"I feel that college is a time for me to lay the foundation for my future self to be my best self, and I know that being my best self requires me to bring my whole self into everything I do. . ." - Imani Majied (Cornell University)

"I had teachers and administrators making assumptions about who I was and who I could be in this world. I had peers who made assumptions about where I'd come from and where I was going. I didn't expend much energy explaining myself. I was a fighter, not an expert in cross-cultural dialogue. But at the end of each day, I felt shackled. . ." -Kyonne Rowe

"While a few of my White peers expressed that they weren’t being nearly as challenged as they’d hoped to be while in-country , I was struggling with my identity as a Black woman in a place that I never thought I would have to. . ." - Ore Afon

"I am one of three partially black members of my fraternity living in a house dedicated to the accomplishments of white men. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciate their contributions to the brotherhood. But at the same time, there’s always a little voice in the back of my head telling me that they wouldn’t have accepted me. . ." - Evan Shields

"I can understand why a heterosexual individual with all of my additional identifiers would be blind to the importance of these issues, but I can also understand the hurt of a minority student grappling with this lack of understanding. . ." - Colton Haney

"I needed him to see that I am human, that I exist, and that there are differences between us that he needed to understand. . ." - Jendayi Brooks-Flemister

"The messages that we’re told are heard loud and clear and ring everyday in my ears, but if my existence is resistance, then I find pride in pushing outside the bounds of misery that have been prescribed to me. . ." - Julia Montejo

"Humans have this uncanny ability to shape the world around them and build structures to call home. We should use that power for good." - Salvador Herrera