This interview originally ran on Truthout.org. Talking Black Writers, “Bring Back Our Girls” and All the Buzz About Bridgett M. Davis’ New Book Thursday, 02 October 2014 10:28 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | InterviewContinue reading
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Film Celebrates Blackness, Authenticity and the Glory of Photography
Last fall, I was thankful for Facebook. And I posted those feelings, without irony or jest, for all my friends to see. I was thankful for the images, every year, of black folk in aContinue reading
Knocking the Sense Out of Our Children
An edited version of this article ran in the July 2013 issue of Ebony magazine. Knocking the Sense Out of Us? She would send us out to get the switch. And you couldn’t come backContinue reading
My Writing Process – Blog Tour
My wonderful writer sister Bridgett Davis invited me to join this blog tour. I think it’s a terrific idea! I love that different writers, all women so far, I think, are sharing their experiences withContinue reading
Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple
This interview originally appeared on Truthout.org. Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple Tuesday, 15 April 2014 12:59 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Interview Few Americans outsideContinue reading
Truthout Interviews Eisa Ulen on Genetic and Cultural DNA
Who are we? Where do we come from? How do we construct our identity? A conversation about how we determine “who” we are. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs, I was oftenContinue reading
Mad DNA
This article appeared on Truthout.org. Mad DNA Sunday, 23 February 2014 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Op-Ed I once was a black girl. Culturally, spiritually, politically, most definitely economically, I was African inContinue reading
Batwa Medical Student Advocates for Indigenous People Of Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest
This post originally ran on Indian Country Today: A Young Batwa Medical Student Advocates for Health Care for his People Forcefully Displaced From Their Forest in Uganda Eisa Ulen2/5/13For thousands of years the Batwa peopleContinue reading
Passamaquoddy’s BlackBear Communications Launches Campaign to Improve Healthcare Options for Natives
This article originally ran on Indian Country Today: Passamaquoddy’s BlackBear Communications Launches Campaign To Improve Healthcare Options for Natives Eisa Ulen3/18/13To create a healthcare ad for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Passamaquoddy-owned publicContinue reading
Movie Review: The Sapphires Tells the Story of Aboriginal Supremes
This review originally ran on Indian Country Today: ‘The Sapphires’ Tells the Story of the Aboriginal Supremes Eisa Ulen Richardson3/15/13Too often, movies about brown people devolve very quickly into movies about a single white personContinue reading
The Double Divide: Deaf and Native
This article first ran on Indian Country Today: The Double Divide: Deaf and Native Eisa Ulen11/25/13Deaf Natives who live on isolated reservations, said Judy Cummings Stout (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina), can often ?live betweenContinue reading
Movie Review of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
This review first ran on The Washington Post: ?Long Distance Revolutionary?: New film examines the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal By Eisa Nefertari UlenFew inmates have garnered more international attention than Mumia Abu-Jamal. Martin Luther King,Continue reading
American Promise and the Black Student Struggle in the Nation’s Private Schools
The Story Originally Ran on The Washington Post: ?American Promise? and the black student struggle in the nation?s private schoolsBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 05: Last week, PBS aired ?180 Days,? aContinue reading
Movie Review of The Central Park Five
This story originally ran on The Washington Post: The Central Park Five: Exploring race, rape and redemptionBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen I remember the Central Park Five. I remember them well. In the spring of 1989,Continue reading
Part One of a Wash Post Series – The Smartest Summer Ever: Avoiding the Summer Slide
This first ran in The Washington Post: Helping your child overcome ?the summer slide? in learning By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Published: July 11, 2013 The final bell rings, the school doors open, and a cheeringContinue reading
Three Sisters Create Bath & Beauty Business Using Natural Materials Near Yukon
This story originally posted on Indian Country Today: Three Sisters Create Bath and Beauty Business Using Materials Near the Yukon Eisa Ulen Richardson3/25/13Triplets Michelle, Amy and Cika Sparck have turned harvesting plants in their AlaskaContinue reading
Part Two of a Wash Post Series – The Smartest Summer Ever: Hazy, but not Lazy
This first appeared in The Washington Post: The smartest summer ever: Hazy, but not lazy By Eisa Nefretari Ulen, Published: August 7, 2013 Summer time is fun time, when kids can make and sell lemonade,Continue reading
Part Three of a Wash Post Series: The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM Ahead!
This article first appeared in The Washington Post: The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM ahead! By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Published: August 21 If you?ve been following this series on summer learning, you know there areContinue reading