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Reading Time: 4 minutes Inspiration to give back to your community can come from any number of places, from a personal desire to make a difference to fulfilling a graduation requirement for community service hours. No matter the reason or the origin, chances are strong that you can make an impact.

Giving back may be as simple as writing a check to an organization that works to further a mission you care deeply about. Or it may mean lending a hand to put on a fundraising event in your community. Perhaps you have a skill or talent you can share with others in the name of a good cause.

Reading Time: < 1 minute “This November’s elections are more important than any I can remember in my lifetime,” he said. “And that includes when I was a on the ballot.”

Nevada is a battleground state for Democrats this midterm election, with an open governor’s seat and Democrat Jacky Rosen running a tight race against incumbent Republican Sen. Dean Heller. And, as Obama pointed out on Monday, Nevada could be the first state to an elect an all-female legislature.

“This is not just about one person in the White House,” he said, pointedly avoiding naming President Trump in his speech. “This is about Congress and governor’s races and state legislative races…If all it took was being president, I would have solved everything.”

Reading Time: < 1 minute Millennials are the only generation dealing with the issue of digital addiction. However, they are the first generation to grow up with it and we’re learning a lot from their experience about the cost of not understanding it. 

Millennials are the most depressed, anxious generation that has come along. They are struggling and medicated – and there is a reason why. 

Reading Time: < 1 minute Republicans split a Black college in half to win elections in this state — but this type of gerrymandering isn’t anything new for the GOP.

Black students at HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T State University) are calling out Republicans’ aggressive gerrymandering that split their college in two. Republicans’ redistricting divided the black college to win elections. This form of GOP gerrymandering is not anything new or surprising in politics and the age of Donald Trump.

Reading Time: < 1 minute This video is a perfect illustration of how impactful and important community is. It’s also a beautiful illustration of how to have conversations about subjects most would feel are difficult of awkward.

It’s thought-provoking to think about the role of a hair stylist or barber in a community, friend, therapist, confidante, even mentor.  It’s inspiring to see how the simple act of conversation, especially when it’s difficult, can change the course of a life or save a life.

Brave conversation is the most powerful catalyst for change we have. These two provide a brilliant example of how to navigate that territory.