Great Friday Morning! “Relax your mind and let your conscience be free”—EPMD. This is a friendly reminder from your favorite play cousin and EPMD that sometimes YOU GOTS TO CHILL! 🙂 Have a fantastic Friday. Let’s get it!!
June kicks off Pride month. Today we celebrate LBGTQ+ Girl Scout community members & allies! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈In the words of National Gold Award Girl Scout Phoebe “showing the diversity among us will not only help more people feel seen, but could help break down harmful stereotypes.”
Midshipman Sydney Barber made history as the first Black woman Brigade Commander at the U.S. Naval Academy. I had the honor of speaking with her, and discussing the importance of aiming high and paving the way for others to do the same.
Throughout our history our service men and women have risked everything to defend our freedoms and our country. As we prepare to honor them on Memorial Day, we remember their service and their sacrifice.
When injustice runs deep, progress takes time. But if we can turn words into action and action into meaningful reform, we will, in the words of James Baldwin, “cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it.”
I want to share this inspiring book about the events leading up to the 1960 election, from Dr. King's imprisonment to student activism in Atlanta to JFK's campaign. It's a story we can all learn from—a story of overlooked heroes and the power each of us has to create change.
Today is a reminder, a painful one, that democracy is fragile. To preserve it requires people of good will, leaders with the courage to stand up, who are devoted not to pursuit of power and personal interest at any cost, but to the common good.
Thank you @GMA and @Janai for this powerful segment about natural hair and #TheCROWNAct. We're excited about the momentum. See recent progress this week: