Your girl is officially a children’s book author! 🎉📚✨Ecstatic to announce the release of my first children’s picture book, Two Homes. Published by my own self publishing company Eva-Michelle & Family Publishing. Available for purchase on Amazon!
https://t.co/ToEmpp4yoV
As we prepare to take the streets tomorrow to enjoy the festivities of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, let us carry with us the deep history of it all and the spirit of our ancestors whose literal blood, sweat and tears enable us to celebrate today. My latest
It was very important for me to not just give my thoughts but to highlight the voices of community members who carry the culture and heritage with pride and do their part to keep it alive for the next generation. My latest
I left Jamaica for Canada in search of greater opportunities. This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about the many traditions I want to pass on — and the ones that must end with me.
My latest for @TheAgenda
Special thanks to the Smile Jamaica family for having me yesterday to share my experience as a journalist in Toronto and the release of my new children's book, Two Homes, available for purchase on Amazon. https://t.co/umDU5CGLmu
Kabrena Robinson is a Jamaican Reporter in Toronto who specialises in writing about issues relating to social justice, race, ethnicity, and the Caribbean community. She zooms in to share her story for this morning's #DisaporaCheckIn.
Four years ago, @charneland, @KabrenaRob @alexa_dimitruk and @rlowrey95 and I piled into an SUV and drove to Cleveland to cover the election.
We watched the results come in at bar playing host to a party for Dems.
I’ll never forget the sinking feeling that filled the room.
Something I wrote about quiet systemic racism in Canada.
An important side note from one of the students I mentioned in this piece - she says: (1/3) https://t.co/rlIYVv4tZa
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
A personal reflection on Black women, media, and dream jobs: https://t.co/XeuuVJwI6x
It’s been a while. Not much has changed. Except that now I’m a whole mom to a beautiful daughter. For 6 months I’ve been living in absolute bliss. Now I have been forced to face this painful reality. My latest.
Why Black parents must have ‘the race talk’: My daughter is six months old, writes @KabrenaRob. I’m already thinking about how — and when — to tell her about racism https://t.co/piEy0VHm9W
To that little girl in St. Thomas, Jamaica and all the girls around the world - please believe in yourself. Please know that you are worthy and capable of achieving your dreams. This crown is not mine but yours. You have a PURPOSE.
I noticed African Architecture isn’t really showcased compared to Asian, European, Middle Eastern and Indian.
So here is a thread of African Architectural styles.
Starting with Nubian
A kid from Congo, becoming an NBA Champion is sureal. I was not supposed to be here but I never lost faith. This is a dream come true but also an opportunity for me to remind every kid in Congo, in Africa and everywhere that anything is possible. Thank you Toronto and Canada 🇨🇦
Believe in it until it manifests for you. Don't overthink how it will happen. Don’t worry about when it will happen. Just believe in it. Trust it. Allow it. Let it flow in.
This Tweet was sent after NYC settled in June 2014. 12 years after the Central Park 5 were exonerated & convictions vacated. In Oct. 2016, one month before he was elected, he still claimed they were guilty. This spiteful man is president. #WhentheySeeUs
“My hope is that @WhenTheySeeUs invites you to think about the overall criminal justice system and all of the people ensnared in it. That it invites people to think about the millions of cases that are not dissimilar in many ways from what you'll see." - @ava #WhenTheySeeUs