Women and Leadership Conference

THE INEQUITIES IN THE HOME CARE SYSTEM AND HOW WE CAN HELP CCE: Tema Summerfield  The Women and Leadership class gathered at Blithewood on Friday afternoon to engage in a progressive conversation about the realities of being a homecare worker in today’s day, and how their contributions impact the communities around us. The conference was […]

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Andrew Cuomo’s Aftermath

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has been caught in a storm of his own making. Following his meteoric rise in popularity over the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, when many people felt as though he was the only leader who was actually acknowledging the pandemic’s dangers, Cuomo’s downfall began over an equally short amount […]

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Our Communities Need More than Grocery Store Donation Bins: Achieving Food Security in the Hudson Valley 

Melina Roise Edited by Najwa Jamal  Op-Ed Dropping a can of soup into a grocery store donation bin. Giving a few dollars to a food pantry each holiday season. Hunger seems to be an inevitable part of society, one that can be minimized by everyone doing their part. Charity has led many to believe that […]

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Earth Day 2021: Addressing Climate Change Nationally And Locally

Use Earth Day 2021 to consider how climate change is being addressed and how we can do more, from the Biden administration’s climate action plan to local education and outreach efforts. President Biden’s recently proposed 2 trillion dollar infrastructure plan that outlines how the administration hopes to use federal spending and large-scale investment in infrastructure […]

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Housing Inequality in the Time of Covid

The impact of Covid on the United States has been incredibly devastating. Its effects have not only brought new problems to the surface, but they also have increased existing issues in exponential proportions. One of these existing issues is that of Housing Inequality, which has disproportionately impacted many Americans since the early 1900s. Some of […]

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Campus Silence is Violence: BIPOC Student Activism in Times of Unrest

We’ve just witnessed the election of America’s first female, Black and Asian American Vice President. Yet, this country finds itself arguably the most divided it has been in decades. Following the national summer of racial uprisings that sprung up in reaction to George Floyd’s unlawful murder, we as a nation (and as a campus community) […]

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