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Blog by Dr. LEW


Black Box Gift-give the gift that keeps on giving this season by and for women of color.
Black Box Gift A Great Gift I am naming what many of us already know: more than 300,000 Black women have lost significant streams of income in recent years many of them entrepreneurs, creatives, and thought leaders. Forced lifestyle shifts, shrinking opportunities, and economic structures that consistently marginalize Black women are yet again minimizing our lives, labor, and leadership. We can debate the causes macroeconomic shifts, intentional political agendas that push Bl

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Dec 25, 20252 min read


Silent Night
Sunday, December 20, 2025, marked the Winter Solstice the longest night of the year. For others, the day was observed as Blue Christmas. Though these events are not inherently connected, Blue Christmas services are often held in December as sacred acknowledgment that the holiday season is not joyous for everyone. For many, this time of year is layered with grief, loss, rejection, illness, loneliness, and unresolved pain. Physical ache and emotional wounds do not quiet themsel

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Dec 22, 20252 min read


RESISt
Google Images: Threads I haven’t posted in weeks—frankly, because I’m exhausted. Trump-tigue, I call it. Ironically, it hasn’t even been...

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Feb 10, 20252 min read
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