by Francesca Rome-Marie | Jul 12, 2022 | Marginalized Groups
AACR’s recently released annual report on cancer disparities highlights various ways that marginalized groups in the United States disproportionately suffer from the disease. AACR found both that progress has been made, and that more remains to be done. For...
by Francesca Rome-Marie | Jun 29, 2022 | Marginalized Groups
Pride Month (most commonly held in June) is a month dedicated to advocating for LGBTQIA+ rights, uplifting LGBTQIA+ voices, and celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture. Today, Pride takes many forms: parades, protests, drag performances, picnics, live theater, and memorials and...
by Francesca Rome-Marie | Jun 10, 2022 | Marginalized Groups
On Thursday, April 7, 2022, the legislature of Alabama, in which the Republican party has a majority, approved a bill that would make it a crime for doctors to prescribe hormone blockers or hormone replacement therapy to transgender children. The sentence for what is...
by Francesca Rome-Marie | Apr 20, 2022 | Marginalized Groups
MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) is a North American movement raising awareness of the disappearance and deaths of Indigenous Women and seeking justice for those whose voices have been taken. To help draw attention, red handprints have become a symbol of...
by Francesca Rome-Marie | Mar 24, 2022 | Marginalized Groups
Black Lives Matter (BLM) first emerged after the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The movement gained momentum from 2013 to 2014 in response to the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. In 2020 the world was...
