Personal Blog The Night We Decided to Boycott 27 Jul 201927 Jul 2019 The night of November 10th, 2016 was long and arduous for the Oberlin College Student Senate. We called an emergency meeting around 9pm that evening to discuss how we would…
Personal Blog In Living Color 10 Oct 201827 Jul 2019 “We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.” The first time I read that line…
Personal Blog What College Students Get About Civility 29 Jun 201829 Jun 2018 Content Warning: Sexualized Violence I remember the first time I told another student I’d rather not eat with them. We weren’t friends but had been cordial with each other for…
Personal Blog MLK Day in Hilo 16 Jan 2018 MLK Day has been a very special day for me since my senior year of high school. I attended my first rally/protest at Central United Methodist Church right next to…
Personal Blog Reclaiming King’s Radical Legacy 15 Jan 201827 Jul 2019 Originally Published on HuffPost As Congresswoman Maxine Waters inspiringly calls on us to #ReclaimOurTime, we must reclaim our hero Martin Luther King, Jr.—his life, work, and legacy. Dr. Martin Luther…
Mount Vernon Leadership Fellowship… Thanks, Mount Vernon. 6 Aug 201711 Aug 2017 I’ve been home for a few weeks since finishing my time as a Mount Vernon Leadership Fellow. Six weeks never felt so long and short—reflecting on my experience has been…
Mount Vernon Leadership Fellowship… Mafia on the Piazza 11 Jun 20172 Aug 2017 Who gets to play Mafia on the back space of George Washington's mansion? We do. Well, the Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows did. And that's just one of the many…
Personal Blog Reflections on Cory Booker’s “United” 7 Feb 20178 Apr 2017 November 8th, 2016 left me with a lot of questions, but the one I remember most, and that still sticks with me today, is “How do we move forward?” There’s…
Personal Blog My Faith in Oberlin College 17 Oct 201617 Oct 2016 This post was originally published on the Oberlin Blogs. As the annual All Roads Lead to Oberlin program begins, I can't help but to reflect on my own experiences as…
