We See You. Do You See Us? This past week, more than 27,000 African American women including professionals, entrepreneurs, graduate students, and undergraduate students gathered in Las Vegas as members Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, one of the nation’s oldest and largest Black women’s service organizations. United by an enduring commitment to service, they demonstrated what collective leadership looks like in action. The timing of this gathering is striking. At a

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

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

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...