A Collection of Written Works By Alysha Conner
Press play to listen to an audio version of this story. https://soiwrite.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Surviving-the-Pipeline-Episode_01.mp3 The school-to-prison pipeline is a system designed to funnel kids of color from working-class neighborhoods to the juvenile justice system. It has left severe and, in many…
By Alysha Conner | Our Weekly Newspaper The Committee for Greater L.A. (CGLA), a cross-sectoral group of Angelenos advocating the dismantling of systemic racism, hosted an Aug. 20 community-driven virtual town hall. The event’s purpose was to propose a call-to-action…
By Alysha Conner | Our Weekly Newspaper Tara Barauskas, executive director of Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM), was set to begin a new affordable housing project on the property she just bought in Westchester, CA, last August. But the…
By Alysha Conner | Annenberg Media Press play to listen to an audio version of Markeesha’s story. https://soiwrite.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Markeeshas-Story-Finale-1.mp3 Markeesha, who prefers to disclose her first name only, is a 37-year-old South Los Angeles native. She entered the foster care…
ACCA Founder, USC Annenberg Professor Miki Turner By Alysha Conner | Annenberg Media Listen to an audio version of this story below. Miki Turner, a photojournalism professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, recently created a…
“2020 Goddamn” Written By: Alysha Conner Minneapolis made me lose my rest The government got me so upset But “A system can’t fail those it was never built to protect” COVID ain’t the only reason Black people thinking, “Will I…
By Alysha Conner | LA Wave Newspaper LOS ANGELES — Charter school leaders are concerned about students’ future livelihoods in the post-pandemic world. On the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 becoming a national pandemic, a local coalition addressed student issues during…
By Alysha Conner | Los Angeles Wave Newspaper LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles school officials have acknowledged the community’s call to defund the school police department and are now discussing what reinvesting in students will look like. On Feb. 16, Los…
By Alysha Conner | Los Angeles Wave Newspaper LOS ANGELES — Bernadette Fernandez, the founder of Imagine Etiquette and Image Consulting, is providing students with practical coping tools as the pandemic persists. Imagine Etiquette consists of custom-designed programs that teach…