Alexis Wray

North Carolina

Reporting Fellow at The 19th News

Culture & Justice reporter w/ @reckonnews | #NCAT ‘20 | #SyracuseU ‘22 🍊

Articles

The nation’s oldest and largest Indigenous sorority is bracing for DEI orders

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Alexis Wray

Felicia Warwick grew up in Pembroke, North Carolina, seeing red jackets with green and yellow Greek letters stitched alongside the zipper. When she saw women wearing them, she knew they had to be a part of Alpha Pi Omega. Alpha Pi Omega Sorority Inc., the country’s oldest Indigenous Greek letter organization, has chapters on 14 college campuses.
Trump-Backed DEI Ban Sparks Student Protests Across Kentucky Campuses

1 month ago | capitalbnews.org | Alexis Wray

Bradley Price traveled to the Kentucky governor’s office to show her support for the veto of an anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion bill. Alexandria Underwood took part in a letter-writing campaign calling for the preservation of inclusion programs on college campuses. And Savannah Dowell organized a demonstration in support of anti-discrimination efforts at Kentucky colleges and universities.
Inside One Student Movement to Save DEI on College Campuses

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alexis Wray

Bradley Price traveled to the Kentucky governor’s office to show her support for the veto of an anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion bill. Alexandria Underwood took part in a letter-writing campaign calling for the preservation of inclusion programs on college campuses. And Savannah Dowell organized a demonstration in support of anti-discrimination efforts at Kentucky colleges and universities.
Mia Love, first Black Republican congresswoman, dies at 49

1 month ago | ctmirror.org | Alexis Wray |Gabby DeBenedictis

This story was originally reported by Alexis Wray of The 19th. Meet Alexis and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Mia Love, the former Utah representative who served as the first Black Republican woman in Congress, died Sunday at age 49. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she made history by representing Utah’s 4th District from 2015 to 2019. Love’s family announced her death on her social media accounts.
Mia Love, first Black Republican woman to serve in Congress, dies at 49

1 month ago | 19thnews.org | Alexis Wray

Published Mia Love, the former Utah representative who served as the first Black Republican woman in Congress, died Sunday at age 49. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she made history by representing Utah’s 4th District from 2015 to 2019. Love’s family announced her death on her social media accounts. The 19th thanks our sponsors. Become one.
60 years after Bloody Sunday, activists remember the Black women behind the curtain

2 months ago | thecurrentga.org | Alexis Wray |Eden Turner |Sabreen N. Dawud |Jake Shore

This story was originally reported by Alexis Wray, Eden Turner and Sabreen Dawud of The 19th. Meet Alexis, Eden and Sabreen and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sixty years ago, on March 7, Sheyann Webb-Christburg walked with 600 other activists in Selma, Alabama, to protest Black voter suppression.
Black Women Are the Unsung Heroes of “Bloody Sunday” 60 Years Ago

2 months ago | truthout.org | Alexis Wray |Eden Turner |Sabreen N. Dawud

This story was originally reported by Alexis Wray, Eden Turner and Sabreen Dawud of The 19th. Meet Alexis, Eden and Sabreen and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sixty years ago, on March 7, Sheyann Webb-Christburg walked with 600 other activists in Selma, Alabama, to protest Black voter suppression. As they reached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just six blocks into their 54-mile march to the state capital of Montgomery, Webb-Christburg’s heart began to beat faster.
60 years after Bloody Sunday, activists remember the Black women behind the curtain

2 months ago | phillytrib.com | Alexis Wray

The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is on display at The Pennsylvania Convention Center until March 9. Upon walking through the entrance doors to the exhibit, spectators are greeted by a bold passageway of vibrant colors and LED lighting inviting you to take a pause on the now and step into the…
Flowers for the unsung Black women of Bloody Sunday

2 months ago | 19thnews.org | Alexis Wray |Eden Turner |Sabreen N. Dawud

Published Sixty years ago, on March 7, Sheyann Webb-Christburg walked with 600 other activists in Selma, Alabama, to protest Black voter suppression. As they reached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just six blocks into their 54-mile march to the state capital of Montgomery, Webb-Christburg’s heart began to beat faster. She saw police lined up at the bridge’s entrance, wearing tear gas masks and holding billy clubs.
Flowers for the unsung Black women of Bloody Sunday

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Alexis Wray |Eden Turner |Sabreen N. Dawud

Sixty years ago, on March 7, Sheyann Webb-Christburg walked with 600 other activists in Selma, Alabama, to protest Black voter suppression. As they reached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just six blocks into their 54-mile march to the state capital of Montgomery, Webb-Christburg’s heart began to beat faster. She saw police lined up at the bridge’s entrance, wearing tear gas masks and holding billy clubs. Watching the police with their horses and dogs in tow, Webb-Christburg took in the scene.