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December 15, 2020 Family / Identity / Race

Defining Multiracial Identity

By Angel Brandon Maria Horn is a sophomore and Psychology major at Oakland University. The Ohio native has a unique

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December 8, 2020 Family / Healing / Pandemic

A Year Alone

By Sidney Richardson The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to nearly every aspect of life in 2020.

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February 9, 2020 Community stories

We Are All the Same

Students in the Fall 2019 “Social Media and Public Relations” course created a social media campaign to raise awareness about

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January 26, 2021 Community stories / Family / Healing

Living with Vertigo

By Marcela Sifuentes About 40 percent of the U.S. population may suffer from vertigo or vertigo-associated diseases at least once

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January 21, 2021 Community stories / Race

Diverse Working-Class Community

By Daniel Carr Joshon Allen is an employee at United Shore, one of the largest and fastest growing wholesale lenders

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January 19, 2021 Community stories / Healing

Resilience with Health Challenges

By Bella Martinez Bella shares her father’s story dealing with several health issues in a short audio story. Today I’ll

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January 14, 2021 Family

Hawaii, Thailand, the Philippines, OU

By Alexandra Laird Steven Sturtevant is a a transfer student, sophomore at Oakland University in his first semester here, studying

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January 12, 2021 Community stories / Family / Immigration

From Sicily Beaches to Macomb, Michigan

By Michael Cusenza Nino Pace is a hardworking family man living in Macomb, Michigan. His family is everything to him. His wife

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January 7, 2021 Healing

Happy Chemicals Through Anxiety

By Alayna Currey Alayna shares her experiences dealing with anxiety as a college student in a short audio story. Hi,

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January 5, 2021 Community stories / Ethnicity / Immigration / Race

Looking for A Better Life

By Qortez Brown Eleven year-old Qui Nugyen left his home in Vietnam 17 years ago, with just his mother and

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December 31, 2020 Community stories / Healing / Race

Eat Your Vegetables

By Chelsee Peck Chelsee interviewed her grandmother, Cynthia Williams Linear, in a short audio story (transcript available) about her journey

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December 29, 2020 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

Overcoming the Foreigner Bias

By Jessica Orlando You might know Dr. Angineh Djavadghazaryans from taking German at Oakland University or being involved in the

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December 22, 2020 Acceptance / Community stories / Family / Identity / Sexuality

Self Acceptance of Sexuality

By Shannon Gaffney Tristan Riggs, an 18-year-old college student, studies fashion design at the School of Art Institute of Chicago.

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