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Essays
I published this essay in 2017 in response to a skyrocketing eviction rate in South Side neighborhoods and “solutions” to local economic crises that only seemed to strip more wealth from the community.
This essay argues for the importance of a nature sanctuary on the South Side of Chicago and against the political chicanery that endangers it.
This small contribution to the ongoing discussion about Reparations for the descendants of enslaved American citizens is meaningful to me because of the prestigious company I had the honor to appear with here.
As part of the efforts in Chicago to remove Christopher Columbus statues (itself part of a national movement), I wrote this advocacy piece and published it via Medium.