Alison Saar SC ’78 is one of five artists featured in The Benton’s latest exhibit, “Black Ecologies in Contemporary American Art.” While Saar is just one piece of this show, she stands as a leader of the cultural canon of the Claremont Colleges, continuing the efforts of her family and mentors to uplift Black art at the 5Cs and beyond.
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Sista-2-Sista: A resource for young Black girls in high school
Sista-2-Sista is a mentorship program that works to support and build connections between Black female college students and high schoolers, housed under Pomona College’s Draper Center for Community Partnerships. The student-run program pairs Black women at the 5Cs with local high schoolers, creating community and fostering spaces that prioritize Black sisterhood.
OPINION: How maternal healthcare fails Black women
Hearing about the pitfalls of the United States healthcare system is nothing new to many of us, but for pregnant Black women, these struggles are even more serious and amplified than for the rest of Americans. For Chloe Gill PO ’24, this is more than just a statistic but a piece of family history. Sharing her mother’s struggles throughout her pregnancy, statistics and other stories from Black women, Gill highlights the issue of maternal healthcare for Black women and advocates for policies that specifically target it.
OPINION: For Black women, the slap heard around the world wasn’t senseless
The Will Smith/Chris Rock debate is overlooking the violence and harmful prejudices embodied in Rock’s joke about Jada Smith, writes Annika White PZ ’25.