The recent news and story concerning Actor Jussie Smollet being attacked and the subject of a possible hate crime by MAGA supporters is sickening and nothing less than despicable. I send prayers of healing to Jussie’s heart, mind, body. Undoubtedly, the attack is sound evidence that this country is at a point where hate seems… Read More My America: LGBTQ Community~ Hate Shall Not Prevail
** This article was originally written by me for and published by the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) Spring/ Summer Alumni Newsletter early 2018 and can be found here. It has been revised for this platform** ************************************ The main character in Spike Lee’s new series on Netflix, She’s Gotta Have It, is Nola Darling. … Read More My America: #MeToo, A Movement
These days, I am sad, angry, mad, angry, speechless, sad and then even more sad again. Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaks out for my people. For black and brown people, and then, is asked to issue an apology. She stands strong for minorities, marginalized folk. Folks who often go unheard and unrepresented, especially in the mist… Read More My America: Politics & Policies
Born during the same period as my Father, although, unlike my octogenarian Father, raised in the north. Hair, the color of cumulus clouds in the sky. Face speckled with age spots which slowly appeared out of nowhere over the years. She was sitting on a park bench in the middle of the day. More than… Read More My America: Reality Check
