Welcome to Refuse The Silence

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Morgane Veronique Richardson graduated Middlebury College with an Honors B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and the History of Art and Architecture. Prior to founding Refuse The Silence, Morgane was an active woman’s rights advocate on college campuses in New England. To make money, she worked at the Brooklyn Arts Council, Lehman Brothers Art Department and, taught dance at The Go Project and later when on work at a progressive social media firm based out of Los Angeles and New York City. Morgane is well known for her work in the feminist community. Her work on women, race and education has been published in numerous online magazines including, Bitch, Feministing, and More Magazine. Contact Morgane at Morgane.Richardson@gmail.com.

Web Site: http://www.refusethesilence.com

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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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 below and check out more on their website.
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Outside Story: It’s Not Just Yale: Are Colleges Doing Enough to Combat Sexual Violence?

April 18, 2011

It’s Not Just Yale: Are Colleges Doing Enough to Combat Sexual Violence? Originally posted on Time.com Written by: KAYLA WEBLEY On the evening of Oct. 13, 2010, members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Yale University marched across campus chanting, “No means yes! Yes means anal! No means yes! Yes means anal!” A...
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WAM!, The Media’s Impact on Higher Ed.

March 26, 2011

Yesterday, I had the incredible opportunity of presenting at the 2nd annual Women Action Media (WAM!) conference, in Los Angeles on the media's impact on women of color in higher ed through the lens of Refuse The Silence.
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Welcome to Sandra!

February 16, 2011

Sandra Alayon is a feminist of color of Asian and Latina descent, currently finishing a degree in Women’s Studies and a minor in Film studies at Brooklyn College. A Native New Yorker, she gravitated towards feminism through an academic setting as well as radical feminist politics within the NY punk community.
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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 and from a variety of backgrounds and experiences in order to provide perspectives that are often missing in mainstream media. Today, they featured our founder, Morgane Richardson on her work with women of color in...
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