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5 Apr 2012
Raising Black Boys in the age of Trayvon Martin

In light of Trayvon’s Martin’s tragic death, a Canadian living in the U.S. reflects on the criminalization of Black men. “Some Canadians (including some Black folks) tend to believe that racial profiling is a U.S. phenomenon even when the evidence suggests otherwise.”

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3 Apr 2012
Diaspora Diaries: How to grow an onion

For many of us, growing our own food has become a foreign concept because we simply stopped having to do it for ourselves. Abena Green discusses the growth of urban agriculture.

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30 Mar 2012
That’s What She Said: Darling Nicky speaks out on Trayvon Martin

I have been following this story very closely from the beginning when it was just making local headlines in Florida, not because it is about (yet another) inexplicable killing of a young, black man, but because Central Florida used to be my home, and Trayvon could have easily been my son.

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28 Mar 2012
Black Daddies Club: One more is one too many

The killing of Trayvon Martin may have happened in Florida, but this tragedy is one that hits too close to home. The Black Daddies Club has something to say about the unspoken “rules of engagement”

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23 Mar 2012
That’s What She Said: Summer weather in March? Welcome to global warming

That’s What She Said: Sway’s online recap of this week’s current events by Darling Nicky.

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20 Mar 2012
Diaspora Diaries: Kony 2012 – How a movement became a social media mess

The Kony 2012 movement went to a whole new viral level this past weekend when Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell, the man behind the movement to Stop Kony, was hospitalized after a naked public tirade. Abena A. Green discusses the scary power of social media. Photo, left: Ugandan LRA leader Joseph Kony

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16 Mar 2012
That’s What She Said: Stuck in the middle of nowhere, and more

Sway Magazine’s online recap of current events. This week: Casino jobs disappear, Jann Arden out in the middle of nowhere, and more.

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13 Mar 2012
Say what you want: Your thoughts on Oprah’s Lifeclass Tour, and more

The Oprah Winfrey Lifeclass Tour is coming to Toronto April 16th. Tickets sold out in 24 hours so a second show has been added. Sway’s Angela Walcott asked readers about your thoughts on the tour, and more

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9 Mar 2012
That’s What She Said: Bullying Tragedy, Under the Influence

Sway Magazine’s online recap of current events. This week: Verdict in bullying-suicide tragedy. Study connects weed smoking with bullying behaviour

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7 Mar 2012
Diaspora Diaries: The List

In this week’s Diaspora Diaries, writer Abena A. Green muses about what she’s learned about herself (and parenting) via The List