Higher Education
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Holding Black Women’s Sacred Knowledge in Higher Education
By now, you have heard about the massive number of Black women who have been laid off since the start of 2025. For me, it’s a reality that feels frightening and leaves me asking why—why are Black women so expendable in spite of what we provide to organizations and institutions, families, and communities? Why is…
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The Work Is Connected: The Ecosystem We Are Building
This past Saturday, we kicked off the first of two writing fellowships that we recently launched: Tracing Our Spiritual and Cultural Legacies. Seven of us gathered at the Cultural Wellness Center, seated around the table, and began sharing our inspiration and motivation for being part of this work over the next year. Our backgrounds and…
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We Did Not Come Empty-Handed: Black Women, Knowledge, and Liberation in Higher Education
Last year, Aya Collective Publishing issued a call for submissions focused on Black women’s experiences in higher education. Drawing from our research, as well as the high-profile deaths of Black women academic administrators in 2023 and 2024, we sought to create a literary volume that would allow us to tell our stories—in our own ways,…
