Women of Color in Higher Education

Hey,

I hope everyone is doing well!

I came across this project called Refuse the Silence, which documents the experiences of women of color (alums and current students) on elite liberal arts college campuses. I noticed that many of the women here are college aged or know women in college so I thought this would a great way to share information. The young woman who's running the project is compiling experiences into a book, which she will then distribute to said colleges, along with a list of what those colleges could do to improve young WOC's experiences at school.

Here's the link to her site:
http://www.refusethesilence.com/

And here's a testimonial of one young woman from Middlebury. Listening to her I was thinking, you could switch Middlebury for other schools quite easily and most of what she's saying would totally still apply.

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/the-young-and-the-feckless-an-interview-with-refuse-the-silences-morgane-richardson

She stresses that she wants experiences from all women of color--she's not focusing solely on black women. Please forward this to your friends.

Have a nice day http://www.refusethesilence.com/

I'm currently a graduate student at DePual University completing my MA in Sociology and planning on going on tho earn my PHd in Sociology!


It is a very scary/intimidating process. Has anyone gone/going through this and has any advice on the process of picking a school/program, preperation,etc!

Thanks

I am bachelor's graduate in Business Administration going back in the fall for Nursing.

I currently have my bachelor's in Nursing and currently in school getting my Masters for Family Nurse Practitioner.

Ladies, that's amazing! Tell all your friend about the site, I think its important for everyone one to know about the work being done.

currently a nurse....in graduate school for anesthesia (nurse anesthesiology) tough esp on pple of color because trust me ur color leads unfortunately