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Poetic Resistance in Palestine

Sabiha Obaid (High Road 2021) reflects on the Justice for Palestine movement.
To Exist Is To Resist
Poetic Resistance in Palestine

Juneteenth--A Step in the Direction for Social Change

Samantha Ivey (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on Juneteenth's designation as a Federal holiday.
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Juneteenth--A Step in the Direction for Social Change

The Necessity of Radical Change

Sabiha Obaid (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on systemic racism in the United States.
Black Lives Matter protest
The Necessity of Radical Change

Inequities among Healthcare Workers and Unions

Kevin Diaz (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on a CWA rally he attended in Buffalo, NY.
CWA rally in Buffalo
Inequities among Healthcare Workers and Unions

Being Tied to Buffalo’s Single Garment of Destiny

Jonathan Zheng (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on MLK's concept of an "inescapable network of mutuality."
Overlapping hands of different colors
Being Tied to Buffalo’s Single Garment of Destiny

Improve the Character of Our Society

Paul Joseph Havern (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the movement to reform the US incarceration system.
Two Black hands holding prison bars
Improve the Character of Our Society

Underground Politics

Uwaila Odiase (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on why politics matter through the lens of the NYC subway.
Photo of High Road Fellow Uwaila Odiase
Underground Politics

For a Strong Democracy, Look Local

Katherine Ann Esterl reflects on the state of politics in the United States.
Buffalo City Hall
For a Strong Democracy, Look Local

The Culture Changer Who Taught Good Trouble

Katherine Ann Esterl (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the legacy of John Lewis.
Mural of John Lewis on a street corner
The Culture Changer Who Taught Good Trouble

Juneteenth Through the Lens of a Vietnamese Woman

Anh Dao Truc Lam (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on Juneteenth from the positionality of a Vietnamese woman.
A group marches behind a sign that reads "Juneteenth Festival Buffalo, NY with an image of the African continent. Marchers hold up Black Liberation Flags and large cutout drawings of African masks.
Juneteenth Through the Lens of a Vietnamese Woman

Thinking Small: Why I’m Zooming in to Celebrate Local Government This Summer

Callie McQuilkin (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the importance of local leaders.
High Road Fellow on right with arm around icon statue of Shark Girl in Buffalo on left
Thinking Small: Why I’m Zooming in to Celebrate Local Government This Summer

High Road 2021- Still Shaping Stories Miles Away

Samantha Ivey (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the quote by Karima Amin that “Stories are everywhere, and I look for them everywhere".
Two people who are far away and both looking at their phones with a dotted arrow connecting them
High Road 2021- Still Shaping Stories Miles Away