Historically, Black and Brown communities have been denied essential freedoms such as the right to a proper education, access to adequate healthcare, and suitable housing. In hopes to strip these communities from their ability to succeed, their right to an education has continuously been denied through legislation, oppression, and marginalization.
Like most people, my high school English teacher was a key figure in my emotional and academic development. She fit a lot of typical characteristics–eccentric to the point of slight uncomfortability, aggressively vegan, and passionate in all things in the humanities. Without explicitly stating it, it was known that she
It seems like the term “culture war” is everywhere in our everyday speech: from cable news pundits to newspaper op-eds to people on the street, it seems as if everyone imagines our culture as a state of conflict. But what really is a “culture war” after all? What even is
In recent years, violent crime has been rising all across America, but the impact of this violence does not affect all Americans equally. Black people disproportionately share the bulk of the aftermath of violence in their communities. Death plagues the Black community, and in some large cities, Black people make
Our names are Maosuf Togmah and Dylen Marcelle, the leaders of the CLS Reading Group at Boston College. Being that we are only sophomores in college, this is the first time that we’ve ever been given the responsibility for such a big project. Little did we know we were up
At the Civic Leadership Summit, Antonio and I used the skills we learned at F&C back in 2019. For example, during F&C, we read excerpts from many exceptional authors and philosophers, including John Dewey, James Baldwin, and Frederick Douglass. To organize our reading group, we thought about our favorite writers
While running my reading group, it became clear to me that my leadership of the group was key to its success for the fall semester. I realized I could use my power as the leader of the group to help us strive for success like a professor would do. I