Category: EMPOWERMENT

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Life Calls Us to Evolve Culturally Too:  Sinners Dancers Revealed !! Juke Joint Scene Explained — Dance Styles, Symbolism & Forgotten History

Life Calls Us to Evolve Culturally Too: Sinners Dancers Revealed !! Juke Joint Scene Explained — Dance Styles, Symbolism & Forgotten History

Life does not call us to evolve through advancements in technology only. Life calls us to evolve culturally as well.  Without cultural evolution: [...]
When You’re Trained to Consume a Culture but Not Understand It (Amplifying Affirmations for Black Creators)

When You’re Trained to Consume a Culture but Not Understand It (Amplifying Affirmations for Black Creators)

It isn't that people think that Black art should never be critiqued, but there is undeniable and die-hard racism within the critiques. Further, when m [...]
Survivor Affirmation: I Appreciate Me for Being Me (featuring poet Steven Willis)

Survivor Affirmation: I Appreciate Me for Being Me (featuring poet Steven Willis)

Affirmation: I speak to myself in the tone I once searched for in others— gentle, unhurried, faithful to my becoming. Oh how I love, adore, and a [...]
Playing by Heart: Alberta Hunter and the Power of Soul Wisdom

Playing by Heart: Alberta Hunter and the Power of Soul Wisdom

Alberta Hunter’s life was a testament to the power of the "unpolished" authentic soul. She was a woman who conquered the world's stages, walked away t [...]
Finding Your Anchor: How to Prioritize What Matters in Times of Chaos

Finding Your Anchor: How to Prioritize What Matters in Times of Chaos

Man speaks out after climbing 19-story building during fire looking for his mother   In times of uncertainty, it is easy to feel pulled in [...]
Black Culture is so Beautiful

Black Culture is so Beautiful

Black culture is truly a wonderful vibe. Being Black is a beautiful blessing I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world! Dear God, thank You for th [...]
Gratitude to the Humanity of Lynn Jones: When “Professionalism” Is Used as a Shield

Gratitude to the Humanity of Lynn Jones: When “Professionalism” Is Used as a Shield

Now why are you all (journalists) behaving like toddlers? We had a toddler visit us and I forgot what it was like. I accidently sat on Mickey (t [...]
Your Authentic Voice Belongs In This Season

Your Authentic Voice Belongs In This Season

There is something I’ve noticed across history — and I feel it stirring again. Whenever those in power get too big, too loud, too controlling…wheneve [...]
Artist Jossie Harris Thacker: Building On Where You Come From — Without Going To War With It

Artist Jossie Harris Thacker: Building On Where You Come From — Without Going To War With It

Some of us were taught that “healing” means disowning everything that shaped us. The accent.The neighborhood.The elders.The songs.The faith.The grit. [...]
Soul Train Dancer Tamechi Toney Briggs Influenced A Generation & Created Infamous MC Hammer Pants

Soul Train Dancer Tamechi Toney Briggs Influenced A Generation & Created Infamous MC Hammer Pants

I've been screaming! No one was going to tell me?  Now all those years watching Soul Train and I did not make this connection when MC Hammer, who I a [...]
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