When The Help opened this week, hundreds of thousands of theatergoers were swept up by the story of domestic workers struggling for dignity and respect in Civil Rights-era Mississippi. Those viewers might be surprised to learn that across Chicago and America, modern domestic workers are living out that struggle today. The Help tells the story […]
Author: Elisa Ringholm
Ms. Ringholm graduated from Loyola University Chicago with degrees in Anthropology, Spanish and Environmental Science in 2008. She used activism, volunteering and research to create educational programs and projects during her undergrad focused on sexual assault awareness, poverty alleviation, community development, local peoples’ rights in Latin America and environmental justice.