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Born and raised in Washington, D.C., currently living in Philadelphia, Megan is focused on How we use storytelling and the sharing of life expriences to effect real change

Megan R. Smith Shifting narratives. Powering communities. Effecting change.

May 18
May 18 Abortion bans impact poor people and people of color most

Megan Smith

Abortions won’t stop under recent bans. But people of color will be disproportionately criminalized.

Apr 9
Apr 9 Where Gentrification Is an Emergency, and Where It’s Not

Megan Smith

Gentrification is geographically limited in cities, but a new study shows where it has become a crisis, particularly for low-income black households.

Apr 8
Apr 8 Kwame Brathwaite’s Photographic Vision of a Black Female Utopia

Megan Smith

Brathwaite did not depict the black woman as what she could be but as what she had always been.

Mar 20
Mar 20 The Bias Hiding in Your Library

Megan Smith

The ways libraries classify books often reflect a “straight white American man” assumption.

Mar 18
Mar 18 The share of women in legislatures around the world is growing, but they are still underrepresented

Megan Smith

Women make up 24% of members of national legislative bodies around the world, but that % remains far smaller than their share of the overall world population.

 

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., currently living in Philadelphia, Megan is focused on how we use storytelling and the sharing of life experiences to shift narratives, impact policy, create community and ultimately, effect real, tangible, long-lasting change.

 

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