Coming off a great weekend of fruitful discussion and thought-provoking insights during our Students and Alumni of Color Symposium! Big thank you to our alum Dr. ESArrillaga w/ CEPData, student event organizers Barghav Sivaguru and Cydney Gardner-Brown, and all our other powerful alumni speakers for their contributions. This year’s Symposium - “Organizing Across Divides” - is a testament to the idea that politics are personal. Our panel topics grew organically from conversations students and alumni had with classmates and peers about the most pressing issues of our time: the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse affirmative action for higher education, the viability of social justice movements like #FreeGaza and Black Lives Matter, and the power dynamics and structures that make political change seem impossible. Some of the key questions explored throughout the Symposium were: What do we owe one another? How can we build bridges across our diverse communities to inspire mutual streng...