<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/a-life-dedicated-to-advocating-for-racial-justice-and-equity.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>09/15/2020</pubDate><title>A Life Dedicated to Advocating for Racial Justice and Equity</title><description>While her second-grade classmates were reading Judy Blume, Ashani Williams '22 was reading Malcolm X's autobiography. Franklin &amp; Marshall College junior Ashani Williams interns at Spitfire Strategies, where she advocates for racial justice and equity for Black people.</description><author>Alicia Morrissey</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/23752313234378825-09-09-blm-march-rally-26-dg.0.38.1200.723.full.jpg" alt="Black Lives Matter March on Franklin &amp; Marshall Campus, Sept. 9, 2020"/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Africana Studies</tag><tag>American Studies</tag><tag>Career Center</tag><tag>Community and Belonging</tag><tag>Government</tag><tag>Roschel College House</tag></tags></item>