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“You can’t be Indian! Indians are extinct!” By: Cynthia Connolly It was an innocent elementary class field trip to the Ann Arbor Natural History Museum. Jurassic Park had just come out, and my classmates were beside themselves with excitement about the dinosaur bones on the first floor, and the endangered and extinct animals on the… Continue Reading “You can’t be Indian! Indians are extinct!” by Cynthia Connolly

Ariana Johnson, YWCA Distinguished Young Woman, has a passion for writing and a passion for advocacy and the two go together. Years ago she penned Dear Ida Speaks, a blog “where we uplift black women and our issues one community at a time,” and now after working with the Children’s Defense Fund and currently at… Continue Reading Ariana Johnson: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree

  What is Privilege? The unearned social, political, economic, and psychological benefits of membership in a group that has institutional and structural power. Living and existing in a world where standards and rules are premised upon the dominant group’s needs wants and desires. To identify with or be identified as a member of a dominant… Continue Reading What is Privilege?

Me Without A Place 4 Me by Kai Cotton A product of my environment, And it’s not a mistake, Adaption to not having enough is an acquirement among my race. So I question why the color of my skin, Played a big part in dictating my fate. When I was born After a few days… Continue Reading Me Without A Place 4 Me by Kai Cotton

Growing up in the mountains of West Virginia, I experienced no ethnic diversity throughout high school. Often diversity might have been observed by what color the pick-up truck your family drove was or the kind of gun you learned to shoot.  So, from an early age, I knew it was not safe to be different… Continue Reading Understanding My White Privilege by David Phillips