When you hear the words “Flint, Michigan”, what images do you conjure up? The original issue was the switch from the Detroit water source system to the Flint River while waiting for a separate water pipeline to be completed. Since 2014 I’ve watched my sisters and brothers up the road Read more…
Historically, black people – especially black women – have been confronted with a myriad of inequalities, ranging from socioeconomic, cultural, and health aspects. Consequently, public and political discourses relating to wellness, more often than not, tend to focus on the numerous disparities between black women and the rest of the Read more…
Hey There – I know, I know…we’ve been living with technology throughout this pandemic and have started to develop fatigue from the technology. The last thing you want to hear about is technology for your time off. I get it! You just want to vaca freely and get a break Read more…
A fictitious mini story Dear Diary,It’s day 112. As I lay in this bed and think about my day, it’s hard to imagine how much my life has changed. For years I have been there to serve others. I was a nurse – a caregiver through and through. I always Read more…
Let’s talk about what I’m coining the “Triple Structure” Effect on Black people’s immunity. There are three types of structures that are influencing what is going on with black people’s health and immunity systems. The first structure that we want to think about is racism in itself. Racism is when Read more…
I have coronasomnia – and I’ve got a feeling you do too, my Sister. Recent research shows that blacks, dealing with continual racial and political attacks, distrust of the medical system and holding of shift-based jobs that require us to alter our sleep cycles. In the midst of the pandemic, Read more…
Genuine, authentic, and healthy black love is something that many of us strive to have. Black love can be a sacred, beautiful thing to experience…cultural in context, grounded in our struggle and growth. Within the larger frame of our society, others have tended to define and establish concrete and colonized Read more…
This is your inauguration too – did you realize this? YAAASSS, Hunty! It’s time that we as black women recognize and CELEBRATE our impact on our family, our communities, and ourselves. Yes, ladies…ourselves. From 60 years ago of a 6-year old girl making history by integrating school to a newly Read more…