With the recent rash LGBT teen suicides and a regular pattern of hypocritical preachers or politicians being outed monthly, sexuality is a constant hot topic in the media. In this environment, it's getting more challenging for public figures to stay in the closet without their conscious haunting them. This weekend, CNN anchor and award-winning journalist, Don Lemon, announced that he was gay in a New York Times article, which highlighted his memoir, Transparent, in stores June 16th. Lemon is one of the most visible African-American journalists today. He is the first black, mainstream journalist on a major ...
Introduction Last week, CNN aired a special entitled “Black in America – Part 2” profiling the lives of different African-Americans all around the nation. I watched with anticipation as the CNN crew was profiling an organization in which I am affiliated, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (www.ml4t.org). MLT is a program that helps aspiring minority business school applicants attain their dream of attending a top notch business school. Out of all the underrepresented minorities at Cornell’s business school, well over half went through the rigorous MLT program. I was on Facebook giving regular status updates about the nostalgia I was feeling from going ...
Introduction I have had great conversations with many potential entrepreneurs this summer. Two questions are asked to me more than any other. The first question is “Where do I start if I want to create my own company?” The second question is “How do you find time to run your company and also attend business school?” I will answer both of these questions in this article as well as explain the power of creating a cloud company which is the next evolution in web entrepreneurship. It can be difficult at times to run a company and go to school, but it is ...
Word of the Day: “Support”….4. give active help and encouragement: to give active help, encouragement to somebody or something.
According to psychologist, there are several “basic human needs” that every person has. One of these is the need for certainty (stability, safety and comfort). Studies show that when infants are not given “support” through acts of affection, endearing Read more...
Word of the Day: “Commitment”…. “Individual commitment to a group effort…that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work”. - Vince Lombardi
“For better or for worse”???
In today’s society, it’s all too common for people to enter into marriage with an “opt out” clause or better yet, a “when Read more...
When you hear all of the negative affects the great recession has had on the economy the one that seems to stand out the most, but receives the least attention, is the high unemployment rate among African-American men. There have been many studies done to track how the recession has affected Read more...
With the recent rash LGBT teen suicides and a regular pattern of hypocritical preachers or politicians being outed monthly, sexuality is a constant hot topic in the media. In this environment, it’s getting more challenging for public figures to stay in the closet without their conscious haunting them.
This weekend, CNN anchor Read more...
Here’s some advice to accompany Gary Thurber’s tips to solidify your financial footing. In addition to Gary’s tips, you can take another important step to minimize financial disaster before you lose a job: Eliminate unnecessary spending right now.
Miscellaneous expenditures like a routine cup of coffee or tea in the morning Read more...
Last week, more hoopla around unmarried black women dominated the media — again. The Associated Press reported that according to government statistics, in 2008 72 percent of African-American children were born to unwed black mothers. Even though the author, Jesse Washington, mentioned that racism, disproportionate poverty and high rates of incarceration Read more...
Tyler Perry sounded like he was channeling Madea herself last week when the usually reserved filmmaker told reporters that his fellow director — and critic — Spike Lee "can go right to hell, and all y’all can print that!" He got his wish — the quote has been printed worldwide.
No stranger to Read more...
Fifty-two years ago this week, Imitation of Life, the legendary film about racial identity, was released in theatres. The movie was adapted from Fannie Hurst’s novel and a remake of the 1934 original.
Imitation of Life told the story of Sarah Jane, a light-skinned Black girl (both of her parents were Black) who could pass Read more...
My articles are always inspired by my clients, friends, and the community I serve when they email me their questions about their health and their diets. I always feel so inspired to help and write and serve and so I wanted to write this blog post about conquering stress since a good friend of mine Read more...
On the back of my book The Goddess of Raw Foods, I say, "The revolution starts at the dinner table!" The dinner table is representative of so many things: healthier eating habits, communal eating and living, healthy conversation and ideas exchange, and it also signifies the coming together of different members of the family unit Read more...
