Category: Race/Ethnic Relations

After traveling for nearly two days and over 8000 miles from my home, I expected to feel more out of …

My first thought: I am never going to make it to Johannesburg. The traveling seemed like it was never going …

Forget everything you know about South Africa, which I assume is factually limited to apartheid and Mandela. Forget the notion …

I was born in post-apartheid South Africa and moved to the US within months of 9/11. My childhood adventures in …

On our second day in Johannesburg we visited Freedom Park, a memorial for the people who died in the anti-Apartheid …

Photos: Buildings in downtown, French Quarter, and Beignets   I remember the first time my ears took in the raspy …

In my first week in Charlotte, I am most struck by the glaring economic disparities evident across the different residential …

On my first day of in-town training at Freedom School Partners, I was startled when a simple “Good Morning” led …

Living in Charlotte is really pushing my buttons in different ways. Namely, I keep noticing that people of color rely …

As I walked outside the airport, the overwhelming heat and humidity hit me. I immediately dreaded the upcoming two months …