Proud to be an anchor baby

Proud to be an anchor baby

Monday, January 24, 2011

...All this talk about anchor babies made us think: Who do we know that's an anchor baby, and what would they say about all of this...

YES! Magazine gets it right—strong families are happy families

YES! Magazine gets it right—strong families are happy families

Thursday, January 20, 2011

By Maria Nakae The other day, I was taking a mid-day coffee break with a friend, and she told me she’d just read an article in YES! Magazi...

Trust Black Women--and take down the billboards

Trust Black Women--and take down the billboards

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

By Janette Robinson Flint Ashton Logan plays with the Frederick Douglass Academy Elementary School Drum Squad in the LA MLK Parade. P...

First SAFIRE alumni meeting

First SAFIRE alumni meeting

Friday, January 14, 2011

By Ngoc-Y Mai, SAFIRE Alumni Intern You know the feeling of rediscovering something that you once knew and had, but somehow misplaced, t...

The future's story

The future's story

Thursday, January 13, 2011

By Malkia Cyril [Thanks to Malkia for her thought-provoking and inspiring words.  We loved this piece.  It spoke to us because of her sho...

Sharing the love: thank you, Exhale!

Sharing the love: thank you, Exhale!

Friday, January 07, 2011

By Lisa Russ Markai Durham, whose story is told on MTV's "No Easy Decision" Reality TV may not change the world, but it c...

Marching in Cancún--Ellen Choy on being inside and out

Marching in Cancún--Ellen Choy on being inside and out

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

By Ellen Choy As UN security guards ripped accreditation badges off of the necks of 3 of my comrades during a staged march out from the UN...