NEWS ARTICLES

The following is a collection of my latest and most meaningful pieces writing. Each piece is unique in style and content and represents a distinct moment in my career. I hope you enjoy my work and I invite you to contact me with any questions.

FOCO BLACK BUSINESSES: KONJO’S: AN ETHIOPIAN WOMAN’S DREAM FOR COMMUNITY AND UNITY.

THE BLACK EXPERIENCE: HOW THE ARTS GIVE BLACK CULTURE A VOICE

Q&A: A BLACK COMMUNITY LEADER’S STORY WITH FORT COLLINS

BLACK SAFE SPACES: 5 STUDENT-RAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE BLACK STUDENTS OF FORT COLLINS

September 18th, 2022

In a time as tumultuous as now on a campus as divisive as ours, it can be hard to find a place to feel safe and represented as a Black youth on campus, let alone in Fort Collins. Luckily there are a few local Black safe spaces that got students' backs

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October 3rd, 2022

The Black experience in the city of Fort Collins has been one filled with tense standoffs and promises left unmet.
With a history left mostly covered up and a community disconnected, many in the Black community here in Fort Collins have been left wondering why their culture has been ignored for so long.
Now, Jamal Skinner, the executive director of the Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins has shed some of his insight on the state of the city.

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October 11th, 2022

The Black population of Fort Collins is just around 1.6 percent. In a town lacking diversity, artist Louise Cutler uses her talents to give the community a platform to regain the Black narrative.

November 20th, 2022

Hirut Crusan moved from Ethiopia to the United States with a dream to share her culture with a community in need of a fresh cup of Joe.

With her craft and culture in hand, Crusan opened up Konjo's Ethiopian Coffee in hopes of telling her story, and unite the different cultures of Fort Collins while doing it!