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By TP On Saturday, February 21 st  a group of like-minded, service-oriented neighbors came together at the High Springs Library to donate food, toiletries, and other necessities to Peaceful Paths , a certified domestic violence center serving Alachua, Bradford, and Union counties. Organized by the Alachua Community Collective, the drive was not only an opportunity for the local community to share resources, but also an opportunity to discuss how to best continue supporting each other....

By Tiffany Kaar As an elementary teacher in Florida, I love January, February, and March. In these three months, I get to introduce (yes, for the most part, introduce) the issues of slavery, segregation, discrimination, and inequality. I have the opportunity to discuss activism and the Civil Rights Act of 1964; I can share the stories of people who used their time on this planet to make it possible for us to come together in our classroom, regardless of race or gender. Regularly, my third...

By Mel Jacks You can’t see me but I am Black. My mother and father were Black. Yet I didn’t learn Black History until I took a course in college. That course didn’t just teach me events, it tore down my thoughts on what was right and normal and opened my eyes to barbarity, that until that point, had gone untold. But it also opened my eyes to the beauty that is the Black experience in this country. The strength, the resilience, the desire to keep building back again and again- well if that...