The Best Socially Conscious Documentaries
I’d like to think of myself as a documentary buff, from true crime to political issues, I’ve spent many afternoons on the couch binging...
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Crossing the Next Bridge: WGS in Action
Crossing the Next Bridge was a retreat, organized by Vic Muñoz who is a professor of Psychology and the coordinator of First Nation...
Why #MayDay is Important to Victims of Human Trafficking
Did you know that the International Labour Organization has estimated that the industries of forced labor and human trafficking makes up a...
Queer Eye Rocks The House
The Fab 5 (minus Karamo Brown) from the Netflix Show ‘Queer Eye,’ visited Washington DC and seriously rocked the house. The guys were...
The Four Women for Justice
I am taking a class about the Judicial processes and was shocked to learn that out of the 113 Supreme Court justices, only 6 have not been...
Did You Know Every School Had This?
Hey Loves, So, I had some inspiration and I just felt that it was very important to share this information to you guys. In todays news...
Dolores Huerta: Written Out of History
Dolores Huerta is an 88-year-old grandmother with kind eyes and a booming voice. Though she stands at hardly 5 feet tall, the power of her...
Lafayette’s Women in Law NYC Trip: Q&A
Women in Law, a new club on campus, was established during the spring 2019 semester aiming to provide guidance to female students who are...
How the Absher App is Facilitating the Control of Saudi Women
It should be no surprise when you hear that Saudi Arabian women have been and are continuing to be oppressed. We consistently hear...
Let’s Talk: Trans Latinx in U.S. Detention Centers
This framework of violent anti-LGBTQ and blatant transphobic action against LGBTQ Latinx victims can help us understand the journey to the United States that for many LGBTQ Latinx is deemed necessary for survival. Perhaps the group with the least media coverage, trans Latinx, endure some of the harshest conditions within U.S. detention centers.
Puppy Mills: The Lies and Stories Behind Heinous Facilities
People are getting new puppies every day. Many want a specific breed, and, in that breed, they want a purebred or even something rare. This...
Why Do We Need Feminism, and Why Now?
Unfortunately, there’s this misconception that Feminism is a man-hating, bra-burning, club for women. Although some individuals who claim...
African American Female Prosecutor Takes A Stand Against Thousands of Untested Rape Kits
Superheroes come in all shapes and forms.
Remembering Ej Bradford---Justice?
Image credit: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fthegrio.com%2Fwp-cont... Body: It is February, a month set aside to show...
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Let's Talk About Male Victims of Sexual Assault
Men should have space in the #MeToo movement.
Ways to be Politically Active
Unfortunately, because of weather, I was not able to attend this year’s Women’s March. I was a little bummed about it, but mostly, I was...
‘Female Genital Mutilation’ is Mutilating the Cause
Photo by CC0 License on Pexels Within the past few weeks a Detroit federal judge ruled a federal female genital mutilation law...
Rally to Stop Racism
Photo by T. Chick McClure on Unsplash On January 22, 2019, students, staff and faculty from OU attended the Rally to Stop Racism held in...
Emergency
I know it’s Christmas and I probably should be thinking and writing about happy stuff, families sharing hot cocoa, exchanging gifts, being...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is for furthering his mission
On Jan. 21, I look forward to marching with the Central community toward a vigil made in honor of King and to recognize the war for civil well-being that did not conclude with his death in 1968.
