Bless up for the New Year 2022


2021 has been a year of both challenge and triumph for many of us. At times out hearts were heavy with grief having to deal with our losses. We picked ourselves up with the drive and determination not to be beaten, only to emerge on the other side better and stronger....

New Year Warrior


The New Year belongs to the warriors. Regardless of how you arrived at this point, there is a most undeniable and splendid truth. You made it! 2021 simmered and at times threatened to emotionally boil over into a torrential down pour of despair and abject apathy. But...

Allies and Friendships


We can count the dough or kick a flow  Or chill out watching videos  Or actin really silly yo but really doe  All that can end  Whether at the bar with superstars  Or cruisin in the trooper car  I really don’t...

George Floyd a year on


In 2020 there was an almighty shift in the cosmos. The Gods or fate or some intergalactic villain …maybe from let us say Titan, had snapped his fingers and just like that many of us watched helplessly as those around us simply, sadly just slipped away. As the world...

Malcom X


Picture me as a 14-year-old.   Adolescent, head too big for an ever-changing body. Voice intermittently breaking (usually right in the middle of me chatting someone up), effortlessly slim athletic body covered with beautiful black melanin that I had no idea...

Imagine an alternate reality


Let’s collectively imagine the following scenarios. Allow yourself to tap into your empathy for just a moment. Imagine a black owned national institution steeped in over 100 years of history that creates world famous ikons and generates billions of pounds. Imagine...