If It Starts Feeling Like Work, I Won't Be Doing It!

November is all about practicing the power of no. In this story, you’ll discover the things you want to do in life, don’t have to feel like work. Turn your attention and focus to what makes your soul sing and bring you joy. And when something starts to feel like work, you can simply say, no, I won’t be doing it.

Short Stories, OpinionPauline MansfieldNovember 10, 2021Work, Purpose, do what you love Comment

Black Lives Really Do Matter

Recent Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement has amplified awareness of racism and stirred up anger in the Black community, and rightfully so. Connie Perry, a mother and grandmother, provides a thoughtful reflection on the Black lives who were lost or innocently incarcerated and convicted.

Opinion, CultureConnie PerrySeptember 15, 2021Black Lives Matter, Wrongful Arrest, Connie Perry, Equal Justice Initiative, EJI, Montgomery Alabama, Bryan Stevenson, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Cornelius Dupree, Glenn Ford, Anthony Wright, Jimmy Dennis Comments

Juneteenth

On June 19, 1865, news finally reached Galveston, Texas, announcing that the war had ended, and all enslaved people were now free. From that day forward, June 19th became known as Freedom Day for African Americans, the day to celebrate the emancipation of the enslaved. Why, then, have African Americans celebrated someone else’s Freedom Day and not our own?

Black History, Education, OpinionPauline MansfieldJune 17, 2021juneteeth, shai reshef, dr. martin luther king jr., june 19 1865, freedom, african american independence, galveston, galveston texas Comments

Easter Reflections As A Black Girl In The Rural South

While the current state of affairs has us practicing social distancing and quarantining in the midst of the holiest week of the year, our founder relives some of her memories of Easter as a little girl in Alabama.