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Month: November 2021

Episode 52: Thankful for Each Other

November 24, 2021 Webmaster 0

Yeah, it’s a complicated holiday—part of a mythical American origin story masking ugly truths about who’s really had a place at our nation’s table over […]

From Syria to Cincinnati: ‘Other Words for Home’

November 22, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

Our last Freedom Friends Book Club pick of 2021 is Other Words for Home, the award-winning bestseller by Cincinnati native Jasmine Warga. Meet Jude, the […]

Giving Thanks By Getting Real

November 22, 2021 Julie Coppens 1

Editor’s note: This essay from last November, by one our student participants from Aiken H.S., bears repeating–so we’re serving it up again. By Joyeuse Muhorakeye, […]

Episode 51: How Colorism Hurts

November 11, 2021 Webmaster 0

Straight-up racism is bad enough—but for many of us, colorism cuts even deeper. Maybe we were born with skin tones darker or lighter than those […]

Photo illustration shows brown paper doll cutouts in a shadowed semicircle, with a single paper doll laying flat

Reading, Writing, Racism: What I Found When I Called Out a Classmate

November 4, 2021 Julie Coppens 2

I stood firm in my truth, I got over my fear, and I chose to speak up, despite many people pushing me to drop the issue.

Art Thou a Witch? Studying the Witchcraft Trials in History

November 1, 2021 David Childs 55

Dr. David Childs, D.D., Ph.D.Northern Kentucky UniversityLithograph of witch trial in Salem, Massachusetts. Photograph: Bettmann ArchiveIntroductionIn light of the recent celebration of Halloween we decided to […]

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