PinnedAn Open Letter to President Biden.A People’s Vaccine — Free and Fair for All — to End the COVID-19 Crisis This public letter to President Biden was updated on February 23, 2021 with new signers, now totaling 223. A safe, effective and accessible COVID-19 vaccine is vital to bring an end to today’s dual economic…Global Health16 min read
Dec 10, 2020Decades of displacement: 45 years in the Sahrawi refugee campsIn 2015, Oxfam published the “40 faces 40 years” photo exhibition, profiling 40 Sahrawi refugees four decades after the Western Sahara conflict erupted in 1975 forcing tens of thousands to flee to neighboring Algeria, where they remain to this day. This exhibition provided an opportunity to shed a light on…Refugees5 min read
Apr 28, 2020People on the move must not be left behind in the COVID-19 responsePandemics know no borders. The sooner our leaders understand that urgent action must be taken everywhere — not just on our soil — the sooner we can begin to mitigate the spread of this devastating virus. This crisis is testing our values as nation and as a global community. It’s…Coronavirus5 min read
Mar 11, 2020Tailor made: Economically empowering Syrian refugee womenZa’atari refugee camp in Jordan is the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world. With a population of almost 77,000 refugees, over half of whom are women and girls, the camp has gradually evolved from a small collection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) tents into a…4 min read
Jan 27, 2020It’s been three years since the Muslim Ban has been enacted, and thousands of people continue to be impacted by it every day.Three years ago, President Trump signed an executive order blocking people from Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the US. While the legal nuances of the Muslim Ban has evolved over the last three years, the ban still remains in effect today and is part of a larger anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, anti-Muslim…6 min read
Jan 20, 2020Today’s billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people.The inequality crisis our world is seeing today is spiraling out of control. The global economy is good at producing billionaires, but not so good at producing good jobs and rising incomes for working people. While political leaders and business elites gather this week in Davos, Switzerland, for the World…5 min read
Dec 18, 2019Reflecting on International Migrant’s DayToday, December 18, is International Migrant’s Day. While some may associate the word “migrant” next to the word “crisis” and have visions of squalid conditions at detention facilities near the US southern border or parents with no hope left than to take their kids on a rickety boat to cross…Refugees6 min read
Mar 8, 2019International Women’s Day: A Time to Celebrate Shared Progress for People of All Gender IdentitiesBy Emily Robinson The world is at odds with itself constantly. It crumbles while it rebuilds; we break apart, then we come together. Everything is a mess. A beautiful mess. A scary mess. A dazzling mess. This is a time of confusion and of restructuring the way we relate to…Refugees3 min read
Oct 22, 2018Not the time to close our hearts, our minds, or our borders. Time to vote!Just two weeks until the election. Are you set to vote? This election will have consequences for decades to come, especially for people who are living in poverty here at home and around the world. Puerto Rico. Yemen. Syria. Separated families. Climate change. Inequality. Tax cuts for the rich. More…Climate Change8 min read
Aug 20, 2018Music gets with the #MeToo movementFinding feminist music at the VMAs and beyond A lot of music videos are built on a particular formula, especially around the depiction of women. The three minutes that a song takes to play out are often accompanied by a line-up of women scantily clad and gyrating in the background…Feminism4 min read
