#StandWithHer — The Women and Families Affected by Mass Incarceration In 2013, The Sentencing Project, a group aimed at exposing the horrendous facts behind mass incarceration in the U.S., published the following information: If incarceration rates continue to grow at the pace they have since the 1970s, 1 of every 3 Black American males born …
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What Intersectionality Looks Like in the Real World Can you imagine feeling as though you were forced to constantly choose which part of your identity represented you the most? Or, even worse, if someone else got to decide when your feelings and observations were valid based on what and who they felt you were? What …
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Why I Care So Much About Inclusivity “Where are you from?” It’s always been one of the hardest questions for me to answer and it feels as though it’s the question I have heard most after the standard, “How are you?” I was born in Albuquerque, NM, so my answer should be an easy one, …
