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Spring is springing

by Barbara Henry · 7 comments

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I know so because rain drops have been replaced, if only temporarily, with sunshine, and my purse is now stocked with Benadryl.  Although Spring doesn’t officially arrive for another couple of days, the sweet smells of colorful flowers and bright green grass and full trees are doing a number on my nose and eyes.  Luckily, my daughter isn’t bothered with alergies so she is free to enjoy nature, while her mother works at trying not to puff up like a blow fish and scare the innocent park dwellers.  But even with the tears and the itchiness, Spring is still an enjoyable time of the year because, with it comes a kind of renewal.  A renewal of life.  Like the buds on bushes, and the new leaves amongst the trees, I want to blossom this season – in love, in spirit, in purpose.

What do you enjoy most about Spring time?

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Sweet Tea Tuesdays: Kids Nowadays

by T. Allen-Mercado
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“What is it with our young people?”I’m going to share some of my theories and that of other wonderful respected parents as we try to uncover the mystery behind the minds of our youth.

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Rocking The Red Pump!

by Renée Ross
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Today is National Women and Girl’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and I am rocking my red pumps to raise awareness about a problem that still is prevalent in the U.S.  Currently the media focuses primarily on the International HIV/AIDS epidemic and it is very easy to forget that here in the

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Sweet Tea Tuesdays: Friendship

by T. Allen-Mercado
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For all intents and purposes, Stephanie and I were destined to be friends: we’re both women of color, we’re sisters, daughters, aunts, imagined albeit faithful concubines of R&B singer Maxwell and professional teeth-sucking side eye shootin’ I got your actin’ up in public even if you aren’t my child mothers. Yet, we share a dissimilarity that has historically reduced friendships, marriages, families, empires and nations to ruins: religion.

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The African-American Beauty Conundrum

by Adiaha Ruane
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Of late I have been really worried about raising two beautiful girls who are on the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of African-American beauty. I worry that my oldest lighter skinned daughter will naturally be accepted as more beautiful than her darker younger sister. It sounds so silly

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New Column: Sweet Tea Tuesdays

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Iced or hot, honey or sugar when Southern women commune there’s gon’ be some sweet tea! Welcome to Sweet Tea Tuesdays, my NEW! weekly column.

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Are you using the right social networks?

by Stephanie Elie
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A look at the top 15 Social Media Resources ranked by Website Magazine.
With so many social networks popping up, how do you know which one is the best for you, your brand or your business? I remember when I first got my feet wet into social networking, I signed up

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Who’s In Your Tent?

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Off the top of your head, or perhaps your ear is still warm from your last phone call, who has been an integral part of your life, who knows your story better than you, who’s in your tent?

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What will come of us?

by Barbara Henry
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Its not always easy to put into words the experience of growing up in a rough neighborhood, one where drugs and crime have the upper hand. I remember being almost immune to the sound of gunshots because they were so common. I also remember, one morning on my way to

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Enlightenment to Endarkenment: Grab the Mic

by Catherine Anderson
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I am always on the verge of choosing which kind of person to be. I blink, and I choose again. I choose several times a day, every day. I wake up and I have to start choosing all over again.  I am talking about how I engage with understanding race.

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Skype for your business calls

by Kristina Daniele
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Like many web designers and social media addicts, I spend a exuberant amount of time on my computer. I usually tell people “if you want to get in touch with me- skip the phone and email me instead.” After all, talking on the phone requires that I stop doing whatever

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Like mother, like daughter

by Barbara Henry
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Both, my daughter and I, have been very blessed over the past 6 years, to be surrounded by individuals who are all heading in the same direction.  We live in a relatively safe community of students, with an elementary school in a good district, right in our backyard.  This was

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