South Asian voter group splits with parent PAC to form Desis For Democracy →

They See Blue says they don’t want any part in painting Democrats in a negative light, but its Georgia chapter maintains accountability is essential.
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What Other States Can Learn from Georgia’s Historic Elections (Yes! Magazine) →
From Reckoning to Reconciliation (Emory Magazine) →
Andre Dickens: A Legacy Unfolding (Georgia Tech Magazine) →
For Parents and Students With Limited English, Virtual Learning Presents Numerous Hurdles (Colorlines) →
How Climate Change Is Erasing the Past (Gizmodo/Earther) →
Chanel Miller Reminds Us That to Heal, We Must Forage (Electric Literature) →

At 4, Chanel Miller could not lift a gallon of milk. She needed two trembling little arms to wet her cereal with “that white sloshing boulder.” And spillage was inevitable.
Read MoreThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution →
Foreign Bodies: A newsletter on immigrant mental health and storytelling →
betterpet: Pet health and wellness →
Why I finally faced my fear and taught myself to swim during the pandemic (The Guardian) →

It was only while fully submerged, my feet far from the ground, that my pain wholly subsided. Underwater, my body came alive.
Read MoreThe Stigma Of Moving Back In With Your Parents Is So Uniquely American (Romper) →

In other collectivist societies, including my own Indo-Pak Muslim culture, it’s more uncommon to leave home if you’re single — and especially if you’re a single woman — than it is to stay, even if you’re financially stable and thriving. In fact, leaving home might even feel like a rejection to your parents, the way it still seems to make my own father feel.
Read MoreHow Telling My Immigrant Parents I Contemplated Suicide May Have Saved My Life (Teen Vogue) →

Too often, we immigrant children keep our pain locked tight in a metal safe deep within because we feel our problems pale in comparison to the sacrifices our parents made. But our own hardships are exactly that — our own.
Read MoreLong Story Short, They Survived (Georgia Tech Magazine) →

In the summer of 2021, Lauren Rice, Mgt 11, then age 33, perched beside her parents and twin brother in their beach condo, the sloshing waves and soft white sands of St. Augustine in the distance, as older sister Kristen spilled the news.
Read MoreHow Fiza Pirani Would Fix Atlanta (HIFA Zine) →

What does it mean to cultivate and protect a home you only met in adulthood? To be intentional about creating a new life in a community while honoring the longtime residents and neighbors who might view me as an intruder, a gentrifier, that new millennial on the block?
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