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Who has our back? Or the lonely path of Black womanhood

May 23, 2017August 5, 2016 by Shay

I am tired and ready to lay my burdens down, yet I know that rest is a luxury not afforded to women like me. Black women. Women like me as a collective are asked to do more, be more, to give our all and extra…knowing that rarely are we rewarded in ways that are common …

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Categories Uncategorized Tags black womanhood

Say no to Trump and stand with Maine’s Somali community

May 23, 2017August 5, 2016 by Shay

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has not been having a good week. Then again, when one has reached the age of 70 without obtaining a filter, common sense or a shred of decency, and decides to run for the leader of the free world, the weeks might get a little rocky. After a week of …

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Categories Current Events, Maine

Be quiet and listen…why we can’t move beyond race

November 13, 2017July 31, 2016 by Shay

If you have ever engaged in a conversation with another person, only to realize halfway through said conversation that you are not having the same conversation…well you know a little of what it is like to discuss racism in America in 2016. It has become increasingly clear to me that one of the reasons that …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural 1 Comment
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