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The Love of 10,000: Gift-A-Book Campaign
Read more: The Love of 10,000: Gift-A-Book CampaignI am hopeful that the youth and families that receive this book will be reminded of the legacies of love that surround them every day. I am also hopeful that our work will support literacy in our communities, while also providing access to resources to support the mental and emotional wellbeing of our “#nextgenleaders.
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It’s Already In You
Read more: It’s Already In YouWhether you are passing on the ability to dream dreams, to love fully and unapologetically or to work towards justice, it all starts from a very special place: Inside of you! Your benevolent ancestors made sure of it!
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The Poem I Will Never Write
Read more: The Poem I Will Never WriteYou will forever be that forbidden poem that I will never write, but whose words will dance and sing in my heart. I will go on to write many pieces, for that is what makes me feel connected to humanity. But that poem is sacred…
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Are You “Should-ing” on People?
Read more: Are You “Should-ing” on People?We live in a society that shoulds all over us. This “should-ing” as I am starting to call it or “Should Statements” are actually one of a number of what psychologists call, Cognitive Distortions.
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Hold on to THIS Receipt!
Read more: Hold on to THIS Receipt!Excerpt: “May the person named reclaim that they and the generations that are to come are free and can continue to live from a place of liberation, health, love, prosperity and bountiful joy.”
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Poem: She Who Names the Flames
Read more: Poem: She Who Names the FlamesWhat you couldn’t comprehend was the fact that those very same flames were the very exact same ones my Ancestors taught me to tame.
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Love, “The Dream” & Healing Our Worlds
Read more: Love, “The Dream” & Healing Our WorldsOn this day, the day before we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and all those that fought with him, re-member the relationship between justice, liberation and love (and the fact that all 3 start at home).
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The Gift of Acceptance
Read more: The Gift of AcceptanceThank you for the kind responses to my last reflections on my mother’s life. I greatly appreciate each of you for being a part of this virtual transformative learning circle wherever you may be in the world. My hope is that by sharing my learnings (and unlearnings) I am supporting the reflective process of our…
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The Next Divine Assignment
Read more: The Next Divine AssignmentMy mom…did not come to this world filled with fear. However, when her purpose, joy & talents were constantly undermined…She could no longer access that thing hidden deep down in her soul that others could not see & only she & the Divine cultivated.
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Poem: Love is Our Reality
Read more: Poem: Love is Our RealityWhat happens when the warmth of a new day, a new joy, a new will emerges? Emerges and re-minds and re-members and re-calls us back to love? Re-news our minds and re-minds us that we are loved?
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What Are the Stories of Your Petals?
Read more: What Are the Stories of Your Petals?As I hear Tupac’s truth through his beautiful metaphor of the rose that grew from concrete, while taking in both Nikki’s associated poem and the quote about change; I am led to the only question I have for us: What are the stories of your petals?
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Are You Tired of Wearing a Mask?
Read more: Are You Tired of Wearing a Mask?Maya Angelou’s words found me when I was 15-years-old and have traveled life with me for more than three decades. I have long admired her brilliance with words. However, it was the way she was able to write herself back into her personhood (while living a very colorful and well textured life) that made me…
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