By Tamika Burgess Danilo Osorio Jr.’s baseball skills were once the pride of his father and entire hometown of El Chorrillo, Panamá. But that was then, and this is now… Following 1989’s Operation Just Cause, a US military invasion that left his neighborhood decimated, Danilo couldn’t care less about baseball or the father who abandoned…
NIA I. GILLIAMAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download As one of the few Black female airline pilots in the United States, Nia I. Gilliam’s journey from being a wide-eyed ten-year-old with big dreams to flying the Boeing 777 on international routes, and becoming an Airbus Captain for a major US airline, is a tale of…
Illustrated by Gordon C. James Written by Quartez Harris Before James Baldwin was a celebrated novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and activist, he was a boy who fell in love with stories. Words opened up new worlds for young Jimmy, who read and wrote at every opportunity. He ultimately realized his dreams of becoming an author…
Serendipity Literary Agency CEO and AALA President Regina Brooks is one of five publishing professionals chosen by Publishers Weekly as a 2024 Person of the Year. “Drawing on her first career working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Regina Brooks is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry… Since joining the…
Written by Vera Ahiyya Illustrated by Debby Rahmalia It’s time to get ready for Valentine’s Day! Kai’s whole class is busily preparing by making friendship cards, decorating homemade mailboxes, and sharing delicious sweets and treats. But Kai and their friends can’t help but worry… what if they don’t receive any cards at alll? Luckily, their teacher…
DAN LISHIllustrator www.danlish.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dan Lish is an English artist who has worked within the creative industry for over 25 years, with a client list that includes Lucas Arts, Sony, Activision, Rockstar Games, and the BAFTA Award-winning Bossa Studios. He has also worked with many artists in the music industry, creating artwork…
KATARA PATTONAuthor katara.pattonhome.net Photo Download | Bio Download Katara Washington Patton is Executive Editor at Our Daily Bread Publishing, and the author of eight books, including her latest Navigating the Blues: Where to Turn When Worry, Anxiety, or Depression Steal Your Hope, an Amazon best-seller. She is also the author of a series of books on…
By Shirley Neal The top memes, movements, and milestone moments dominating today’s social media have focused on Beyoncé, Rihanna, Hip-Hop, Usher, Black Enterprise crews, “Abbott Elementary”’s rise, and Oprah’s slim down. Driven by Black millennials, these trending topics demonstrate the influence and power of Black artistry and celebrity in American popular culture and around the globe.…
By Jennifer McGaha Once you begin looking for joy, you can find it pretty much anywhere. When Jennifer McGaha’s grandmother was in her late eighties, Jennifer asked her what her favorite age so far had been. “Fifty-five,” her grandmother answered, as though there were something magical about this stage of life, some deeper way of…
By Vanessa M. Reiser, LCSW Gaslighting. Love bombing. Hoovering. Triangulating. These are all insidious weapons in the narcissist’s toolkit. Narcissism can be hard to diagnose, but it is one of the hallmarks of abusive relationships. As a therapist specializing in narcissism and domestic abuse, Vanessa M. Reiser has strategies to help victims to identify, understand,…
