Being a Black Woman at Work: From the Supreme Court to Hollywood
We all know too well the frustration and anger behind the composure and “professional” demeanor of Ketanji Brown Jackson during the confirmation hearing last week. It’s what many of us regularly endure in work settings. The major difference is that this played out on a national stage for all to see. While many praise Judge […]
Sometimes, Black History is about Healing
ICYMI: The Ladipo Group hosted a 4-part Twitter Spaces series, This Isn’t Just About Cosby in response to the documentary, We Need to Talk About Cosby. We want to give voice to the silence of trauma. It’s about something greater, something that has weighed on our communities for far too long. This is about us […]
We’re Not Okay
The first month of the new year is over and we’re not okay. We’re struggling to work and live and grieve an ongoing, collective trauma as we enter the third year of COVID. At this point, we’ve all known someone with COVID, had it ourselves, have buried a loved one from it, or some combination […]
A new way of looking at the New Year
I remember feeling some relief when 2020 ended because 2021 had to be a better year, right? And here we are at the end of another long, exhausting, stressful, and unsettling year, but one that’s also been filled with joy, celebration, connection, and kindness. So often we exist in an either/or space. Either we’re happy […]
Help for Handling the Holiday Season
Many of us are dealing with the triple whammy of mood changes with decreased sunlight, stress about the upcoming holidays, and still navigating the pandemic and all that goes along with it. If daylight saving time is affecting your mood in your part of the U.S., you’re not alone. Starting and ending your day in […]
