This is my take on the high I’m feeling after the blackest weekend in the blackest month. I’m black all day every day, not just in February. The weekend prior to this one was spent trying to make a dent in helping a city that’s mostly black feel some sense
The Rundown- A view of the Flint River in downtown Flint, Mich., Jan. 24, 2016. Photo by Danny Wilcox Frazier/VII for MSNBC Click on the picture to get the latest timeline of events in Flint as told by MSNBC. This past week I’ve been working diligently with the zealous ladies of
The metaphor of life being a journey is one that everyone uses when they hit the rough spots and need to remind themselves that there’s more road ahead. This past weekend contained every emotion humanly possible. The physical manifestation of the journey of life via the American tradition of the
The Setup- My first trip of 2016 was in celebration of my mother’s landmark birthday. To give you a little background, my mother and I have always had a very… unique relationship. This relationship has resulted in decades of us trying to figure out how to get along. She’s a
2015 was interesting and long as hell. This year felt like 3 of them jammed together with 1 Winter and 2 long Springs. This year was so odd that I decided to be sure that I captured the major moments of my own life and share them with you, my
Code Switching- The term, as it relates to those of us that effortlessly dance on the balance beam across the dichotomy of what it means to be Black in America is not new, nor is it exclusive to the Black experience. There have been blog posts and articles that do
Black Maggie 