What’s in an Ally? Engaged Philanthropy and Compassionate Partnership A Conversation with Cristiana Grigore at the Roma Peoples Project, Columbia University. Read the first part of this series on racism against Roma people here To further my understanding of what being an ally for the cause of the Roma people entails, I decided to interview Cristiana …
by Roxana Cazan 
Martisor March begins with the celebration of Marţisor on the 1st of the month, a day during which Romanians observe the beginning of spring. While the Romanian traditional society welcomed March as the start of a new agricultural season by celebrating the possibility of germination, birth, and renewal, modern communities in Romania, no longer dependent …
by Roxana Cazan 
We will weep in public. We will not wipe away our tears,Stifle our groans or quiet our anger.We will cause interruption and discomfortBecause that’s what grief demands. We will weep in public. We will create memorials together and alone,Whether side by side or across digital spaces.We will do it when it’s personal andWhen we never …
by Brit Cooper Robinson 
I’m a survivor of sexual assault. And I haven’t told many people that in my life. But when we go through trauma, trauma compounds on each other. With these words, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez opened up such an important discussion on a critical topic. Trauma is all around us. Regardless of where you stand politically, trauma …
by Andreea Mile 
Part 1 6 Ways to Be a Better Ally for Roma People[1] I was born in Sibiu, Romania, in the 1980s, at a time when the socialist welfare state determined to provide “stable, if inadequate, jobs and social services to the Roma community” as Oana Oprean suggests. Part of the socialist solution was to integrate …
by Roxana Cazan 
If you haven’t been asleep for the last few years, you might’ve noticed that extremes of both the Left and the Right have become louder in the United States. In the spirit of ARCHER’s values of equity and equality, I think we need to be aware of our biases when we communicate. Ideological Labels We …
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