Po-Po-Poetry Month – Abria Smith
April is the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry, started by the Academy of […]
Black People
Po-Po-Poetry: Honey, I Love
In honor of National Poetry Month, I am kick off a series of poetry posts by featuring Honey, I love […]
Growing Up in The Blackness
Growing up in The Blackness.
Launching my first children’s picture book
Announcing launch event for my first published children's book, Stacey Became a Frog One Day,
A Magical Time of Women Working Together – MPDC
For a while, the stars aligned and magic issued from the mostly Black female staff of Madison Park Development Corporation […]
Solid as a Rock – My Brother
A tribute to a brother who is solid as a rock.
The Illusion of Peace Without Justice by Candelaria Silva
Peace over justice has always been my wayChoosing, preferring to stay out of the frayNow, I see this choice was […]
Celebrating Norma Jean – 85
In 2011, I wrote a post titled, Don’t Change: An Impossible Request of Family. It seems like it was just […]
Channeling my inner Norma Jean (Mama)
My mother is a strong woman. When the going gets tough, she gets tough and keeps going. I channel my […]
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin – guest ...
The music of Queen Genius of Soul Aretha Franklin has been part of my life since I became aware of […]
Get an Effin’ Website
I first started drafting this post about a week and a half-ago. Had Intended to post it sooner but working […]
It’s not if but who – racists & bigots around ...
It’s not if there are racists and bigots around me but who they are. Come out come out whoever you […]
Hard come, easy go – workplace diversity
I used to keep my distance. I was professionally courteous but made little effort to get to know my colleagues […]
Po-Po-Poetry – Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine won the PEN Open Book Award and the PEN Literary Award, the NAACP […]
Let’s not give it up for…any more
I’ve attended a number of meetings, where a youngish but not youngster guy has served as a Master of Ceremonies […]
Friends whose family I can’t meet – racists in the ...
Turns out I have friends who have racists in the family. About 30 or so years ago, I worked with […]
The 13th – Director Ava DuVernay’s documentary for Netflix
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall […]
In despair about disparities
So, you’ve invited to the meeting, convening, conversation or whatever the hell it’s being called this time – Striving for […]