High Road Stories

Vindhya Kathuria (High Road Fellow 2022) authors an original poem on the need to truly listen to the East Buffalo community and respond to their needs.

Jacob Blizard (High Road Fellow 2022), presents different styles of mannequin art to inspire others to use other mediums to flout mainstream representations of identity and traverse the status quo.

Jacob Blizard (High Road Fellow 2022) reflects on antiracism, food justice, and collective liberation

Sydney Browne (High Road Fellow 2022) reflects on the differences between politicians and greek gods and what responsibilities our politicians have.

Finley Williams (High Road Fellow 2022) reflects on both acknowledging systemic inequities that led to segregation, divestment, blight, transportation differentials, and health imbalances, but also refusing to accept these scourges as immutable.

Salima Ali (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on educational inequality.

Sabiha Obaid (High Road 2021) reflects on the Justice for Palestine movement.

Samantha Ivey (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on Juneteenth's designation as a Federal holiday.

Sabiha Obaid (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on systemic racism in the United States.

Kevin Diaz (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on a CWA rally he attended in Buffalo, NY.

Jonathan Zheng (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on MLK's concept of an "inescapable network of mutuality."

Paul Joseph Havern (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the movement to reform the US incarceration system.