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Mar 13

Eyes Wide Open

Last night, my son and I were in my Ayoka room. He was working on an assignment to create an infographic about himself. He had to use Canva and called me to help him with finetuning some of the design details: he told me what he wanted to do, I tell him how to achieve…
Feb 14

Claiming A Space

Did you know that Zora Neale Hurston is known as the first Black female filmmaker AND anthropologist? Wait. Lemme back up… do you know who Zora Neale Hurston is? I pray that you do. The name of this blog is actually an ode to her. Zora Neale Hurston is best known as an author and…
Jan 16

A New Home

Today, Empowering Single Moms, Inc. (ESM), the nonprofit for which I serve as executive director, is hosting an open house for our new home. We are so excited!!!! And this National Day of Service is the best day to have it. The ESM House is a rowhouse located in Wilmington, Delaware, that we purchased in…
Jan 15

What Has More Value, a Car or a Person?

On January 7th, a 13 year old boy, Karon Blake, was shot and killed by a man who thought he saw Blake “tampering” with neighborhood cars. The shooter, who has yet to be identified, came out of his home, had some sort of exchange with the boy, then shot him repeatedly. [This happened in Washington,…