TWTJ Williams Hauger

1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · TJ Williams Hauger

   There was more to Aunt Leila’s dining room table (opens the original)

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   Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, I lived with a sense of youth and an aloofness to social issues. It’s not that I didn’t care about the struggle for fairness, equality and love or even about social justice; none of that was a part of my radar. My parents were busy feeding people, ministering, registering people to vote and very active in religious and civil participation in the Black communities. They were attending funerals, weddings and conducting these events, too. I was hanging out with peers

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2. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · TJ Williams Hauger

   I am Nolan (opens the original)

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   For much of my life, I did not fully grasp the depth of my mother’s anxiety regarding my journey until I witnessed the experiences of those who came after me. I never truly understood the scope of her concern each time I ventured out with my friends. Like many Black children sought after for our “potential,” I attended a predominantly white high school and nearly attended Western Reserve Academy. I spent time in Finland as an AFS exchange student, navigating spaces where my presence was a novelt

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