Adia R. Louden

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Adia R. Louden is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in Maternal and Child Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project in Partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute.

January 7, 2026

A dollar and MAYBE a dream?

Growing up, my Nana would tell me, “Shoot for the moon…and you’ll always land among the stars.” But what happens…when even the stars aren’t attainable? Throughout my journey in higher education, I have been trained…

December 6, 2025

For Black Girls’ Sake We Need Less Policing, Not More

U.S ICE officials are now targeting Minneapolis’s Somali community- the latest target in President Trump’s efforts to “allegedly” stamp out immigrants and disorder. With the arrival of these federal troops, the Somali diaspora, along with…