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Garments in the Garden - Tallahassee

Garments in the Garden is my baby and I'm so excited that it's finally happening. A few of my talented friends helped bring it life including Lamont Howard, Leondra Saintil, Uju Ononuju and Gina Cherelus. It's an event that will be a marketplace for art, clothes and accessories. Small businesses are welcome to set up shop and promote their brands whether it be clothes, jewelry, art, etc. Individuals who are looking to clear out their closets of gently worn items or vintage items are able to donate these items to our team.

Refreshments will be served. Great music will be played and the event will also be a networking opportunity for creatives in Tallahassee.

RSVP at garmentsinthegarden.eventbrite.com!

Highlighting a Curator of Black Culture, Senator Geraldine Thompson

Geraldine Thompson, 66, is a supporter of black history and the arts. She voices her opinion through legislation, community work and advocates for the curation of black art and history.

Florida Senator Geraldine Thompson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in November of 1948 yet she grew up in Perrine, Florida which is in South Dade County.  She graduated from a segregated high school, May High School and then attended Miami Dade College where she earned her A.A. in 1968. In 1970 she received her B.Ed. in 1970 from the University of Miami and later moved to Tallahassee with her husband where he attended law school. Throughout a part of the couple’s time in Tallahassee she worked for Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry who was the first African American women to serve as a part of the Florida House of Representatives.

Leading Ladies Women in Executive Leadership on "The Hill" Panel Discussion: "Tell It On Tuesday"

  Yesterday in celebration of National Women's History Month I attended an event on campus titled "Leading Ladies" which was the first in a series of events which FAMU’s first woman president, President Elmira Mangum and her team have planned for this month.

The panel discussion was moderated by one of my favorite professors within the School of Journalism, Dr. Bettye Grable. She began the event introducing that we were privileged to hear and witness thoughts on the personal and professional lives of four women on “The Hill”. She also stated that women like Sojourner Truth and Maya Angelou represent beacons of what leadership, intellect and womanhood has looked like throughout history.

After this, the four panelists were introduced: President Elmira Mangum, Provost Marcella David J.D., Dr. Valencia Mattews (Dean, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities), Dr. Barbara Barnes (Vice President of Academic Affairs).

Throughout the event a series of questions were asked about the individuals and their journey to leadership. I truly enjoyed this event because it shed light on what it takes for women to overcome economic disadvantages, hardship, sexism and racism to attain their dreams and go after what they are passionate about.

Lady Wizards at SCAASI Conference

   The Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. (SCAASI) took place during February 12-14 in Montgomery, Alabama at the downtown Doubletree Hotel hosted by Alabama State University.

The SCAASI began in 1989 stemming from an African American History and Culture program at Texas Southern University. The successful conference led to the preservation African American History and Culture through academic fellowship and intellectual presentations for the past 35 years.

With the theme of Remembering Booker T. Washington scholars, professors and students from HBCU’s and PWI’s represented themselves or their respectful universities and colleges. Scholars submit academic study papers prior to attending the conference and are selected to present in panel discussions on a range of topics.

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The Faces of Black Feminism: Revitalizing Black Women’s Voices in the 21st Century

“Black women have been feminists since before the word ‘feminist’ existed,” said Aiesha Turman, a scholar-practitioner based in Brooklyn, N.Y. These words were uttered during an interactive panel in November open to the public which was hosted by the Brooklyn Museum on behalf of MAPP International of New York City and 651 Arts of Brooklyn, N.Y. The panel was titled: Beyond Binaries and Boxes and consisted of 5 women who are current contributors to the ever-growing space that Black women take up within feminism currently. Panels and multimedia articles on feminism are popular in specific communities, yet at times, Black women are left out of many conversations on feminism in the 21^st century which is problematic. 


There are many Millennials and women of Generation Y contributing to the voice of Black feminism on social media, on online self-publishing sites and on behalf of media platforms or at companies in which they work on a daily basis.

Mainstream feminism’s method of storytelling at times rarely highlights the trailblazers within the revitalized Black feminist movement in Western culture. Their contributions to the movement carry on the messages of Black feminism which the originators Alice Walker, Audre Lorde and bell hooks created years ago.