Student Writing

Below is the full transcript from Tina’s speech at The Care Center’s Virtual Housewarming Party for Roqué House on June 6, 2021.   My name is Tina Scott. I graduated from Bard Microcollege Holyoke two years ago and I am now a Frances Perkins Scholar at Mount Holyoke College. I am proud to say that Julisa and I were the first two students from Bard Holyoke to attend. I am majoring in … [Read more...] about Tina Scott speaks about losing her job and pressing forward

11 times i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe i can’t breathe till beautiful black skin becomes coated in blood red till mothers and siblings see their loved ones pushed to the concrete the light in their eyes extinguished how many times will we see lives … [Read more...] about Untitled by Mariangelic Felix

I Survived 20 Days in Solitary Confinement—Here’s How I Got Through "Solitude never frightened me. In fact, I welcomed it. When I was a girl, I would envision myself in a cabin in the woods, or a house with a view of a lake or river, doing what I love to do most: writing. I never dreamed I’d be forced into a small enclosure with cold concrete floors and walls made of cinder blocks, where the … [Read more...] about Jacqueline Velez, Bard Microcollege Holyoke 2020 graduate, published in Oprah Magazine

(After Lucille Clifton’s “i am running into a new year”)   I am running into a new year and the old years flew away like the air I throw out my nose like the love that broke my heart and it will be hard to let go of the memories of what I said about myself when I promised myself to stick alone and focus on myself but I am running into a new year and I beg … [Read more...] about New Year by Natasha Torres