Ages/Stages

It was her words “how dare you” that made me sit with my ideas about reproductive rights.

Our annual summer guide with at least 80 camps, internships, work opportunities, and scholarships

My own mom frequently said she knew I was growing up when I stopped holding her hand and realized I had become a woman when I reached for her again.

I felt so much guilt and shame while going through this typical development stage. I was naturally a seeker. My culture, my faith, and my generation felt very limited.

If I did not want to lose my passion for change — a casualty of my drive and intensity — I had to find another path.

When I was six, I started a kindness project called This Life Rocks. At the time, my dad was recovering from his first cancer, and I was struggling with selective mutism.

“If we could fill all of our positions, we could serve about 1,000 more children in Minnesota.”

These experiences have taught me that death need not be dreaded or feared.

No child should ever feel like they have to hide who they are.

Overdose deaths in the U.S. rose to over 93,000 in 2020 — up from 70,630 in 2019 — which was the largest amount ever recorded in a 12-month period.

You own your body. You own your mind. You are life.

We put three of our favorite environmental activists and policy advocates in the same virtual room together for a conversation. Here is what former Rep. Karen Clark, Women’s Environmental Institute co-founder Jacqueline Zita, and sustainable agriculture student and activist Priscilla Trinh talked about in June 2021.