Friends, Earlier this month at the Crossroads Black Student Union’s Celebration of Black Arts Explosion, Malaika Pedzayi-Ferguson read her poem, “Black Girl I Write for You,” which includes these lines: …Truth is I write for the black girls. For that is what I am and the only experience I can write about to the fullest degree. I write for the …

Friends, Over half of Crossroads families receive financial aid through our need-based Scholarship program. All of us benefit. This is why we dedicate our annual Gala, coming up on February 24th, to our unique and robust Scholarship program. The intention to build a diverse-in-many-ways community was present in our founding 43 years ago. Our co-founders wanted to offer children of …