Twenty-eight years ago, two things happened that changed the trajectory of my life. I signed up for a stint as an AmeriCorps Vista, training to become a community organizer and working in a community on the far North side of Chicago and I found Jesus. I was baptized in Lake Michigan, and from that day …
Since 2008, Black Girl in Maine Media has been a Maine-based blog and resource for anti-racism work. Over the years, we have had a number of talented writers as part of our crew, including internationally known bluesman and storyteller Samuel James. Until late last year, Samuel was a regular BGIM Media staff writer, who you …
In my 15 years of running Black Girl in Maine, only once have I ever done a Go Fund Me-style campaign, and that was a few years into blogging, when my laptop unexpectedly died. However, life recently has thrown enough curveballs at me—namely in the form of my health—that I realized that pride cometh before …