Growing Up in The BlacknessGrowing up in The Blackness. This entry was posted in Black People Celebration Community Memories Music Power - Politics & Race self-esteem The Family and tagged Annie Malone Homer G. Phillips Hospital Kinloch Missouri St. Louis. St. Louis America on March 30, 2021 by Candelaria Silva
4 A Magical Time of Women Working Together – MPDCFor a while, the stars aligned and magic issued from the mostly Black female staff of Madison Park […] This entry was posted in Black People Community Memories Roxbury-related Women Work & working and tagged Bay State Banner Building Community Community development Corporations Madison PArk Development Corporation sisterhood on October 20, 2020 by Candelaria Silva
14 High AnxietyJust because you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean I tried to make you uncomfortable. Was it something I said? […] This entry was posted in Advice Community Encouragement Musings about life self-esteem words of wisdom on February 22, 2019 by Candelaria Silva
7 The Dichotomy – Those that Have, Those that Have NotI am torn apart and set asunder by the dichotomy I witness daily; the striking differences in the […] This entry was posted in Community Money and thrift Women and tagged affluence Candelaria Silva homeless money The Haves and Have nots underpaid working poor on January 29, 2019 by Candelaria Silva
6 But when do I clap – Understanding Chamber MusicHis voice filled me from the sheer beauty of it – the deep register and clear tone. I […] This entry was posted in Art Boston Community Diversity Dorchester Music and tagged Ashmont Hill Chamber Music chamber music Classical Music Dashon Burton Dot jazz Series Jason Palmer Parish of All Saints Robert Schumann on September 25, 2018 by Candelaria Silva
7 Get an Effin’ WebsiteI first started drafting this post about a week and a half-ago. Had Intended to post it sooner […] This entry was posted in Advice Art Black People Community Money and thrift Rants Technology and tagged artists caterers creative people entrepreneurs makers making money solopreneurs Websites on March 1, 2018 by Candelaria Silva
6 Millions of beautiful thingsAlways remember, no matter the headlines, there are millions of beautiful, joyful, peaceful, fun, and creative things going […] This entry was posted in Art Beauty Boston Community Encouragement Laughter & Joy Musings about life and tagged Black Market in Dudley Good News holiday spirit on December 24, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
2 Attention Earthlings, we got some real sh++ to deal withAttention Earthlings, we got some real sh++ to deal with and not this bulls++ y’all knocking around. There […] This entry was posted in Community Green Concerns Musings about life THe Earth and tagged Bee colony collapse; ecology dwindling monarch butterflies Flint water crisis global warming Marvin Gaye melting permafrost Mercy Mercy Me the Ecoology Svalbard Global Seed Vault violence war weeping earth on October 26, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
12 Please don’t OD with my dollar – to give or ...Please don’t OD with my dollar. To whom should I give my spare dollar today? To which of […] This entry was posted in Community Money and thrift Musings about life Scary & Worrisom and tagged panhandlers panhandling on August 29, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
2 Messages sent, messages received(This post was begun before the eclipse today – a moment I shared with many other lovely people […] This entry was posted in Art Beauty Boston Community Rants Uncategorized Work & working and tagged Bolling Building Copley Library Downtown Crossing Macy's non-profits what is valued work environment work-space on August 21, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
1 Hard come, easy go – workplace diversityI used to keep my distance. I was professionally courteous but made little effort to get to know […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Community Diversity Power - Politics & Race Work & working and tagged workplace diversity on August 6, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
2 Hiding in plain viewIt is not unknown to me. I actually do know it. I’ve been to that place, I’ve seen […] This entry was posted in Art Boston Community Language & Words and tagged Bartlett Pear Sculpture Boston Globe Derek Lumpkins Dorchester headlines Laura Baring-Gould WGBH News on July 21, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
8 Let’s not give it up for…any moreI’ve attended a number of meetings, where a youngish but not youngster guy has served as a Master […] This entry was posted in Black People Community Language & Words Local Politics Rants and tagged MC. Over-used phrases on March 15, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
4 We are all connected – Women’s March BostonParticipating in the Women’s March in Boston on January 21, 2017, with the multitudes of people got me to […] This entry was posted in Boston Celebration Community Diversity Faith Power - Politics & Race The Family Women and tagged Connectedness Diversity multitudes Women's March; Boston Women's March on January 26, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
6 The 13th – Director Ava DuVernay’s documentary for NetflixNeither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly […] This entry was posted in Black People Community Power - Politics & Race and tagged Ava DuVernay Criminal Justice Malkia Cyril mass incarceration Michelle Alexander Shakur Senghor The 13th amendment to the Constitution The 13th documentary The New Jim Crow on October 10, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
1 What I’m Reading – The Health Gap by Sir Michael ...I’ve been reading some interesting books and so thought I’d start sharing specific books on a regular basis. […] This entry was posted in Books Community Healthcare Reading words of wisdom and tagged employment and health Sir Michael Marmot on August 22, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
6 Preaching to the choir – community meetingsThere’s some serious smack going on in the world – real serious, deadly serious, but I’m not going […] This entry was posted in Advice Boston Community Local Politics Musings about life Rants Technology words of wisdom and tagged community bona fides community meetings social media ignorance on January 11, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
6 This meeting needs an enema“This town needs an enema,” the Joker’s character played by Jack Nicholson says in a Batman movie. He […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Community Power - Politics & Race Rants Roxbury-related and tagged Boston Redevelopment Authority Chuck Turner Dianne Wilkerson Roxbury Strategic Masterpla Oversight Committee The Joker Tremont Crossing Project on January 4, 2016 by Candelaria Silva