Let me start by saying this post will probably be one of the most important posts I’ve written. Ive done my best to sit with my emotions and opinions and reflect on what i wanted to say and how i wanted to feel about it. So, here goes 🙂 In the last month or so,…
Tag: police brutality
The Beginning of a Powerful Movement in Black History
Black History Month is now among us, and as we use this month to commemorate powerful leaders and trailblazers amongst the African American race, I believe this should also be a time to pay tribute to those who unfortunately lost their lives to unjustified crimes, and the power and strength of a community to grow…
A Long Week, A Long Life
I was looking up a word in the dictionary and I noticed my word of the day (on 7/9) was jovial. My immediate response to that was “there was nothing jovial about this past week.”
Another Day, Another Face, Another Hashtag
So I wake up this morning, and have the unfortunate task of having to stomach yet another video posted on social media of a man being shot and killed. This morning, I saw another name as a hashtag. #AltonSterling
If you Didn’t Know Jesse Williams Was Woke, Now you Know.
If you were watching the BET Awards last night, then you know that Jesse Williams was given the 2016 BET Humanitarian Award. If you watched further, you would have heard this young gentleman render a powerful and thought-provoking speech. I was listening to him, and I immediately got engrossed in what he was saying; it…
