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L’Union fait la force

The United States is a collection of people fleeing from something or someone. Christopher Columbus and his friends did it to find spices, early settlers were trying to avoid taxation, some of our ancestors did it to escape death. My parents have lived out their American dream in this country and are now enjoying a successful retirement, but I am worried for them, as I am for all Haitian people right now. Haiti has been marred by political turmoil, natural disasters, and gang rule; getting worse every day.

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Coretta Deserves Better

Kang the Conqueror may be scary, but men that expect their woman to stand by their side before, during, and after being convicted of aggravated assault and battery are much, MUCH scarier.  

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Record Breaking Year for Women’s Sports

I took a minute and looked around at the room of 14-year-old girls watching the best in their sport on the national stage. In a year filled with advances in women’s sports, yesterday felt like we all won the championship.

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Interning at YWCA Princeton

…the women at YWCA have the confidence to allow us to approach forward with our projects, trusting that we will meet their expectations.

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