Identity

We are tired because we’re carrying this backpack every day, heavy with expectations and stereotypes.

This turned out to be a story that is so much more than DNA testing.

We would tell stories about our origins, and what we have endured, on our own terms, without whiteness determining how we should tell those stories.

Your life is a brief parole from non-existence.

Patricia Torres Ray & Joan Blakey

We can be ourselves without fear of being made fun of, or bullied, which is something a lot of us deal with in our daily lives.

I will soon turn 66. I had thought that by this age, I would mostly be doing the two things

Seraphia Gravelle (Aguallo) was 17 years old when she moved to Minnesota’s Iron Range from Texas to be close to

The events of 2020, from the outbreak of the pandemic to the uprising after the murder of George Floyd, sparked

I am not even allowed to have pepper spray. I am a trans woman, so I already feel vulnerable, and now I cannot defend myself.

I teach ancient recipes tied to both our Indigenous roots and colonial identities. Enseño las recetas antiguas vinculadas a nuestras raíces indígenas e identidades coloniales.

“Democracy can only work if it accurately reflects the people it is supposed to represent,” says Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. “We must expand the electorate to change the electorate.”