Written by Arash Azizzada. Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Okay, good news first: if you are a felon on parole in the state of New York, you should soon be able to vote again. Your voter rights will be be reinstated, per executive order of Andrew Cuomo, governor of the Empire State. Today I’m…
ADEP recently sat down with Rana Ahmadi, a 2017 Summer Leadership Initiative Alum, to get her take on the most important issues this generation can tackle and what motivates her social justice while living in Kansas. Here are her thoughts. Q: What are some things folks should know about you? I was born and raised in western Kansas, and currently…
Written by Ghizal Adina. Protecting the environment is not a novel concept for Afghans. So much of the economic welfare of Afghanistan is tied to the health and viability of the land as the majority of the population is dependent on farming and herding. So to nurture, to value the earth, is inherently tied to our ancestral identity. However, in…