By Ilana Herr It’s my second week on the job and I am sitting in a doctor’s office awaiting test results. And I’m nervous. I’m nervous to be sitting in an unfamiliar doctor’s office. I’m nervous because it’s only my … Continue reading
19th Feb, 2013
By Gillian Locascio In the late 1970s and 1980s, the selective violence and political repression that had been a part of life in Guatemala since the CIA-backed military coup in 1954 erupted into a wave of massacres of the rural … Continue reading
17th Feb, 2013
By Gillian Schaps It’s the coldest day of the year thus far and my housemates and I stand just beyond the steps of the Supreme Court, our fingers frozen around signs provided by the National Organization for Women. We can … Continue reading
14th Feb, 2013
By Emily Saltzman This piece was inspired by a “Jews and the Civil Rights Movement” webinar coordinated by AVODAH as part of the AVODAH Alumni network’s distance learning program through which alumni gain content and skills that help them develop … Continue reading
5th Feb, 2013