Motivation: This Is Our Time to Shine, Young Women
You are beautiful from your head to your toes. Your flaws give you spunk and make you unique from others, amongst other things: like your smile, your size, and your... Read More
Ego, and the Fear of Losing
Privilege and ego go hand-in-hand according to a 16-year-old white boy living in Jackson, Miss. August Harp is an upcoming soccer star who plays for a well-known, back-to-back-to-back, champion select team and... Read More
Genesis Be: Rapping for Change
From Biloxi, Miss. to Brooklyn and back to Mississippi, Genesis Be, a rapper and activist, always makes her way back home. She uses her music to challenge historic and ongoing... Read More
Opportunities for All Youth, Regardless of Background
Two miles is not a far distance, but it depends on who you ask in Jackson, Miss. To some, it is a world of difference marked by an imaginary line between families... Read More
Is America Really the Land of the Free?
From the time we are bright-eyed, bushy-tailed five-year olds learning our ABCs, we are taught one essential phrase: America is the ‘Land of the Free.’ Growing up as an African... Read More
From a War Zone to Pink Skies
Growing up is hard. Growing up and witnessing wars, police violence and people that look just like you being killed from afar on the television screen is a tough reality... Read More