I was told as a woman of color that I shouldn’t go out, shouldn’t talk to strangers, that I was going to get hurt, that if anything happened to me it would be my fault, for doing what I shouldn’t do. Living outside of that box, deciding what kinds of relationships I want to build and who I want to build them with, has been liberating. I want every other woman to be able to live outside of the box imposed on them.
Read MoreToday, grassroots organizer and social justice activist Nelsie Yang announces her candidacy for Saint Paul City Council Ward 6. Yang’s activism in grassroot efforts has earned her success in championing economic and social justice for the East Side.
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