How are you Sis? Like me, you may be experiencing a range of emotions as a result of our presidential election…Anger, Sadness, Disappointment & Frustration. Please know, you’re exactly where you are suppose to be. Often, as a people, we are told or expected to swallow our emotions. However, stuffing your emotions isn’t a good […]
Featured on: ForHarriet.com Is the Academy a place where Black Women can achieve social justice? I attended the 2nd Annual Black Doctoral Network Conference with this one question in mind. With the recent uprisings in Ferguson, MO, and the discussions surrounding street harassment, one could argue that the United Sates is at a critical moment […]
Plainfield, New Jersey, is a moderately small town located south of New York City. Part of Union county, it has a population of 50,000 with a 70 million dollar operating budget. It’s the hometown of my soror and linesister, Annie McWilliams. A young Black woman who ran for the city council in 2008 at the […]