Category: News + Notes

As part of the Black Writer’s Program I’m participating in via the NY Writer’s Coalition, each week we’re given a prompt with which to write about. This week’s prompts was on the LGBTQ+ community. I selected the one where you describe a memory in which you recall an experience with the community. We were given…

As part of the Black Writer’s Program I’m participating in via the NY Writer’s Coalition, each week we’re given a prompt with which to write about. This week’s prompts were on death. I selected the one where you create a poem. We were given 30 minutes to write something and then we shared our pieces…

Jeremiah 29:11 Consulting has helped brands shape their digital presence for more than two decades Entrepreneur, consultant, and storyteller Robert Tompkins has a vision. He wants to help people “design a life” by adopting creative mindsets and then equipping them with the tools to get there. The goal is to help them carefully roll out…

I travel at least once a month when we’re not in a pandemic. I used to have suitcases and all kinds of backpacks to carry my stuff but in recent years I’ve purchased and dutifully used this bag, the Modoker Convertible Garment Bag, and hold it dear as my most prized travel essential.

As the COVID-19 pandemic looms, protests for justice and accountability grow, and an election nears, Americans are at odds over which has more power – the talk or the walk. We are in crisis. As I write this article, instances of racial violence and racist threats toward Black people in America flood social and news…

Rockim Williamson, a thought-provoking artist with songs like “Confidence,” “Waves” and “America (What’s Wrong?),” has always been musically gifted. “From a young age, I was singing, rapping and performing.” Throughout the course of his musical career, Williamson has sought out spaces that would help him unite listeners seeking positive, relaxing, and light soul music in these turbulent times.…

Fractal Gridding is an emerging visual learning system invented by diasporan African American, Dr. Rod King, and Dr. Thompson is involved in building this new ecosystem that has the potential of being on a Facebook level. Fractal Gridding has allowed for rapidly brainstorming, planning and mapping out ideas and thoughts. This is but one example…

Detroiters know all too well the accompaniment of the trucking industry and the automobile industry; an ensemble that started after World War I when heavy-duty trucks began to share some of the shipping load with the railroads.

As the nation is advised to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Americans rest under the choice of increased racial profiling and even death versus personal health and safety.