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I could live a hundred years and cry everyday of those years, and those tears would still not be enough to express the exhaustion, pain, and outrage I...
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The last few weeks and months have been profoundly challenging, and illuminated clearly the need for a sea change in the way our country engages with ...
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I happened to be taking the train to work while jamming to some old school music. This was about the time they closed the City University of New York ...
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Dear Ascend Community: Ascend is committed to the work of anti-racism. Seeing and experiencing week after week what Black people and families go throu...
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In the fall of 2019, I began my first year of law school as a single mother in a new state living in hotels with my son. Now, we are stuck at home hid...
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As the hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and their parents toward educational success and economic security, Ascen...