Wisdom

Updated from January 28, 2024 Black History Month is not a highlight reel. It is a living inheritance. A remembering of courage carried quietly, brilliance cultivated against the odds, and …

 updated from 2/2/ 2025   Without Black women, the miracles of  Black history would not be possible.      So much of who I am, I owe to the women …

It is not normal for people to know little to nothing about you—and still demand your allegiance. Your loyalty. Your sacrifice. Your fighting spirit. That is not solidarity. That is …

“America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.” ~ Shirley Chisholm There is …

For a long time, many of us were taught that anger was the danger. That if we were calm enough, soft enough, understanding enough, things would not have gone so …

Truth is still in the business of setting people free. People often misunderstand what happens when a woman calls a domestic violence hotline or reaches out to an advocate. They …

Young people say: I don’t believe women and girls should have to be stronger. We ought to be fighting for a world that gives us all less to survive. I’m …

I grew up in a generation that was outside. Young people watching Stranger Things still ask, “Were 80s kids really outside like that?” Yesssssss. We didn’t have cell phones. We …

“I get to treat you horribly because I have decided that you are less than me.” Power and control don’t always look the same.But they always speak the same language. …