By Everett Cento Wow. Just over six weeks ago, I boarded a plane to Accra with no idea what was in store for me. Now, sitting here at home, I’m looking back on the trip with a mix of gratitude, nostalgia, and disbelief at how quickly it all went by. Most of my weekdays were Read More …
By Everett Cento Today I did something I never thought I’d do: I went to church. Growing up with two moms, and given the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments entrenched in most religious organizations, church was far from on the table throughout my childhood. It was, and still is, hard to support a community that has historically been against Read More …
By Everett Cento Going into my internship, I never expected to visit the Ghanaian court system, let alone the Supreme Court. However, during my second week, I had the opportunity to be on court duty. It sounded cool in theory, but I had no idea what I was really getting into. The courts were a Read More …
By Everett Cento Wow! This week has been absolute chaos. From watching a man get sentenced to 20 years for shooting his wife, to covering a metropolitan emergency, to filling in for a short-staffed newsroom, I felt like I barely had a moment to breathe. Through all of this movement, one theme kept coming up: Read More …
By Everett Cento Going into this trip, I knew the LGBTQ+ discourse in Ghana was a sensitive one. In 2021, Ghana’s Parliament introduced the “Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill,” a sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ proposal that would criminalize not just same-sex relationships, but advocacy, public displays of affection, and even identifying as queer. Read More …
By Everett Cento When we first walked into Anani Memorial International School, we were greeted with wide smiles and outstretched arms. The school was visibly under-resourced, but full of life. Students rushed over with hugs, laughter, and an ease that immediately softened the stress of being somewhere so unfamiliar. Still in my first week in Read More …