Stop Telling Women to Smile
Published by Olivia McAuliffe
One of the first things I noticed when I walked into my supervisor’s office at Sonke was a poster on …
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The Fourth and Fifth of July
Published by Lily Koning
The Fourth of July In Cape Town, the fourth of July came and went without much fanfare or notice. We …
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What’s in a word? How about a phrase?
Published by Chiara Settineri
Growing up in a household where three different languages were consistently being tossed back and forth, I’ve always been keenly …
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Week 3 – What does it feel like to be white?
Published by Sheridan Wilbur
“Truth always rests with the minority… because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while …
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A Benediction of Discomfort
Published by Lily Koning
Last weekend, our group visited Peter Storey, a former bishop in the Methodist Church. We sat in a circle in …
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Single Stories
Published by Lily Koning
On one of our last nights in Johannesburg, we made a startling discovery: it is exceedingly difficult to find ice …
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Remembrance and Forgetting
Published by Lily Koning
On our second day in Johannesburg, our group visited the Hector Pieterson Museum, which commemorates students’ role in Soweto protests …
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