Black Lives Matter
Across the Country, Cornellians Take to Streets in Hometown Protests
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From city protests to small-town rallies, Cornell students are fighting for racial justice in their home communities.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/hometown/)
From city protests to small-town rallies, Cornell students are fighting for racial justice in their home communities.
When the Food System Fails — Minneapolis, Minn. My mother is a stubborn and hard working Lutheran, born and raised in Minnesota. Growing up, her mother, grandmother and aunts would always be making buns, biscuits, cookies, cakes, pies, loaves and hot dishes of all kinds. These were staples, found fresh or frozen at all times, because they make you feel at home. These are foods you make to endure stressful times, and no time in my life has been as tough as right now.
Toni Thibeaux, public health program coordinator at Cornell, commissioned eight billboards that feature successful black males.
Home for Fall Break. For Thanksgiving. For the deliciously long Winter Break. Back to familiar haunts, faces and foods. The mildly annoying barrage of “back at it” Snapchats and Instagram posts.
Christa Glazier ’01 was honored with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award. The current vice president of communications and marketing at CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity sent her awarded donation to InterFaiths Works’ Center for New Americans.