Reports on school and community events; book, movie and entertainment reviews; interviews; feature articles; short stories; poetry and other items by and about young people in our community
Illili Ahmed: Dear silent white people
by Illili Ahmed Dear silent white people, Let me try to empathize with you for a moment I know it can be scary–daunting even–trying to address the social issues…
Ililli Ahmed: Smart Start Youth summit – Why Youth Empowerment is Key
#SMARTSTART2017: Why Youth Empowerment is Key By: Ililli Ahmed Where’s the last place you’d think of being on a May weekend, at 8:30 a.m.? Not the Canadian Food and Agriculture…
Ililli Ahmed: Westernized Beauty – The Negative Effects of Eurocentric Beauty Standards
Illili Ahmed By Ililli Ahmed What makes someone beautiful? I know this is a pretty loaded question Is it a person’s features that set them apart, or their personality that…
Melenna Awaju: An Interview with the Founders of the Eritrean Youth Initiative (EYI)
Melena Awaju Photo Credits: Feven Mike | By Melenna Awaju Biographies – Negash Abraha – I’m an economist at the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO). I did a B.A. in Political…
Illili Ahmed: The Black Woman’s Reality
In honour of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2017 The Black Woman’s Reality Why do you restrict our women? Black men, answer this: Why is it that Black women…
Maya Basudde: Have You Seen My Melanin?
Have You Seen My Melanin? by Maya “MayaSpoken” Basudde Have you seen my melanin? It’s what makes the darkness in my skin, I would not be this beautiful chocolate shade without…
TJPoet Sally Alaya: Greater Being
GREATER BEING: BY TJPOET SALLY ALAYA by TJPoet Sally Alaya Why do women need to be seen feeble? To be seen with thwarted dreams of dwarf seagull? To be seen…
Ililli Ahmed: Why “Black Lives Matter” matters
Why Black Lives Matter, matters by Ililli Ahmed T.W: Death, Murder, Gunshots You’ve definitely heard the phrase “Black Lives Matter” before: it has, without a doubt, become a common phrase…
Ililli Ahmed: The importance of intersectional feminism
by Ililli Ahmed There’s no doubting it- feminism is vital. And although feminism is supposed to be completely inclusive, it is rather easy to see that it needs more acceptance:…
Kadidia Coulibaly: One in a million
One in a million by Kadidia Coulibaly And boy I gotta watch my back, Cause I’m not just anybody. And as arrogant as that might sound, I know you know…