At the first “Know You Power Forum” hosted by Georgetown’s Institute for Politics and Public Service, Rashida Jones shared valuable insights from her long career in journalism as the president of MSNBC and the first Black executive to lead a major news network.
— Angela Yu
Read MoreSchools must go beyond the textbook to teach about Black history. Statewide curriculums on slavery, the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement don’t go far enough.
— Ritika Manathara
Read MoreInspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, country music is experiencing its own racial reckoning. Black country artists and Black rural voters share a lot in common: they exist in mostly white environments where they face oppression and rejection, yet their influence continues to grow.
— Junior Mwemba
Read MoreYou see phrases like “white silence is violence,” but the silence from the South Asian community in regards to racial justice for the Black community can be quite deafening as well. More than silence, there is active prejudice against the black community.
— Srishti Khemka
Read MoreVirginia, the state with the record of executions since 1608, is abolishing the death penalty. Now, other states must join Virginia in working towards a more just nation.
— Lindsey Gradowski
