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Refugee Advocacy Training

Refugee Advocacy Training

On Saturday March 4th, 2017, the group Central Ohio Solidarity With Refugees & Immigrants hosted a workshop to educate people on the process of becoming a refugee. It was only a two-hour class, but I learned so much about the…

Criminal Justice Inequalities

Criminal Justice Inequalities

Piper Kerman is a best-selling author and advocate for prison reform in America. She had first-hand experience with our country’s justice system when she served a 13-month sentence in a women’s prison for an old drug-related crime. Her memoir was…

Diane Guerrero

Diane Guerrero

Diane Guerrero is a well-known actress who is in two of my favorite shows, Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin. She recently wrote a memoire, In the Country We Love: My Family Divided about her experience with undocumented immigrants living…

On the Pulse of Morning

On the Pulse of Morning

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the theme of my English class this semester would be “Journey, Identity and Changing Perspectives in the American Experience”.  This class began just 10 days before the new President’s inauguration and my…

Australia, America and Gun Control

Australia, America and Gun Control

I have always been very passionate about the issue of gun control. So naturally, when I was presented with the opportunity to give a four-minute TED-style talk on any public health related issue, gun control sprang to mind. In my…

M&M's and ART

M&M’s and ART

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a combination of medicines used to treat HIV positive patients. It is highly successful and has increased the average lifespan of an HIV positive person exponentially. This is incredible progress for anyone living with this debilitating…