by Teakisi | Jun 17, 2020 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
By Caroline Numuhire The 2019 International Women’s Day’ theme was Balance for Better. I loved how, as women, we did not focus on the traditional fight against men, but rather on women taking care of themselves, and each other. My intimate, personal experience with...
by Salha Kaitesi | Jun 8, 2020 | Affaires en Cours, Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
When you are black or a person of colour in the UK, the United States and in many other countries where white people are the predominant race, you get to know of all the ‘intricacies, contradictions and double standards’ of racism. There is no such thing as being...
by Teakisi | Jun 1, 2020 | Current Affairs, Empowerment, Health, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
By Stacy Kendi It’s been talked about over and over again but the solution is never found. The reason being, I believe the whole situation is controlled by the mind. Our minds are very powerful and have a huge effect in our overall being. A few weeks ago, as we were...
by Teakisi | Apr 17, 2020 | Current Affairs
By Winnie Kyomuhendo I can bet my Ray Ban sunglasses that each person on earth has a personal list of struggles: things that they fight to overcome each day. 2020, which for many of us was supposed to be a year of greatness and prosperity, has added to each of our...
by Gloria Busingye | Apr 3, 2020 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
It’s a hard time, for all of us and everyone we know. We didn’t see this coming. Since the olden days of World War I and II, (which I have only read or watched movies about) – I had never seen anything that affects the entire world at once like the Corona...
by Salha Kaitesi | Mar 25, 2020 | Current Affairs, Feature, Thoughts & Reflections
Three weeks ago, at the invitation of Bridget Stratford, I visited North East Solidarity and Teaching (N.E.S.T) – a Newcastle University Students’ Union project. Bridget, who runs this wanted me to meet and share my experiences of living in the north east of...
