‘Tis the season to be spooky! October 31st, Halloween, is the one night out of the year where kids and adults get to dress up and be whatever or whomever they’d like. Most kids go from one stranger’s...
Author - Natalie Davis
Natalie Davis
Early Childhood Education: From Summer to COVID-19 Slide
Parents are agonizing about whether to allow their children to return to classrooms or continue distance learning, and rightly so. As if that weren’t enough parents also have to worry about whether their child...
The Cel-Liberation of Juneteenth
“Every year we must remind successive generations that this event triggered a series of events that one by one defines the challenges and responsibilities of successive generations. That’s why we need this holiday.” —...
Liberty and Justice for All?
On Monday, May 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an African American male by the name of George Floyd lost his life. He lost his life at the hands of a white officer by the name of Derek Chauvin during an altercation...
Congratulations to Class of 2020!
Now would be the time where graduations would be going underway for us college students. We would be sitting amongst our fellow schoolmates, filled with an exuberant amount of anticipation. We would be in uniformed...
National Poetry Month
“Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn.” —Thomas Gray During the month of April devout readers and writers across the nation celebrate the literary genre of Poetry. According to Poets.org, National Poetry...
She is Zhariah
While D.C. may be famous for its historical landmarks, there have been a number of other notable aspects that have given D.C. it’s culture— music being one. D.C is home to some of the most prominent entertainers in the...
The Blackness in Our Books
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” –Frederick Douglass It’s the month of February, a very special month for African American people— Black History month. What first started off as a week to celebrate...
Hello YOU…
TW (Trigger Warning): If you have experienced being in a violent/toxic relationship or having been stalked, it is best advised that you DO NOT read the following post. It’s been another successful year for Netflix and...
New Year, New Reads!
“Reading is my favorite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.” —Anne Brontë It’s a new year, a new decade, which means there are a plethora of new books to read. Just as you are taking the time to...
The Candy Cane
It is beginning to look like Christmas! As the holiday approaches us hastily, we go about ways of inviting it ever-so merrily. Covering our homes with Christmas décor; white twinkling lights in our windows and wreaths...
Willing Hearts and Loving Minds
Helping Hands is a ministry within a faith-based organization, the East Friendship Baptist Church, located in Washington D.C. Ward 7. As their mission states, the ministry is wholly about “Having a Willing Heart to Help...
