Urjasi RudraFour things I learned this week about racism in the United StatesAnother week. Another hashtag. Another Black name: #JacobBlake. Shot seven times by police, now paralyzed. Kenosha, Wisconsin is burning…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Urjasi RudraSummer joy in Peaks Island, even in 2020Seeking and creating joy is important during difficult times. Here’s how I traveled safely and responsibly to find some summer joy in…Aug 22, 2020Aug 22, 2020
Urjasi RudraSummer of 2020: What gives me hopeSummer of 2020 has been brutal. I needed some hope. I found it in the last Opinion of John Lewis and in ordinary people making good…Aug 5, 2020Aug 5, 2020
Urjasi RudraI asked some white friends why they support anti-racism, and this is what they saidForty-five days after George Floyd was killed and America erupted into protests for racial justice, I waited in line for security check at…Jul 27, 20203Jul 27, 20203
Urjasi RudraBlack Lives Matter: Do not dial it downIt was a beautiful summer day in New York City. I, a brown immigrant from India, sat on a park bench with a white American woman who I was…Jul 6, 20202Jul 6, 20202