“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil...[Read More]
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This spring Dawn Blagrove, the Executive Director of Emancipate NC joined our board of directors. We’ve highlighted some of her amazing work with justice involved...[Read More]
My friend Frankie sent me another link this week to educate myself about race. This one was about mass incarceration. We’d watched the documentary, Thirteenth,...[Read More]
Children's IssuesCivic EngagementCivil RightsCriminal JusticeCurrent EventsFamily IssuesGeneralJuvenile JusticePolitics/Public PolicyPoverty IssuesRacial Justice/EquityVotingWomen in PrisonYouth Issues
Women AdvaNCe has named Dawn Blagrove, the Executive Director of the Carolina Justice Policy Center as a Woman to Watch! Dawn is an attorney and attended...[Read More]
BullyingChildren's IssuesCivic EngagementCivil RightsCivil RightsCultural ResourcesCultureCurrent EventsFamily IssuesGeneralMedia ReformRacial Justice/EquityWhite Supremacy
As a black woman in an interracial relationship, I hold my culture. I must pass this culture down to my biracial children. Being in an interracial...[Read More]
As a child and teenager, I grew up frequenting the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina A&T...[Read More]
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In her New York Times piece on August 15 of last year, author Kim Brooks (Small Animals: Parenthood in an Age of Fear) makes the...[Read More]
Children's IssuesCivil RightsCultural ResourcesCultureNative American Heritage MonthNative American Issues
Walking in two worlds is the act of walking in our traditional way while simultaneously walking in the non-traditional professional world of work and education....[Read More]
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Most U.S. education curriculum talks about the attempted genocide of Native Americans upon the arrival of European settlers. However, what many people are not aware...[Read More]
Board Member ArticleChildren's IssuesCivil RightsCultural ResourcesCultureCurrent EventsFamily IssuesGeneralMissing & Murdered Indigenous WomenNative American IssuesTrauma
Four out of five Native women encounter violence today according to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Although the U.S. Department of Justice...[Read More]