At the intersections of sisterhood, education and social justice lies Bennett College. The institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina was founded in 1873 as a co-ed institution with a mission to educate newly emancipated U.S. citizens formerly known as slaves. In 1926 the college became an all-women’s college, catering only to African American women and […]
Janae Peats is a Bay Area California native and graduating senior at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. While Janae stands in solidarity with many groups who fight and resist the ‘powers that be’ she most appreciates the tremendous amount of resistance demonstrated in writing. She aspires to be a future policy analyst to produce policies that can protect, strengthen and uphold the very beliefs the United States claims to perpetuate i.e. democracy, freedom, etc. She believes in her generation, liberation and the power of the people for the people.