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Read the 2025 WACA Annual Report.

Please find a sample Request for Proposal for organizational partnership here.

Please find a sample of sponsorship menu offerings part of a signature event stakeholder promotion here.

Please find a sample promotional card printed for distribution to highlight a commemorative signature event here.

Exploring the Impact of Candidate Support for DEI Policies on Electability Outcomes in the U.S.

This Master’s Dissertation awarded Distinction marks for a quantitative randomized control trial (RCT) project focused on the impact of DEI policies on political candidate electability in the United States.

Ethnic Cues, Latino Skin Tone, and Voter Preferences: An Experimental Test

Research suggests that voters rely on cognitive heuristics to simplify the evaluative process. Such heuristics include candidate race and other visible characteristics. We set out to test whether Americans use ethnicity as a heuristic to evaluate candidates, and whether the tone of a candidate’s skin influences these judgments.

Press Release: The Torch of the Fair Housing Fight Burns Bright in Minnesota

Thought Piece: Equitable Housing Can Provide a Stable Foundation for Returning Citizens 

Press Release: Housing Memorandum Provides Much Needed Understanding to Uphold Federal Fair Housing Policies During Pandemic

Press Release: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Texas Naacp File Lawsuit Challenging Redistricting Maps That Undermine Voting Power of Texans of Color

We Must Keep Kentucky Welcoming, published in the Courier Journal in February 2017

The Schedule and Program for the official Memorial Service for Boxer and Humanitarian Muhammad Ali at the KFC YUM! Center published in the Courier Journal in June 2016 found here.

The Courier Journal published Students’ thoughts on Race to Equality in Spring 2015 found here.

On Adaption, Revolution and the American System

From the ancient societies and civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley to the great modern societies in North America, like that of the United States, Central America, and Mexico, history shows a strong pattern of human adaptation, and essentially, revolution. The essence of human nature and our survival as a species that rests upon our ability, and inherently, our disposition, to change and evolve our behavior to meet the demands of an ever changing and progressing world. Read more.

The Beauty of Youthood

She can remember as a child hating every visible feature the world could criticize. Her skin, complemented with kisses of melanin, gave her a sense of inferiority. She never saw herself in the idealized image of beauty she so badly wanted to mirror. She dreamed of having the pale porcelain complexion of the barbies she ruined, or looking like Sandy with the flawless ringlets of hair that were bathed in bleach blonde perfection. Read More.

From Seed to Flower: The Evolution of Writing

I will never forget the words of my kindergarten teacher, when I sat down to write my first piece of writing in kindergarten for a Halloween project. As a young and timid introvert, I was hesitant to pair my brain and words to speak, let alone write stories to be displayed in school. I stressed over the idea of being a flawless writer, refusing to let the pencil hit paper before a perfect thought entered my mind. That’s when my teacher kneeled beside me and reminded me, “Natasha, always remember, your writing is who you are.” At the time, I didn’t understand the gravity of her words, but they have lived in me from that day forward. Read More.

Monsoons

I can recall the water pecking my skin as if it were only yesterday. I was 6 years old, my tan golden skin was beaten, worn from the blistering bright confidence of the sun.  My ashen hair was caked with the wispy dirt awakened from our chappals slapping the ground as we chased the street rats and mangy dogs. We only wanted to be their friends, but they wanted to be anywhere but near us. They would never forget how they lost the hairs on their tail. Read more.