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A New Approach to Marine Activism: Complexities in the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: The Faroe Islands are a small archipelago between Iceland and Norway. They are…
Fearless – AUSB Commencement Speech 2022
Hello and welcome to family, friends, faculty, staff, and my fellow graduates of 2020, 2021,…
How a Linguistic Paradigm Shift Makes Better Educators and Stronger Students
The most significant of classroom management is making each student feel safe and confident in…
Protect Our Children in Schools
Are you feeling powerless when it comes to the safety of our children in schools?…
Suffering at the Hands of “Clean” Energy
Barren landscapes. Multicolored fields of florescent colors. Contaminated air. Water diverted from nearby communities. It…
Global Surgical Inequality: 5 Billion Without Access to Safe Surgery
Five billion people in the world lack access to safe and timely surgery. This article…
Father Figures
The following are two excerpts along with an introduction from Darius Sasser’s book-in-progress, “Father Figures,” which…
Where Is Home?
It was a beautiful day with a few sweeping clouds. My daughter and I decided…
Buffy Slayed My Gender: Finding Queer Self in the Absence of Representation
I was a sixteen-year-old girl when I put on my flowery minidress and went down…
The Inequity of the American Workforce
It’s a frustrating time to be a worker in the United States, and a strange…
The New Face of Homelessness
American seniors are facing an unplanned retirement they could have never foreseen, life without a…
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You must talk…
Abolishing Qualified Immunity is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
Recent events have renewed the debate over police brutality, accountability, and reform once again. Getting…
Code Blue
It is likely surprising for readers to imagine that in America, a wealthy and so-called…
Working For The Essentials
Entering my local grocery today in Santa Barbara, the shelves are not bare. The produce…
Speaking Up Pt. 1 : Systems of Oppression and Racism in Academics
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Donte Newman and Dr. Carrie Hutchinson,…
How Did This Happen?
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 there has been many reports of hate…
COLORBLIND: Empathy in Activism
As a young mulatta, it was difficult to find my place in the world. I…
Do I Really Matter? An Insight on the Impact of the Covid-19 Closures on our Homeless Population and the Importance of Human Kindness
Yet again, they ignored me as I reached my hand out for support, …
Today’s Inmate is Tomorrow’s Neighbor
The United states incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country in the world.…
Falling Through Cracks: When The Safety Net for Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Fails
Imagine spending days in the hospital emergency room with your child—who at times is strapped…
New Youth Group for Trans Teens in SB
According to a new study by the University of Minnesota, more teens than ever before…
Special Olympics Going Beyond Just Sports
As children, we all have hopes and dreams to be successful in every aspect of…
Santa Barbara’s Wildlife Is At Risk
Santa Barbara’s Wildlife Is At Risk. There is a silent killer affecting California’s predator population:…
Hey Santa Barbara County, We Have a Child Hunger Problem!
Most of us can agree there are few things as heartbreaking as starving children. In…