[UNIFIERS] Dustin Young + Lee Johnson Create Wellness Spaces for Underserved Youth
Feb 24. 2022Our Own is retrofitting American schools to include wellness pods for economically disadvantaged students.
Protecting (+ Fighting for) Reproductive Health Access Starts Today
Aug 26. 2021
Lack of access to abortion and so many other necessary reproductive health services has been the everyday reality for millions of people, particularly low-income BIWOC, long before we were seeing headlines about the courts every morning.
Disability Rights Have a Long Way To Go
Jul 26. 2021
“I'm tired of my community being praised for its resilience in a world that refuses to make space."
Anti-Asian Hate Is Real, and So Is Asian-American Mental Health
May 19. 2021
Respect is awareness and understanding. Respect is valuing contributions and voices. It’s seeing reality, instead of just boiling it down to reductive stereotypes and ideas.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Deserve our Attention—and Answers
May 05. 2021
The official day of observance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is May 5, but it’s an epidemic that deserves year-round focus. A new iteration, MMIWG2S, also includes girls and those from the two-spirit community, who are impacted by violence at an even higher rate.
How Food Activism Is, And Always Has Been, About Radical Love
Feb 25. 2021Simply put, food and race are undoubtedly linked. Grocery store availability is associated with income and race. Fast-food chains aggressively occupy space in neighborhoods with high concentrations of Black folks. Food apartheid may be a newer term, but this is not a new issue.
Black Mothers Are Dying in Childbirth—We Need a Solution
Feb 16. 2021
Black women are dying three times more than white women due to pregnancy, and two-thirds of these deaths are preventable. While there is overwhelming research and information, Black mothers need more access to it.
