I am Not Succeeding Where I Want To Because The World Is Ending — There is a disturbing amount of war happening on the planet right now. In Uganda LGBTQ2S+ folks are fighting to be seen as human, in Yemin, people are fighting for food, in Palestine people are fighting for the right to live. In Europe, Africa, and all over the world people…

The world is harsh and cruel, so we fight to make it kind and gentle — Over four hundred years ago, the first ships destined to bring once-upon-a-time freed people to the Americas were sent all across the world to gather supplies. The supplies were human beings who were beaten, thrown into chains, and then onto ships, and sent out into the world. This was for…

From one day to the next, I never know who I’m going to be until the day is over — Survivors Connection Each Episode showcases Devon J Hall as she celebrates her mental health journey, by being unashamed of her body, and mind…youtube.com I honestly thought I’d never get to the place where I was the one who needed help because I’d become so proficient at providing help, I didn’t know it was okay for me to ask for help when I needed it.

In America and Canada, We Are Flat Out Lied To, On A Regular Basis — “Do you want to live in Africa? In the wilds where everyone is hungry and starved? No? Eat your broccoli.” American and Canadian children hear a variation of this lie, every day in their childhoods. Dirty room? “Do you want to live in Africa?” “Don’t you think they appreciate what they have?” Oh yeah, it’s the big white lie. When I was in school we learned about Residential Schools, in…

Four Days Until Survivor’s Connection…I Couldn’t Be More Proud — If We Are To Heal Then We Must First Discuss What’s Making Us Sick — Someone Wise I am absolutely petrified but completely proud to say that we’re only four days away from the 2nd annual event for Loud Mouth Brown Girl dot com. I wasn’t going to do the…

A White Person Asked Me This Once, And It Took Me 5 Years to Answer — Her hands in the fields were sore, every day. Her feet in the fields every day were exhausted. She had pains in her back she didn’t know how to describe because so did everyone else. She worked in the fields. Until she was…in the house. Until she was in the…

I Should Be More Clear — “I Need Help Understanding Something…” The conversation started, and before I go into what was said I need to explain some things, for context. The person who messaged me has been very open about the fact that he, a white man, was raised by a white supremacist. He’s detailed all…

Black Folks Have To Fight Back — *Trigger Warning* This post details experience with sexual abuse. Please be cautious when reading and seek help if you need it. “If today we have, indeed, stepped into a chapter of true freedom, then it is our responsibility to speak boldly where our ancestors had to whisper, and to prioritize…

This is a Question I am Seriously Asking — I refuse to apologize for being poor and for being Black when the reason I’m poor is that my teachers deliberately sabotaged me, and my genetics made me this way. That sounds like an excuse doesn’t it? “My teachers sabotaged me,” but they did. When I was growing up, and…