Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Africans were still enslaved on July 4, 1776. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and […]
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Black history is American history. Black history is taught in many schools as an elective or only during the month of February and sometimes still not taught at all. Black voices have been silenced and our stories buried or diluted for centuries. We will no longer be silent! “The more you know your history, the
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Following World War I, Tulsa, Oklahoma was recognized nationally for its affluent African American community known as the Greenwood District. This thriving business district and surrounding residential area was referred to as “Black Wall Street.” On May 31, 1921, Dick Rowland, a black man, was imprisoned for allegedly assaulting a white woman. A mob assembles
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Black Lives Matter all day, every day! I am a Black woman. Unapologetically Black. I rarely describe myself as African American or a woman or color and never as a brown woman (actually I’m confused by the Black women who call themselves Brown, but that is neither here nor there). I’ve learned how to be
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Welcome to June 2020! It’s a new month and I am sitting in expectation of good things happening. I am also putting in work to help usher the good things into my world – that includes the reveal of my new logo. Why Reveal This Today? Despite the enthusiasm that generally arrives as the calendar
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Being Busy Is Not as Important as Taking Time for Your Mental Health By Erica Chau “We all have the same 24 hours every day … you have same number of hours as Beyonce.” I mean we do … but also we don’t. We are constantly bombarded by this grind culture, whether we want to
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Are leaders born or made? Are you a leader if you don’t have followers? I’ve studied leadership and management for over a decade – through formal education, continuing education/professional development, and through independent research sparked by my own curiosity. I’ve studied John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, and other leadership experts to improve my own leadership skills.
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Words have power…choose and use them wisely. Manifestation is real…use it intentionally. God’s favor isn’t fair…accept it graciously. I have always been a teacher. It probably started during my years as a student at Trinity College that I would randomly but frequently say “I’m going to teach a college course one day”. Now, we all
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‘Bad bosses stifle your learning. Good bosses develop your skills. Great bosses develop your career. Bad bosses tell you what to do. Good bosses ask how you’re doing. Great bosses ask how you want to make a difference.’ -Adam Grant According to Adam Grant, I am a great boss, LOL. In addition to being a
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March is National Social Work Month. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Volunteer Month. May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. According to Boys & Girls Aid, children in foster care face the constant risk of being moved. A child entering foster care will likely live in more than four homes during the
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