Blog

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...
BlogJune 18, 2020
Family
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 ...
BlogJune 16, 2020
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 ...
BlogJune 11, 2020
Aspen Autumn
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...
BlogJune 3, 2020
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...
BlogJune 2, 2020
As the hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and their parents toward educational success and economic security, Ascen...
BlogMay 29, 2020