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What It’s Like to Have a Sibling in High School in the Age of School Shootings

Published: October 22, 2019

My brother is 14 years old and just started high school this year. Buzzing with excitement for him, my family was nervous about many things–my brother was worried about getting to his classes and my mom was worried about him having somewhere to sit at lunch, but it wasn’t until my dad mentioned that a […]

By Callie Wixon

Congressional Roundtable: Maternal Health & Mortality

Published: September 25, 2019

Last week we went to a congressional hearing for the Committee on Energy and Commerce for HR 1897, HR 1551, HR 2902 and HR 2602, four bills that aim to address the maternal health and mortality crisis in America. During the hearing, expert witnesses testified and representatives from across the country gave their thoughts and […]

By Genavieve Smith

Us, “The Children of FGM”

Published: September 9, 2019

CW: female genital mutilation Us, “the children of FGM.” In grade seven, two Somali diaspora girls were in our class. One day they told us—all the girls in the class—that they were not circumcised and did not know what circumcision was. We all looked at one another as if someone had committed a crime. We […]

By Hamda Mohamed

H.R. 40: A Path to Restorative Justice

Published: August 6, 2019

On June 19th, a few of the other FMF interns and I met at the Rayburn building bright and early to gather for the House congressional hearing on H.R. 40, a bill which establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African-Americans. The bill, introduced at the beginning of 2017, was given the […]

By Paige Sentino

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