Black folks and our spiritual journey…where are our stories?

Those closest to me know that for the past several years I have been on a bit of a spiritual journey, it started back in late 2007 when I started considering the idea of going to seminary. I had been recently laid off from my teaching job and was contemplating my next steps in life, …

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Tired of playing it safe…need your help. Yeah you!

While I share quite a bit about myself via this blog and Twitter, for as much as I share there is a lot that I don’t. After all over sharing is not necessarily a good look. That said in recent weeks I have dealt with a number of situations and circumstances that have convinced me …

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More Black Girls in Maine? Oh My!

Considering that one of my paying gigs involves writing about diversity in Maine, it was with great interest that I listened to the findings that were released from the Census Bureau yesterday about the state of Maine. It seems that between 2000 and 2010 Maine’s Black population increased by 132%! In real numbers that means …

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