Category: Opinion

OPINION

Embracing existence at Emory as a radical act of redemption

Coming to Emory has allowed me to see the detrimental psychosocial effects “be safe” has had on me and my community. This view of the world captures the marginalized in a social paralysis that takes a tap on the shoulder from someone farther up on the social totem pole to undo.

Ode to words left unspoken

A close friend of mine, one I attribute with saving my life, took her own on April 4, 2021. She was 17 years old. A letter she wrote me is the one thing I brought from home to place on my dorm wall. Oxford lost one of its students a mere month before I stepped on campus. I never knew her.

The barbed wire guarding community, care, compassion

I struggle with being vulnerable in front of others and mourn moments of self-perceived weakness. Yet the wonderful thing about this world is its ability to fully transform perspectives at the opening of a door. Last November, I entered a prison for the first time. A prison is one of those things that, until I saw and felt it, was hard for me to conceptualize its existence in the world where I also live.

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OPINION

Embracing existence at Emory as a radical act of redemption

Coming to Emory has allowed me to see the detrimental psychosocial effects “be safe” has had on me and my community. This view of the world captures the marginalized in a social paralysis that takes a tap on the shoulder from someone farther up on the social totem pole to undo.

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