Feb 26, 2017 | Afro-Latinx, Journalism, Women Of Color
In 1993, I was a student at the State University of New York-Albany when Dr. Marta Moreno Vega came to speak on our campus. Until that evening, I had never heard the term Afro-Latina. In fact, I had just learned what it meant when someone said “African descendant.”...
Jan 23, 2017 | Electoral Politics, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Millions of people marched around the country and also the world on January 21st. Among them were my guest Rosa Clemente, the 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, who knows a thing or two about electoral politics and...
Nov 17, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. A video of a white man screaming insults at a female employee of Starbucks in Miami has gone viral. The man yelled at the woman of color, “You’re trash…you’re garbage…you’re complete trash,” and, “I voted for Trump,” and “you lost.”...
Nov 11, 2016 | Electoral Politics
I know it has been a rough week, I know we are all confused. Some in complete shock, some not too shocked, but all in some kind of pain. Everyone has the right to be in their feelings, sit with them and to reflect. No one’s timeline in how to move forward...
