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Guidelines for Higher Ed: Discrimination, Prejudice, Stereotyping, Ethnocentrism & Racism

November 29, 2011

A major shift has occurred in the last decade, where a once visible and clear-cut White racism has turned into a “new” racism that has became increasingly disguised or apparently non-existent (World Council of Churches, 2002, p. 4). Today, we find that racism is most present in tightly controlled global infrastructures of economic,...
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What does progress mean?

September 25, 2011

Over the summer, one of our fabulous bloggers, Jordan Alam, attended a program called, The Washington Bus, where she created a video that asks 23 young people their opinions on what progress means to them. Take a look at what today’s youth are doing to change the world.
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Welcome Back!

September 25, 2011

Welcome back Refuse The Silence! After a long summer away, we are kicking of the year with a new batch of fabulous writers, incredible interviews captured over the summer, and many new ideas for the path of this initiative. This year, are incredibly grateful to have the growing staff of our partner digital media company, Mixtape Media,...
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Outside Story: Microaggressions & Stereotype Threat: Education Series

July 14, 2011

Written by: Jessie Daniels. Cross posted with permission. Our prevailing mythology of meritocracy in the U.S. tells us that education is a path to achievement. To do provide that, we expect schools to be free from racism and provide an equal education to all.  Yet, there’s a significant amount of research that tells a...
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Outside Story, Persephone Pioneers: Morgane Richardson

May 27, 2011

Our founder, Morgane Richardson, was featured in the fabulous Persephone Magazine last week. Make sure to read her interview...
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The Daily Femme Interviews Morgane Richardson

November 3, 2010

The Daily Femme features news about women and interviews of professional women at different stages of their career paths...
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nist.tv says, “Can’t Wait To See More!”

September 21, 2010

Nist.tv, Connecting Feminist Content and Communities reposted our video on their website. Thanks Nist.tv! See article here.
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SAFER Promotes Refuse The Silence

September 17, 2010

For those of you who haven’t heard about Refuse The Silence, it is a project started by Morgane Richardson who is collecting...
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