My Personal Fear of Raising a Troy Davis

Tonight, many in the world wait with baited breath as t the fate of a man whose guilt is not conclusive. Troy Davis has become the symbol of a miscarriage of justice. Davis, a 42 year old Black male, was convicted of murdering police officer Mark MacPhail. The case is quite controversial because no evidence [...]

Generational Curses: Are You Carrying Any Baggage That’s Not Your Own?

This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a Women’s Retreat in connection to my church. While there, I spent the majority of my time with other Young Ladies aged 13 – 21 at the insistence of the older women of the church. At 25, I was pretty apprehensive because I’m an “adult” now and [...]

Help Youth in New Orleans by Voting for Project Excel in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge

Project Excel is in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Project Excel, a youth tutoring and enrichment program focused on the long-term academic success of youth in under-resourced areas of New Orleans, is an organization that sprouted in 2008. In the wake of school-restructuring post-Katrina, a Ninth Ward church organization, Compassion Outreach of America, decided that their [...]