This year the North Carolina Native American Youth Organization (NCNAYO) celebrated their 39th annual conference. This conference is held every year on a different college campus within North Carolina for Native high school students from across the state. About 10 years ago I had the privilege to attend NCNAYO for the first time and last… Continue reading Educating Future Native Leaders
Growing up in a hyper-religious family in the Midwest lent itself to easily identifying as “pro-life”. One of the ten commandments included not murdering others and denying a person the right to life was easily seen as murder. However, as I lived in a fairly liberal town for the majority of my life and became… Continue reading Reproductive Rights and Justice: Who Gets Left Out of the Conversation
Jaida Delaney is a first-year student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently majoring in dance and hopes to become a film director after graduation. Jaida grew up in Charlotte, NC, where she danced competitively for 13 years at Precision Dance Center. She enjoys volunteering for short film projects… Continue reading Class Is In Session: Sexual Orientation 101
"The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman” (Malcolm X). America has never treated Black women equally in all its history. Which brings me to my point of hypersexualizing. Black women constantly must… Continue reading The Hypersexualization of Black Women
