Students for Africa

DU’s Students for Africa Host Community Dinner After Elections

African Community Stories, Africans and African Americans, Africans in Colorado, Colorado, Elections and Democracy, Headline

The recent com­mu­ni­ty din­ner orga­nized by the Stu­dents for Africa group at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Den­ver’s Kor­bel School of Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies was spe­cial. It was spe­cial because the con­cept of unit­ing the com­mu­ni­ty for dia­logue occurs only occa­sion­al­ly in this town. As a par­tic­i­pant, I had not seen any­thing like this for quite some time,…

My Skin Global —Raising Awareness about the Dangers of “Skin Bleaching”

Africans and African Americans, Colorado, Headline

  Skin Bleach­ing or “col­orism” among peo­ple of col­or is a top­ic that rarely comes up in com­mu­ni­ty dis­cus­sions in the Unit­ed States or in African coun­tries. The prac­tice is also known as “skin light­en­ing.” It involves the use of chem­i­cal prod­ucts by most­ly black and brown peo­ple to help change or light­en their complexion…