Tag: Activist

For many parents, the desire to attend a march is a fire burning in their souls because the issues at hand directly affect the health and welfare of their families, and for many, bringing their children is not just a lesson in civic engagement, it’s a necessity. Not everyone has the luxury of ...

organizing spaces don’t stay and rarely contribute to the programming of them. I get it…it is exhausting to be patient enough to politically educate other people, even when they are open to it. It took me 10 years to understand all of it via immersion, when I wasn’t taught social ...

When my 9-year-old daughter, who is currently completing 5th Grade, decided to read “Watch Us Rise” by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan for a school project, I was thrilled to see her gravitating toward a book that dealt with important real-world issues. At the same time, I was a little appr...