Category Archives: Identity, Resistance, and Liberation

As students of social justice we like to think its easy to integrate people of diverse backgrounds instantaneously. We believe that it should be natural, unconscious and immediate. At least, that was the way I felt up until yesterday. We spent … Continue reading →

Violence against women is a problem in every society; and although there may be laws to punish this violence, it is only increasing. Because this injustice is so widespread, it seems like a huge and impossible issue to tackle. However, … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we spent the morning with David (director of Visthar) and discussed one of Visthar’s major projects: Bandhavi.  Although we had been introduced to the basics of this program during orientation, this was our first real opportunity to examine the … Continue reading →

I am hesitant to start this post with a cliché, but as with most clichés there must be at least a grain of wisdom to them.  Otherwise why would they be used so often? The idea came to me while … Continue reading →