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Being The Only Brown Girl in The Room: Recognizing My Limits and Avoiding Stress

Speaking to people and making connections has always been easy for me, or so I thought. In my youth and college years, I was always...

Being The Only Brown Girl in The Room: I Could Have Become Hateful But Instead I Became Grateful

Being a first-generation college graduate has placed me in endless moments of “being the only one”. From an early age, it was clear to me...

Being The Only Brown Girl in The Room: Don’t Fear Being the Only One

The lights are on. The crowd is large and cheering. As I look around, starting to mingle, I noticed something strange while being at the...

Being The Only Brown Girl in The Room: Your Viewpoint Is Critical to the Future of This Country

In the last 10 years of my work, more often than not, I am the only Brown girl in the room. I am also often the only female. It is in...

Rich Black Woman Podcast Featuring The BGG Founder A'shanti Gholar: Get Activated! Tips To Run F

Yasmeen "Yaz" Muqtasid created the Rich Black Woman podcast as an opportunity to speak to change-makers from around the globe to enrich...

Fangirl Spotlight: Interview with Nashville Public Defender-Elect Martesha Johnson

Have you ever met a superwoman? I have! Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of working with and becoming friends with a real-life...

Who Knew That My Passion For Crossing Borders Into New Worlds Would Become An Entire Career?

The art and game of politics isn’t for everyone. But for those of us who are passionate about our communities and who care deeply about...

I Saw The Lack Of Indigenous Women In Campaigns

Indigenous Women Rising (IWR) is a reproductive justice collective that centers Indigenous women and communities. There have been too...

My Lived Experience Is The Yellow Brick Road To My Career

In so many episodes of my life, I felt like an outsider. Different not only because of my brown skin or native language, but also because...

I Knew Getting Politically Involved Could Help Change The Healthcare System

It’s not just passion for basic human rights that fuels my drive, it's also my background. My family came here for a better life. A life

The BGG Goes to the United State of Women Summit

“90% of our stories are told by white men.” This statistic was stated during the Can Stories Help Save Us? How to Use Our Words to Shape...

You Can Do Whatever You Want

The first piece of advice that I received from a woman of color regarding politics was really not just about politics but also about...

What I Wish They Would Have Told Me

I'm the daughter of immigrant parents. They both came to this country as many immigrants do, in search of a better future for their...

When You Walk Into a Room Look for Someone You Know

I'm only 5 ft tall -- I can only see the glass as half full. That pithy quote, which I'm sure I stole from a New York Times article years...

The Frisbee Effect

To successfully throw a Frisbee one must look at the trajectory. That is important. While its distance relies on both velocity and angle...

Get Involved

"Get involved. You can never be pushed out if you work hard and become a true ambassador for yourself. Just get involved, keep your head...