Week 2 with WomenNC PublishedJune 04, 2020 by Caroline Avery It’s strange to think of community right now. COVID-19 forced us all to retreat to our homes in order to … Read more
Plantations – To Their Roots PublishedJuly 16, 2019 by Esther Zhang It was the end of our 4th week in NOLA. 7:45 a.m. The other Duke students and I sleepily boarded … Read more
This Place Feels Like Home PublishedJuly 10, 2019 by Melissa White It was another weekday at work. I was going through the list of clients to be seen that day, and … Read more
Who is My Authentic Self? PublishedJuly 01, 2019 by Ysanne Spence I am astounded at the complexity of my interactions with each person I meet here. I feel as though every … Read more
How to handle a dissenting opinion PublishedJune 29, 2018 by Katie Ridgway What does privilege mean? A quick dictionary search will give you a definition something like this: a special right or … Read more
plantations PublishedJune 27, 2018 by Amika Ekanem New Orleans borders the Mississippi River; this is a great location for trade. Great trade locations also mean great plantation … Read more
Got White Privilege? PublishedJune 25, 2018 by Jose Rosario As I ventured through countless TripAdvisor threads and personal blogs I kept reading about the “racism” that white visitors felt … Read more
Looking Back, Going Forward PublishedAugust 01, 2017 by Leah Abrams In a shiny glass conference room on the ninth floor of the main Quicken Loans office, a tour guide asked … Read more
Let Me Be Silent, If Only For a Little While PublishedJuly 09, 2017 by Kristina Smith My emotions are not rooted in history, no matter how many times you say it. My experiences? Sure. But the … Read more
Who Gets to Be “African”? PublishedJuly 04, 2017 by Ashleigh Smith Being an African American woman, I knew coming to South Africa would be a different experience for me. In my … Read more