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
Author: webadmin
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
Tlingit CEO Opens IT Company Branch in Rural Kake, Alaska
This Post Originally Ran on Indian Country Today: Tlingit CEO of Colorado-Based IT Company Opens Branch in Rural Kake Eisa Ulen2/26/13Few are unaware that the United States has suffered the most severe economic downturn sinceContinue 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
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
Good Thinking 4 All Our Relations Assists Impoverished Natives
This article originally ran on Indian Country Today: Good Thinking 4 All Our Relations Addresses the Needs of Impoverished Tribes, the ‘Seemingly Forgotten’ Eisa Ulen4/16/13Food insecurity, access to quality health and dental care, resources toContinue reading
FOIA Used to Make Plan B Available to Native Women
This story Originally Ran on Indian Country Today: Freedom of Information Act Used To Push IHS To Offer Plan B Over the Counter Eisa Ulen5/13/13Mainstream Americans continue to battle over the availability of Plan B.Continue reading
Goodsoldier Shortlisted to be First Native Woman on National Alliance On Mental Illness Board
This article originally ran on Indian Country Today: Goodsoldier May Become First Native, Female Board Member of National Alliance on Mental Illness Eisa Ulen6/12/13On June 20, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is scheduledContinue reading
Apache Activist Helps Pass HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Resolution
This article ran first on Indian Country Today: Victory at Last: Apache Activist Helps Pass HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Resolution Eisa Ulen7/17/13A resolution in support of the Public Health and Safety Code of the San Carlos ApacheContinue reading
Wrapping Women in Pink Shawls
This story originally ran on Indian Country Today: Wrapping Women in Pink Shawls Eisa Ulen10/10/13Laverne Bichanich (Oneida) didn?t know she had breast cancer. She didn?t understand the importance of monthly self-exams, so she rarely didContinue 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