The Legacy of Africa in the Diaspora
As we journey through life, we are constantly surrounded by the beauty of diverse cultures and traditions. As we come off the designated month for Black History the African American expnce with history has been fraught with extreme disenfranchisement, abandonment, and disconnection from the motherland.
Read MoreIn the epoch of digital connectivity, a paradoxical phenomenon has come to the fore: as the virtual networks grow wider and the avenues for online interaction expand, human connections ostensibly grow stronger. Yet, beneath this veneer of closeness, lies a chasm of isolation that seems to deepen with each technological advancement.
Read MoreThe Door of “ No Return “ has been a symbol of the African American journey for centuries. It represents the painful and traumatic experience of slavery, where millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homes and brought to the Americas to work as slaves. This journey has left a lasting impact on the mental and emotional well-being of African Americans, who have had to navigate systemic racism, discrimination, and inequality for generations.
Read MoreAmerican Independence Day. Independent of a tyranny from persecution in the pursuit of freedom. Somehow, the American Republic managed to exert that tryranny upon others through genocide and slavery. The horror of tyranny is in the separation of all planetary relationships.
Read MoreThe 2nd part of this blog will centre on the five areas of human activity, with a focus on how the urban school environment hinders Black and Brown students and their teachers from fully expressing their humanity. It raises the question of, how can teachers acknowledge the diverse aspects of their students' humanity when their own humanity is compromised.
Human activity and our experiences occur in the physical, mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual domains of our being. When we become constrained in any one of these domains the harmony within our being becomes compromised. Balance is difficult to achieve, however, the softness and spaciousness of harmony generates a new awareness of being.
Read More“Incarceration damages familial relationships and stability by separating people from their support systems, disrupting continuity of families, and causing lifelong health impacts that impede families from thriving.
Read MoreWhen parental figures are absent from the home, there is a higher potential of there being less oversight and guidance of the children that live there, which may lead to childhood trauma and poor decision making moving forward.
Read MoreIf the dad is removed from the home, that takes away financial support to the family living there. What may not be as obvious is the trickledown effect that going from a two- income household down to one or removing the sole provider from the home has on those who are left to adjust to those life circumstances.
Read MoreAcross the nation, men father children and become “Dad”, “Daddy”, “Pops” or some form of a more sentimental identity than father. Each one, a sacred term used by children, young and old, to express the highest degree of trust, security, and love exchanged between a father and his child.
Read MoreWhen faced with the dilemma of parenting and teaching, when does the parent in you show up and when does the teacher show up. As I contemplate my journey of being a parent/teacher and teacher/parent, I have come to know something about these roles.
Read MoreIn many self-development communications courses and training programs, spiritual books and other secular readings speak about the power of words. All of them start with the premise that our words create our world. In this writing we will look at the conveying of words and their meaning as information and communications as a form of languaging in a situational context.
Read MoreWhen faced with the dilemma of parenting and teaching, when does the parent in you show up and when does the teacher show up. As I contemplate my journey of being a parent/teacher and teacher/parent, I have come to know something about these roles. I realize that there is no real demarcation between the two worlds of parenting and teaching. Trading places is a misnomer used to separate the roles.
Read MoreAs the world around us evolves, it is becoming more important to properly prepare and support youth, especially Black and brown youth formal educational outcomes. Within the realm of support there is discussion surrounding the increased need for growing responsibilities of parents as teachers and teachers as parents.
Read MoreChildren are the beacon of all that is great and positive in the universe. Their joy and kindness are like that of no other. Babies, toddlers, and young children build relationships with others despite age, race, religion, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or any other differentiating factor that adults allow to divide themselves and the world around them.
Read MoreArt, since its conception, has been an intricate form of both expression and release; benefitted by both artist and admirers alike. Art also takes on many forms; Creating customized methods of expression and release for every individual person across the world. And though each form is customized, making it so individually unique, art brings community and healing to those who embrace it -Forms two vital pieces of life that everyone needs.
Read MoreWho we are and what we have become in a postmodern world is whoever we choose to be, not bound by the constructions of modern man and his ignorance of the whole and his separation of the parts without a clue about how they should be re-assembled. Modern man’s ignorance to the beauty and function of the difference in creation and what it means in terms of the evolution of humanity has created unmitigated borders of pain and suffering.
Read MoreWe hardly ever consider the effects of place and space on human action. When we hear someone state, "I need space," they are asking much more than just a physical separation. It's the place where our entire being exists. This blog will explore what it means to identify empty places and develop healing spaces. We make speculations about fresh approaches to expressing who we truly are from the inside out. The five areas of the human experience will be discussed, and each area will have a new relationship proposed.
Read MoreAcross the nation, men father children and become “Dad”, “Daddy”, “Pops” or some form of a more sentimental identity than father. Each one, a sacred term used by children, young and old, to express the highest degree of trust, security, and love exchanged between a father and his child. In most cultures, men are known to be the foundation of their home.
Read MoreChild of the contested reality of being black in America. I was born and grew up in the south. Early in my life during a period when segregation was the norm, my early schooling was attended to by a great grandmother, great aunts, a neighborhood, a community of extended care givers and an institution where care was present, even as I rebelled against the nature of that authoritarian care.
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