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Self Defense > Sexual Abuse

When I was around 6 years old, I was molested by a man who lived in my sisters husband’s home. I went to their house after school because my mother worked in a nursing home from 3pm-11pm and she did not want me to be home alone. My sister worked…

Sexual Abuse

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Self Defense > Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse

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Woman, you are enough!

In this cosmetic glam era, women and girls have to be intentional about building confidence and worth because this culture is not. This culture teaches us that something is wrong with every part of our body. It sells a product for almost every body part, starting with our head. Wigs…

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Woman, you are enough!
Woman, you are enough!
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Systematic Racism. Economic Racism. Class Racism. Political Racism.

Social policy is problem-oriented; that is, it attempts to improve the lives of people who need help in meeting certain needs. If people were able to meet their needs through their own efforts, society would not need to develop programs to help them (Burger, 2014, p. 277). Some of the…

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Systematic Racism. Economic Racism. Class Racism. Political Racism.
Systematic Racism. Economic Racism. Class Racism. Political Racism.
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Dear 18 Year Old Dana:

Life is a beautiful journey. To date, you have had some licks. Some hurts. Some disappointments and you have handled it all very well. As you leave home for Kent State University, stay. Finish your studies. Go to graduate school. Do what God called you to do. …

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Dear 18 Year Old Dana:
Dear 18 Year Old Dana:
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·May 31

Truth to Power

Don’t ever be bullied, coerced, intimidated or shamed into silence. Your truth may offend. It may shock. It may shake. One thing is for sure, it will always unnerve your perpetrators. The days of “what goes on in this house stays in this house” are over. Snatch the cover off of deceit, shame, hypocrisy and wickedness. Now and forever. I won’t be censored. I am a black woman sharing my story. I write about it. I produce plays about it. I publish books about it. I do stand up about it. I speak power to it. I live it.

Motherhood

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Motherhood

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Feb 26

Ri Ri Lesson #2

In one cover, Rihanna and Rocky defy Patriarchy! It takes a solid, strong human being of a man to acknowledge the extraordinary power of his woman and be cool with it. He needs to teach a master class! When they initially got together, I knew Rihanna was teaching us something…

Rihanna

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Ri Ri Lesson #2
Ri Ri Lesson #2
Rihanna

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Jan 27

Permission To Be Pleased

We all have received the Sacrificial Lamb memo. The enemies of our happiness and bliss, have made sure we have been inundated with information regarding all of the crises that abound outside of our front door and abroad. We are shocked and often traumatized by vile visual accounts of violence…

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Permission To Be Pleased
Permission To Be Pleased
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·Nov 9, 2022

Toxic Masculinity is Killing Men

Y'all know I am a RA RA Girl Power chic but every now and again, Spirit lays something on my heart for men. A few minutes ago, I called to check on a dear friend who just had major surgery. He was in ICU for a week and is home…

Toxic Masculinity

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Toxic Masculinity is Killing Men
Toxic Masculinity is Killing Men
Toxic Masculinity

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Jul 3, 2022

Children Deserve the Best!

I saw a post today on social media that really infuriated me. A woman posted that her father’s daughter stood her up for the Father-Daughter dance. Again. Let’s be clear, fathers do not stand children up so please stop referring to males who do as such. Secondly, why was he…

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Children Deserve the Best!
Children Deserve the Best!
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·Mar 27, 2022

Seated in the seat of my soul is one of my sacred and beautiful places.

Seated in the seat of my soul is one of my sacred and beautiful places. I arrive naked, vulnerable, and exposed. Ready to see what I see, and uncover what lies beneath pieces of man-made garments and layers of cosmetics designed to cover imperfections as opposed to celebrating them. I…

Women

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Seated in the seat of my soul is one of my sacred and beautiful places.
Seated in the seat of my soul is one of my sacred and beautiful places.
Women

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