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Crystal Cavalier Keck: WA Woman to Watch

Women AdvaNCe would like to celebrate Crystal Cavalier Keck as our Woman to Watch for November 2019. Crystal “Red Bear” Cavalier Keck has been a...[Read More]

8 Nov
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When Costumes Cross the Line

In 2016, my friends and I decided to go to a “paint party” in a Raleigh club. I was excited about the event, because I...[Read More]

25 Oct
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Día de Muertos

I grew up in a Mexican household speaking the language and eating the food, but most importantly, learning about all the different traditions the beautiful...[Read More]

23 Oct
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Stand with Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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]

18 Oct
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A Reflection on Latinidad

Growing up as a young Honduran-Panamanian immigrant in the United States, I predominantly found community within U.S. Latinx student groups. In these groups, I found...[Read More]

2 Oct
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Latina Unleashed – Juntxs Somos Más

I still remember being in middle school in rural North Carolina and having one of my best friends tell me, “Marcela, I don’t see you...[Read More]

30 Sep
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Class rolls tell an American story

I don’t have teacher’s pets, but if I did, this year it might have been a young man named Alejandro. He was consistently late to...[Read More]

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