Introduction by series curators, Dr. Roland L. Leak, associate professor of marketing at North Carolina A&T, and Rebekah Modrak, professor of art at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor In the wake of massive racial protests over the past year, some companies began the work of re-evaluating how their brand messaging…

Introduction by series curator Dr. Lata Murti, associate professor of sociology at University of Massachusetts Global “Educational institutions are the ONE thing that we all do for 13 years,” writes Dr. Trinity Davis in her contribution to this series. But our experiences of these institutions differ widely according to race…

Submit a pitch by May 31, 2023 Following months of state and local stay-at-home orders to safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, a series of precipitating events of anti-Black state and state-sanctioned violence re-catalyzed a wave of protests, demonstrations, and other direct actions against the persistent strain of policing on Black people in the United States. Namely…

This writing opportunity was originally published on November 10, 2022. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times a year. Sign up to receive timely Pop-Up Writing Opportunity announcements. The landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was a critical moment this year — one that had…

This writing opportunity was originally published on September 20, 2022. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times a year. Sign up to receive timely Pop-Up Writing Opportunity announcements. Since former-President Trump’s September 2020 executive order to eliminate “divisive concepts in schools and federally-funded entities,” dozens of…

This writing opportunity was originally published on May 16, 2022. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times a year. Sign up to receive timely Pop-Up Writing Opportunity announcements. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and other diverse and expansive sexual and gender minoritized (LGBTQIA2+)…

This writing opportunity was originally published on January 7, 2022. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times a year. Sign up to receive timely Pop-Up Writing Opportunity announcements. The environmental justice movement elevates the crucial need to address the disproportionate exposure of communities of color to…

This writing opportunity was originally published on November 5, 2021. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times a year. Sign up to receive timely Pop-Up Writing Opportunity announcements. As people of color navigate the world, they make decisions on how they will operate in a complex…

This writing opportunity was originally published on February 19, 2021. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times a year. Sign up to receive timely Pop-Up Writing Opportunity announcements. In the wake of massive racial protests over the past year, some companies began the work of re-evaluating…