Learning about coral reefs at Jacques Cousteau's Underwater Reserve
About 25% of the world's fish (over 4,000 species!) live on coral reefs, and they provide more than 450 million people with food and...
Being around the right kind of people on Christmas
I’ve had a lot of energy the last few days, but no way to expel it. My first reaction in a situation like this is to shut down and...
La Mulâtresse Solitude - Who gets to tell a story?
Advice Project Media often asks our students: Who gets to tell a story? During our trip to Guadeloupe, we’ll revisit this question many...
Witches, Wizards, And The Wage Gap
For most of written history, men have dominated nearly every occupation. Even in stereotypically female-based employment, the male...
What *Really* Happened in The Witches? (A revisionist, feminist retelling of Roald Dahl’s book, The
Students in The Advice Project’s Uppity Witches class were asked to rewrite folktales and scenes from books/films in order to illustrate...
All the love you ever wanted
Dear Thirteen-Year-Old Angela: Please don’t worry about your looks so much. You will learn how little they matter, and how ultimately...
The transgender youth movement in NYC
I am a transgender, agender teenager living in New York City. I am very sure of my identity. I’ve known it since I was very young, I...
Class Spotlight: Uppity Witches
In the Advice Project’s Uppity Witches class for teens of all genders, we spent the first few weeks learning about witches, witch hunts,...
Gender and Conservation Issues in Cameroon
While in Cameroon to lead an Advice Project workshop and to be a speaker at the annual MEC conference, I spoke with hundreds of people to...
2015 Millennial Empowerment Conference (MEC)
Melissa was invited to give a keynote talk at the first annual Millennial Empowerment Conference (MEC) in Bamenda. Organized and hosted...
