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Choosing To Be Black Living History-Not Just In February
I share words on a quarterly basis or so at The Mudroom blog. It's' been a brave, safe, vulnerable collective space to unpack the uglies and the sacred found navigating the complicated intersections of faith, race and gender. I'd like to share one of my recent post I...
Guest Visit on S.I.T.U.P. Podcast
I sat down with S.I.T.U.P. and chopped it up with all things Black Girl Portland Magic, faith, belonging and so much more!Hmmmmm. Got me thinking maybe I too could do this podcast thing one day?Listen in Fam!S.I.T.U.P. with Leroy Barber-Episode...
Faith + Equity Turns One in Toronto
"Happy Birthday to ya!!Happy Birthday to ya!!Happy Birthday!!!!!!!"-Stevie Wonder Style Celebrated Faith and Equity's first birthday in C A N A D A, y'all!!! Let me tell you something - there are mini-revolutions happening everyday in living rooms, cafes, bus stops...
Making of a Remnant Keeper
Someone just blew up my neighborhood with an AK57 etched with these letters - g e n t r i f i c a t i o n. My layman’s definition of the word is “moving Black folks, so white folks can move in.” Black folks are not alone in this war. Our Native American brothers and...
The Night Jesus Played a Bass & Rocked an Afro
She bought my ticket months ago when she saw the hair standing high, like a full sunrise shining and the name Esperanza in the same line of Ode Joy. I had said yes to the invitation but had totally forgotten about the plans we had made. You see, my Big Sis Doreen is a...
Surviving Racial Disasters
It Happened. Again. Sneaker waves omyf racist lashes and systematic suicides keep hitting our neighborhoods, news feeds and nerve systems. Past reports about Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Ezell Ford have now been replaced with fresh videos of Walter...
Choosing To Be Black Living History-Not Just In February
I share words on a quarterly basis or so at The Mudroom blog. It's' been a brave, safe, vulnerable collective space to unpack the uglies and the sacred found navigating the complicated intersections of faith, race and gender. I'd like to share one of my recent post I...
Guest Visit on S.I.T.U.P. Podcast
I sat down with S.I.T.U.P. and chopped it up with all things Black Girl Portland Magic, faith, belonging and so much more!Hmmmmm. Got me thinking maybe I too could do this podcast thing one day?Listen in Fam!S.I.T.U.P. with Leroy Barber-Episode...
Faith + Equity Turns One in Toronto
"Happy Birthday to ya!!Happy Birthday to ya!!Happy Birthday!!!!!!!"-Stevie Wonder Style Celebrated Faith and Equity's first birthday in C A N A D A, y'all!!! Let me tell you something - there are mini-revolutions happening everyday in living rooms, cafes, bus stops...
Making of a Remnant Keeper
Someone just blew up my neighborhood with an AK57 etched with these letters - g e n t r i f i c a t i o n. My layman’s definition of the word is “moving Black folks, so white folks can move in.” Black folks are not alone in this war. Our Native American brothers and...
The Night Jesus Played a Bass & Rocked an Afro
She bought my ticket months ago when she saw the hair standing high, like a full sunrise shining and the name Esperanza in the same line of Ode Joy. I had said yes to the invitation but had totally forgotten about the plans we had made. You see, my Big Sis Doreen is a...
Surviving Racial Disasters
It Happened. Again. Sneaker waves omyf racist lashes and systematic suicides keep hitting our neighborhoods, news feeds and nerve systems. Past reports about Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Ezell Ford have now been replaced with fresh videos of Walter...