Project Ava

To provide a brave platform for those with underrepresented experiences to share their stories in sparking progressive dialogue. #avalove

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Agnes shares her and her family’s story to help other #indigenous people heal.

#WomensHistoryMonth #FirstNation

https://t.co/niICBMa4ez

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"My dearest White fragile colleagues, enough is enough...there are too many of us who live with your bullshit on a daily basis."

WATCH our new video that reminds White people to check their privilege & hopes to inspire Blacks to speak their truth. https://t.co/8B2iL4ZUYX

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"rituals change and evolve over the years. they go from obscure monsters in the toilet to tangible anxieties about the world and everyday life. there are glaring flaws to all of them. i know this."

What it's like to live w/#OCD. #mentalhealth

https://t.co/A0p7sGK7M6

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"The first two years were physically and psychologically brutal. It felt like purgatory: I didn’t want to die, but I didn’t want to live, either." https://t.co/S9XogvIMk5

#Wheelchair h/t: @ManRepeller

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"The message here is clear: Black and brown people seem out of place to some people when they encounter them in institutions of higher learning." https://t.co/ut7d48rJ2J

#NappingWhileBlack

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"A food budget is more flexible than a set cost like rent, so it’s often the first place a family looks when trying to save money. Junk food is cheap, it doesn’t spoil quickly, and it’s easy to prepare." https://t.co/WTefcdJkQF

#Inequality #Obesity #PublicHealth #FoodDesert

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"When everyone else continued as if life was normal and nothing had happened, so did I. Except I couldn’t. Not where it mattered. Not inside my skull, the only place no one else could ever be and the only place I could never escape." https://t.co/eoxnY4wjZ1

#PTSD h/t: @twloha

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Wisdom from the great @lenawaithe!

#MediaRepresentation

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We want to hear your #story! Click to learn more about how you can be part of our mission. https://t.co/1XfQD9u37p

#Storytelling #TellYourStory #SocialJustice

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“I had to unlearn comparing myself to skinny Asian girls. Now I truly love my body.” https://t.co/r3zUCJIlre

#AAPI #BodyImage

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What happens when a #rape #survivor meets a broken justice system https://t.co/8Z5nBqP9RR

#SexualAssault

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"As I grow older, I’ve become more receptive to the idea of being in a relationship. Intimate sexual relationships. Not because I want to have sex, but because I get covetous of the intimacy that comes with sex." https://t.co/rMPU5G80AK

#PrideMonth

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The ending is incredible! https://t.co/XGmVMxfj3l

#Survivor #Rape #SexualAssault #MaleSurvivor

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Read our new original piece!

"On the stage, I was able to find a place where bodies like mine could be seen, respected, and celebrated in front of a willing, open and accepting audience." https://t.co/hfpp3qhh3G

#Storytelling #Theatre

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"If there is anything that I can appreciate about the passage of time it is that, as I age, the number of years in which I can say I have lived truly, authentically, and vibrantly will outnumber those years spent in fear, sorrow, and silence."

#PrideMonth https://t.co/q93gffvDry

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"He said 'you're a smart n-word.'" https://t.co/nokReBdHL7

h/t: @StoryCorps

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You won't believe what happened to this #Muslim journalist: https://t.co/G510XUqOdg

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Our video on #inclusiveness on #college campuses that started a conversation at #DU: https://t.co/XKoWWHX3aj

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An insightful conversation with female directors from @thecut: https://t.co/eWtSlfIomu

#WomeninHollywood

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"We need to make this a little more human than what exists now." https://t.co/waQUsh6q4a

#BanTheBox