#WhatsTheMessage EP 49: Empowering Black Christian Women
byThe What’s the Message podcast is a show hosted and sponsored by Message that is committed to engaging the questions, concerns, and issues that…
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When A Black Man is Born to an Irish Mother on St. Patrick’s Day
byLuck of the Smoked Irish I am Black. How do I know I’m Black? I learned it at school, of course. No, it wasn’t…
5 Ways to Enjoy a Socially Distanced Thanksgiving
byThanksgiving is Very Different Coronavirus COVID-19 has taken a lot from us this year. Seniors lost the joys of graduation. Grandparents lost the intimacy of family…
Alone Together
byAn Introvert’s Tips on Surviving Social Distancing My dreams have come true! Never did I imagine that this day would come. Due to the…
Behind the Myth That African American Children are “Lazy”
by“When I get home from work, he hasn’t done anything. The house is still dirty, and he’s laying around playing that stupid game. No…
Power Play: Giant Killers
by“Stand your ground and fight your battles like a man.” That was the counsel my absentee father gave me on the evening of our…
2019 September/October
byManaging the Millennial Family Humble travelers Earl and Thomia Campbell, offer a few points on this thing called life. FEATURES 11 More Than Money…
Legacy And Adoption
byWhen Two Love Stories Are Better Than One Through the lens of an adopted person, the notion of legacy is filled with complexity. …
Vaping: The Health Crisis Affecting Our Teens
byOur teens are in crisis. Over the last several weeks the number of teens reporting respiratory illnesses related to a new craze called “vaping”…
Coping With Dysfunctional Families
byIn the 5th grade I won the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) essay contest. I don’t remember what my paper was about or what…