Inspiration

Celebrating our teachers is more than a sign of gratitude, it is an acknowledgment of the service they give to create foundational structure.

Personally and professionally, I can’t think of anything accomplished that did not have its string of obstacles before it.  Whenever you see highlight reels, you can assume there was plenty of obstacle hurdling on the way there.

Focus Forward.  Flatter yourself and your creator.

Creating the vision is important, holding to it even more so.  [Read More In The Post]

How we see a problem often is the problem.  [Read More In The Post]

Where we begin is a part of our story, but it does not define the last chapter.

Widely known for his seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University and was a founding member of the NAACP. [Read more in the post]

I will not take ‘but’ for an answer. – Langston Hughes

There is power in finding our points of commonality.

There is greater power in acknowledging our differences and how they serve the big “we.”

James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright, novelist, and activist who broke new literary ground by exploring racial and social issues in his many works. He was primarily known for his essays on the Black experience in America.  [Read more in post]