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The Hate U Give– My Comparison by Taylor Porter
Hi everyone! My name is Kiandria and I'm interning for JeannePorterKing.com for the summer. I've been writing for this blog in the Anti-racism series, with the help of Kristen Cowart who served as editor. Now I’ll be editing and managing the blog. This week, I am...
Colorism, what exactly is it?
Editor's note: This article was written by Kiandria Cowart, a rising college junior, majoring in Communication and minoring African American Studies. **** Our goal is to be able to become antiracists, but we first have to become aware of all inequalities. Visit...
Just Mercy–A Review
Editor's note: This review of the movie Just Mercy was written by Kiandria Cowart, a rising college junior, majoring in Communication and minoring African American Studies. **** Our goal is to be able to become antiracists, but we first have to become aware of all...
STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism and You – Reflections From A Young Black Woman
Editor’s note: I’d like to welcome my niece, Kiandria Cowart to the blog. Kiandria is an emerging junior at California University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Communications and minoring in African American Studies. She is also on the volleyball team... Go #7! When...
Black Lives Matter at Work
This has been a tough season for Black people for sure, and it is a moment of reckoning for the nation, even our world. Sustained mass protests calling for reform or radical reshaping of racist structures have caught the nation’s attention. The clarion call...
“I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision For Racial Reconciliation”– My Summary
Note: On my blog site last week, I had committed to my readers to post a series of summaries of books on anti-racism and social justice. I noted that people who have previously been silent are now asking how to learn more about racism. Others...
A Call for the Wailing Women
“It’s time to call for the wailing women” Those were the words I’d hear from time to time in the church of my youth, led by my Granny and, then my Aunties. When I went away to college and attended a church filled with strong praying women, I’d hear that...
God Still Has the Last Say: Racism Won’t Overpower Our Faith
Yesterday morning I was preparing to lead my Women’s Ministry 7 AM weekly prayer call. I was planning to use a devotional method called Lectio Divina to have the women reflect on Ephesians 3:20-21 before we prayed. I had been contemplating and meditating on...
Alone Together: 10 Ways to Stay Connected with Friends & Family
by guest blogger, Kristen Cowart @LadyKay_00 on Twitter As we’re practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, it can be tricky staying connected with friends and family. However, I find it’s important to check in on the people around us and make time...
On Mental Wellness: A Helpful Framework for This Stay-At-Home Season
As part of my April WELL Women Series, I shared a neat framework on mental wellness that I learned about this past Saturday on an NPR segment featuring Dr Su Varma, a psychiatrist out of New York. She was being interviewed on NPR about strategies for singles or people...
The Hope of Holy Week Playlist
This is Holy week, the week leading to Resurrection Sunday. My Facebook friends joined me on Wednesday of this week to look at how the songs of this holy season help to inspire hope within us during this pandemic. Then they helped me build our Holy Week playlist. I...
The Power of Reading
One of my favorite activities is to sink into a steaming bubble bath with a good book. Reading takes me to places far away, visiting with people of different lands, cultures and times. What better time to explore The Power of Reading than now, while most of us are...
