Television shows have captivated our attention since the birth of television in the 1930s. Storylines that involve complex characters and dramatic events create timeless memories that span generations. Unfortunately, a...
My Thoughts on the Washington Wizards New Look
The NBA season is officially coming to an end. The All-Star break is done, and teams are looking to make their final run for the postseason. One team has given me much optimism in terms of how they plan to finish the...
Diversity Is Divisive?
On September 22, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order focused on “combating race and sex stereotyping” in federal workplaces and the U.S. military. The order bemoaned the “malign” and “destructive”...
Women Lead the Way in Learning and Development
At the intersection of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, this post will discuss and celebrate the representation of women leadership in Learning and Development, setting an example of how leadership can and...
African American Women: The Voices That Lift Us Up
The 19th Amendment In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, prohibiting the United States from denying any American citizen the right to vote based on sex. This included recognizing women’s right to vote. To get here...
Something About Black Love
When did “Black Love” become a thing? What do I mean by that? Well, something that has to be qualified. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been taught about love. Just…love. Not Black love. Just…love...
Euphoria is Showing us the Complexities of Young Womanhood & Coming of Age
Sam Levinson’s HBO hit drama series “Euphoria” is rewriting the narrative of coming-of-age and showing us the complexities of coming into womanhood in the ever-changing world of the 21st century. From the betrayal...
Looking Back On BHM 2022
Black History Month’s origins start with Abraham Lincoln signing the 13th Amendment into the Constitution. This Amendment, enacted during the Civil War, abolished chattel slavery in the United States. The 15th...
The Struggle to Understand How to Sustain Healthy Black Love
Trigger Warning: The week before I began my fall semester at Towson University, my girlfriend broke up with me. While I was excited about my new beginning, I still struggled with the ending of my relationship. We were...
The Black Queer Love Experience, Navigating Matters of The Heart, and 5 Tips for Black LGBTQ+ Folk Searching for Love
I imagined love like many other teens did. Like the movies and tv shows around me had depicted, I would meet a smart, charismatic boy with a charm like Chad Danforth of “Highschool Musical” or Devon Carter of “That’s So...
Black History: Black Love
I’m, I’m so in love with you…Many may remember these words from a song or hearing your parents play it repeatedly back in the day. But for those who don’t, this is a verse from the sultry mega-hit love song “Let’s Stay...
What is the Essence of Black Love?
As we all know, love can weave into many shapes and forms. It can be translated throughout all languages, interpreted throughout all races, and is experienced by both genders, no matter the combination. Love can even be...
Super Bowl Recap
The football season is officially over as one team stands alone. The Los Angeles Rams completed their Hollywood story with a 23-20 Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Star receiver Cooper Kupp went home with...
For The Love of Community
I remember typing the words into HU Twitter like a fervent prayer. “Since we are manifesting, I need a queer Black friend group in DC.” For much of my life, I had gone without a sense of community. Yes, I had grown up...
The Invisible Black Business Woman – You Will See Me Now!
The United States of America is on the precipice of seeing another first in the anticipated retirement announcement of Washington, D.C. Justice Stephen Breyer from his seat as one of the nine justices on the Supreme...
To Be Raised By A Black Woman
Sunday morning Corn muffins, sausage, scrambled eggs All to be consumed before Mass at 11:30 am And we better not be late Or else God is going to have another angel “Can Kachi come outside and play today...
An Ode to The New Girl in Ms. Ramsey’s Class
You came into Ms. Ramsey’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of...
Love is Waiting
I’m here, waiting to be recovered, waiting to be restored. You were taken from the dark continent, betrayed, transported and enslaved, and shamed. Men disgraced, women demeaned, children disregarded. And in the process...