When Rhythm Defies All Odds

When Rhythm Defies All Odds

There’s something magical about resilience. About joy that cannot be washed away. Yesterday, I watched Angela—a woman who lives with mental illness—dance through life’s carnival, unbridled and free. Just like the legendary Lord Kitchener sang about in...
Mental health is a shared responsibility

Mental health is a shared responsibility

Recently, I spoke with my mom about returning to work after a long medical leave she took to heal. My mom, a Black woman in the Caribbean single mother of 3 adult children has worked since she was 15yrs as a cleaner, is used to working hard and rarely complains.I...

Madness & Vagrancy

When I first took my mother in, her mind was slipping—she traded her bed for street pavements and benches, roaming the streets, shouting at ghosts. Her once steady hands, strong from braiding hair and cutting cane, now trembled, lost, as if the world had become too...

Building support community for adult learners 

↳ When we created support communities for adult learners, we knew it had to be different. This is a space built for people like you—those who are working and studying, caring for others and studying, or managing special needs while pursuing education. You have unique...

Choosing hope over hardship

Being a primary caregiver and a first-year law student means using hope to navigate prejudice, lack of resources, and challenges I never knew existed until I had a duty to care for.But I keep showing up. Consistently choosing hope over hardship.The hallmark of...