Life + Work

  • Organizations Protect the Future of the Culture Through Education

    Three Initiatives to Transform Learning in Schools Educators often enter the field with the intention in making a difference in the lives of youth but improving education does not rest solely on their shoulders. Developing tomorrow’s leaders into culture influencers, changemakers and contributors to society should be a communal effort. Not everyone has to do…

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  • Brittany Ota- Malloy On Blackness, Biracial/ Multiracial Identity, and Higher Education

    Just three days before flying to California to present her research, Brittany Ota-Malloy and I sat down to discuss blackness, multiracial/ biracial identity and developing a cultural identity. Ota, the 28-year-old Ph.D. student and a supervisor at the Center for Cultural Enrichment (CCE) had a lot to say. L. Malik Anderson (LA): Tell me a…

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  • University fails to minimize harm in midst of racial climate

    In recent weeks, the University of Wisconsin- Madison communications team has missed opportunities to represent administration during the racial tension on campus. Instead, several mistakes led to an uproar in the multicultural community. In the most recent incident, an article describing the university’s new approach toward working with newer faculty and staff accompanied an older…

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  • Campus grapples with intersectionality in sexual and gender-based violence

    Campus community continues to question administration’s lack of acknowledgement of students with intersecting and diverse identities following the release of the Association of American Universities (AAU) UW Sexual Assault Climate Survey Task Force Report in September. “I think often times when women of color are assaulted, it’s overlooked,” junior Pf’anique Hill said. Hill explained that…

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