by Jennifer Roberts, founder of Conversations In the Community I am still reeling from Saturday’s devastating news of the racially motivated mass murder that was committed by 18-year-old, Payton Gendron who was armed with an assault-style rifle. I am still outraged that 10 people were killed and three people’s lives were altered forever because of […]
The iconic civil rights activist Fannie Loue Hamer is known for having said, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” I sympathize with Mrs. Hamer’s frustration for I too am tired. “I’m tired of watching Black bodies be hunted like prey.” “I’m tired of overt and covert racism being ignored and dismissed in […]
Have you, as a parent, been ignorant of, confused, misinformed, saddened or outraged by America’s abuse of black people? Have you been wondering quietly to yourself or out loud to a group of trusted friends and family, “How did unarmed George Floyd get murdered by a police officer in broad daylight?” “Why was unarmed Breonna […]
Open your notebook. Log the times you think you failed. Read it to the wind. (Editor’s Note: For more writings as the previous haiku, you can find Katherine’s work at her website – -Katherine Gotthardt)
by Jennifer Roberts, founder of Conversations In the Community America is the land of the free… for some. Because of the 246 year legal enslavement of Africans and African Americans and the subsequent subjugation that continues today, African Americans collectively are not included in this blanket freedom that is supposed to be the right of […]
Prince William County Community Foundation sponsors the following article Prince William County, VA – Six lucky Prince William County high school seniors will soon meet with Prince William County Community Foundation (PWCCF) staff members and receive ascholarship to recognize their scholastic accomplishments and continued pursuit of education beyond high school. The PWCCF scholarship program receives […]
(Editor’s Note: the following piece has been submitted by Katherine Gotthardt of All Things Writing, LLC)
by Jennifer Roberts We understand equity and its effect on living a quality life. Equity affects the way we shop, eat, purchase vehicles and purchase homes. We even see it at work in little things that don’t seem to have much significance. Creating equitable environments is what we do. Look at the way we purchase […]
Another Friday word of inspiration by author Katherine Gotthardt Enough In the family of “Is there enough?” money plays hide and seek, food travels by foot, arriving when it can. Dinnertime stretches like grandma’s back. Can you still touch your toes? (Read: Will there be any left for me?) Mom asks about winter clothes. Anything […]
You’ve come to grips with it: no one’s in the audience. Every day, you hear yourself, reverberating in the mic, saying the same things in different ways, repeating your truths like mantras, your words like they came from the mountain. You must be doing something wrong, though. Nothing is happening. Nothing is changing. Nothing nods […]
