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March 28, 2024

National News

Utah coach says team was shaken after experiencing racist hate during NCAA Tournament

Utah coach Lynne Roberts says her team experienced a series of “racial hate crimes” after arriving at its first women's NCAA Tournament hotel in Idaho last week..

apnews.com/article/march-madness-utah-hate-crime-b865b768243e1d3c9c38ee796e3d80bb?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Photographing Black Self-Creation in the American South

How Rahim Fortune depicts the beauty of a place and its people

www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/03/rahim-fortune-photography-american-south/677885/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Good News from Alabama

Last night, Alabama taught Democrats to never give up. You may have heard by now that in a special election yesterday, Democrat Marilyn Lands flipped a seat in the Alabama House that had been held by a Republican. Her seat is in the Huntsville area in north Alabama.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/good-news-from-alabama?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

State News:

Remembering the Covenant School victims one year later • Tennessee Lookout

Thousands of Nashvillians lined the city streets to commemorate the anniverary of a mass shooting at Covenant School.

tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/27/remembering-the-covenant-school-victims-one-year-later

Local News & Arts:

This is who is supposed to represent our values. David Thomforde is running against him.

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

Issue 7, Part 2: Societal Expectations and Settling Down

As I mentioned in Part 1, when I think more about my expectations around feeling settled, I realize that it is hard to separate expectations that I put on myself from societal norms and pressures. It is something that I try to interrogate often - do I want this or am I made to feel that I want this from an outside force?

open.substack.com/pub/seniorsocialclub/p/issue-7-part-2-societal-expectations?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Coalition Calendar:March

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