Welcome to Summer 2015! Memorial Day brings about the beginning of summer, with kick off barbecues, and warmer weather. As Spring departs and Summer approaches, not only does the season change but we’re also challenged to change with the season. Spring brought about ‘Spring Cleaning,’ the need to de-clutter, take out the old to welcome […]
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By Theodore Mosely Your rights of living have no quality of life as we drive these streets that we are not to protect. Nowhere to run from us as we give you directions with our fingers on the trigger to subdue you. Holding forth the time of pretense, we gather together to take your life
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Mother’s day is here! I’ve heard it mentioned time and time again how being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Well, being a mother, I’d have to say I agree. One of the most important lessons that I learned in being a mother is to keep the lines of communication open. In the
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I’ve heard it said that there is nothing more magical than a classroom. I suppose there is some truth to that especially when the confines of a classroom aren’t limited to a space comprised of brick walls and a daydreamer’s view of a schoolyard playground. But, after interviewing my Mom, I am convinced that
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Don’t you just love how kids keep it real? They have an innocence that’s genuine and transparent, which is why we’re grateful to have 12-year old Walter interview his Mom Lynita, in our Ask Mama series honoring Mother’s Day. Read below the very poignant, straight forward and to the point conversation between a mother and her 12-year-old
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By Camille Shavon Growing up as the eldest child of a teenage mother had its share of adversity and challenges. After all, one might say, “you actually grow and learn together!” I am a firm believer that God orders your steps and predestineds your path. Thus I can truly say, aside from birthing four
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In honor of Mother’s Day on May 10, we invited our readers to share interviews, poetry and thoughts on motherhood. Below read Theodore Mosley’s poetic voice in the following. A MOTHER TO LOVE She is on a distant land within her mind as she crosses the path of her life for all to see.
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Writer Thomas Mosley’s poetic reflection on the senseless loss of Black lives. Your nights shielded you from Emmett Tills so that you could discover his life from your life. Sheets of cannibals persuaded the guns of Mississippi that Medgar Evers flesh was not human. Freedom was a duplication of my counterparts and I sat
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Family is everything. Right? For an intelligent nineteen year-old girl, who goes by the name of PJay, nothing could be further from the truth. Growing up in San Diego County, as one out of 18 siblings, all of whom are half (one parent is non biological), Prea’ Jhana Anderson has spent the majority of her
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No one ever said that being a sibling is easy. Let face it, there are times when we want to throw our hands up as if to say, ‘I’m outta here.’ Yet that protective bond draws us back into that circle of trust that we formed at the beginning of life. Check out article in
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