PinnedAya M. Waller-BeySuperficiality in the Age of Black Lives MatterComittment to Black lives isn’t a fad, a trend, or a photo opportunity, but a sustained engagement to eliminate Black suffering..Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021
Aya M. Waller-BeyUnnamed and Unchecked: My Experience with Predatory ProfessorsIt was my senior year in undergrad when a professor encouraged me to “keep working out” because brains plus my beauty would take me far…Feb 25, 2022Feb 25, 2022
Aya M. Waller-BeyHomecoming — How Love, Fate, and COVID, Brought Me Back to DetroitWhen I left Detroit in 2010, I vowed not to return. I was traumatized.Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Aya M. Waller-BeySoles to the Polls — A Call to ActionElections matter. And, we’re just 18 days from the 2020 United States Presidential Election.Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
Aya M. Waller-BeyIn Memory of Papa: A Flashback to Struggle & TranscendenceIn 2013, a course called Struggle and Transcendence led by Father Raymond Kemp at Georgetown University required students to hold…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
Aya M. Waller-BeyMessage to Self: Your Degree(s) Won’t Save YouAnd they shouldn’t have to.Jun 24, 20201Jun 24, 20201
Aya M. Waller-BeyBlog: Rambling Autobiography — Age 28 (Day 19)Why don’t we march for Black women? The past few weeks have reminded me that to be Black and woman is to live in the intersection of…Jun 6, 2020Jun 6, 2020