Leadership Award for Human Services by The Links, Incorporated. The Links, Incorporated is an international nonprofit established in 1946. Today, it is one of America’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations that is committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic […]
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The 2022 midterm elections are on everyone’s minds — especially in light of historically turbulent years and unprecedented courses of action, such as overturning Roe v. Wade. In fact, some say these elections might be the most consequential in our lifetimes. The last of the primaries wrapped up just a few days ago with Delaware,
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When the Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade was first leaked in May of 2022, I broke down the ways that a decision like this would disproportionately affect women of color. With the recent Supreme Court decision now made official, we are seeing this bitter reality play out. In July 2022, headlines covered
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“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.” — Frederick Douglass On July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress
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It’s time to take a close look at pride and intersectionality. Pride month: a time to celebrate and protest, a time to reflect on how far we’ve come, while acknowledging how far we have to go. It is important to prioritize joy during this time, but it is equally important to recognize that that joy
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“To accept one’s past – one’s history – is not the same thing as drowning in it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.” ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time This quote from James Baldwin’s The Fire Next
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