Social Impact + Community Literacy Blog

Storytelling across difference sits at the intersection of empathy and power. When dominant voices speak for marginalized communities, they risk reinforcing inequality. Ethical storytelling requires reflexivity and structural accountability—recognizing how race, gender, and privilege shape who gets to tell which stories, whose knowledge is believed, and whose pain is made invisible.

What is social mobility and What Makes it possible? This post defines and explores the concept of social mobility at a high level.

Libraries are not a luxury—they’re a necessity. And in the ongoing effort to create fairer, stronger communities, they are one of our most powerful tools.

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Fredrick Douglas Reading is Resistance and Literacy is Liberation.

Introduction: Happy New Year! I want to first acknowledge that after creating this blog in September, I did not post as much as I would...

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Every year from September 15th to October 15, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month. This...

In the realm of public health and social justice, "equity" and "equality" are often used interchangeably. However, they represent...

My name is Tristen Griffith-Smith. I received my MPH from Mercer University and I am passionate about community health, health equity...