MFP Contributor
“I now realize my superpower and know that ‘It’ was me all along. It’s my journey, my unique experiences and perspective that only I can master and then offer up,” MFP Voices Editor Azia Wiggins writes.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins expresses her thoughts on being a leader and the necessity of difficulty along the journey. “In the trenches is where leaders can show themselves approved simply because you didn’t shy away from the fight. That fight, that uncomfortability as you grow to deal with devils on new levels, is the foundation of excellence,” she writes.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins writes about her vision for MFP Voices, expressing that conflict stirred between Mississippians because of our differences are meant to be resolved, and will position our state for progress. “I’m not interested in being right, or first, or the loudest. I’m interested in curating substantive dialogue representative of everyone in the Magnolia State,” she writes.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins reflects on Black Maternal Health Week and confronts her own thoughts of being a Black pregnant woman in America.
“Despite the sheer hate, panic and desperation from white politicians as they attack democracy in Jackson, I choose to hear the voices of my elders and build better on the foundations they left for me,” Azia Wiggins writes.
“We can’t do this without you. Your support powers this vehicle of journalism that holds the powerful accountable,” Azia Wiggins writes.
Duvalier Malone and his husband Dr. Adrian Mayse reflect on their collective journey in love as they celebrate 13 years together. It is also the anniversary of Malone’s first published column where he came out to the world in response to the discriminatory “Mississippi Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” passed in 2016.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins writes that her work at the MFP helps mend the broken relationship between the people and media with our transparency and investigative journalism that focuses on truth and solutions—and set a higher ethical standard in journalism. And she can use the door opened to her to help other native Black Mississippians get new opportunities.
The “(In)Equity and Resilience: Black Women, Systemic Barriers and COVID-19 Project” is a collaborative effort joining together the Mississippi Free Press and The Jackson Advocate. We plan to tell real people’s stories and use data mapping, live video testimonials, muckraking journalism, intense narrative reporting and inclusive solutions circles to hold the powerful, the rich and the predominantly white accountable.
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