My name is Alexis Jade Ferguson. I am a sophomore in the SFS majoring in Culture & Politics, with a focus in Criminal Justice and Racial & Gender Equity. I am passionate about dialogue and the power it has to highlight differences and similarities across diverse socioeconomic groups. As a pansexual, black, native and philipino woman, my identities are subject to multiple systems of oppression but are also tangible facets of the conscious ways in which I interact with the world around me. I joined this class because I wanted to challenge myself to engage with unfamiliar spaces and frame my thinking around new political perspectives through voicing my experiences and sharing community with others.