On the Blog
HBCU Pride. Thank You Beyoncé
By guest blogger Brianna Warren I could not take my eyes away as I sat and streamed Beyoncé’s Coachella performance live via YouTube—I was amazed! I noticed right away her show resembled bleachers at a football game—complete with a marching band, drumline, and majorettes. Her high energy and intensity-filled performance highlighted one of the most prideful and exciting times on a historically black college or university’s (HBCU) campus—homecoming. This is a time… Read More
I Blog for Liberation!
Yes, it is a fact that the nearly 50,000 children that attend Orleans Parish Public Schools need community people that can speak for the community. There is an overwhelming amount of children in my community who live in poverty and who need a voice to carry their plight to the spaces and conversations where they normally don’t exist. It is important to me that at one time or another in my life… Read More
Four Years Old and a Target of Racism
By guest blogger Kristle Pressley Fears. We all have them – fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of failure. Before becoming a mom, my fears were simple. I don’t do heights, I don’t do insects, and I don’t do clusters of tiny holes (yes, that’s an actual phobia called “trypophobia”). After giving birth to my daughter four years ago, my fears suddenly multiplied. As moms, we try to keep our kids… Read More
Why I Write: David McGuire
Eric Thomas, respectfully known as the “Hip Hop Preacher” is a person I listen to for motivation. One of my favorite motivational videos of his is “What’s Your Why?” The video reveals the story of why NBA Superstar Kevin Durant wears the number 35 and explains how the “Why” behind the number 35 motivates him as a basketball player. This video had me thinking “What is My Why?” Why do I choose… Read More
Unenroll NOLA:OneApp Don’t Love the Kids
The air is full of frustration in New Orleans among parents who have attempted to send their kids to the best NOLA schools. The deciding factor to get into New Orleans schools is a lottery based algorithm program called OneApp. Here’s is a link to how it all works according to EnrollNOLA the entity that runs OneApp through a partnership between the Orleans Parish School Board and the Recovery School District. This… Read More