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Posted inEducation

Student Documentary Spotlights Bringing the ‘Chocolate’ Back to Chocolate City 

by Aziah Siid December 7, 2022February 15, 2023

In 2018, Washington, D.C. native Flonora Merritt was finally ready to buy a home in the neighborhood she’d grown up in. She soon realized the same houses she’d grown up walking by and once fantasized about owning were now well beyond her budget.  “I had saved up enough money and felt like I was secure […]

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Black Education Matters Honors Two Student Activists

by The Seattle Medium June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
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