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Maia Ervin

EDUCATION

Campuses in the Pittsburgh area: Diverse? Maybe. Inclusive? Not so much.

By Maia Ervin | May 8, 2017

Read the Robert Morris University response to this story. Riley appears to be like every other student on the campus of Robert Morris University. She actually isn’t. Riley deals with obstacles that most students at RMU will never encounter. Riley is transitioning into a woman.

SOCIAL JUSTICE

I am black, I am a student, and I’m tired of racism on my campus

By Maia Ervin | April 12, 2017

This is a part of my life on a campus where 81 percent of the nearly 1,400 students are white, where only three to four dozen students are black like me.

FIRST PERSON

Q&A: Callie Crossley on fake news and being a black woman in journalism

By Maia Ervin | April 3, 2017

Callie Crossley is an Emmy award-winning journalist who is currently the host of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley on WGBH 89.7FM.

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