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Kryssie Smith 2/9/26 Kryssie Smith 2/9/26

#FINNish— What Every New Albany Neighbor Needs to Hear

A community wake-up call on school district transparency and what actually matters.

Kryssie Smith 10/16/25 Kryssie Smith 10/16/25

Black Girls’ Voices: What We’ve Overlooked Too Long

What classroom experiences reveal about belonging, bias, and identity. A call to actually listen to Black girls’ lived realities.

Kryssie Smith 7/31/25 Kryssie Smith 7/31/25

Exploring the roots of indifference and calling it out.

Kryssie Smith 7/23/25 Kryssie Smith 7/23/25

What being inside a cult taught me about autonomy, persuasion, and self.

Kryssie Smith 3/9/25 Kryssie Smith 3/9/25

Laws mirror values that we don’t always talk about. I’m ready to talk about it…

Kryssie Smith 1/20/25 Kryssie Smith 1/20/25

A call to engage with history, not just regurgitate what we’ve been taught.

Kryssie Smith 1/5/25 Kryssie Smith 1/5/25

Speaking truth when no one asked but someone needed to hear it.