Defying the Odds: The Mack Robinson Legacy
Defy the odds (verb): To accomplish something that most would deem impossible. It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were set to…
Read MoreDefy the odds (verb): To accomplish something that most would deem impossible. It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were set to…
Read MoreWe are all guilty of sometimes turning on Netflix to watch movies or brand-new series, and sometimes they’re good, while other times they can…
Read MoreLoving connection is a boundless space that defies any distance. The mother of Emmett Till, Mamie’s anger and her devotion to her son propel her decisions, yet not in a vengeful tone. She is actively angry when it serves as she remains clear, grounded and grows. Mamie’s growth and courage are a win for humanity.
Read MoreThe festival brings focus to justice movements that are current as well as from throughout history, movements from around the world and nationally, as well highlights media that has been produced locally that activity champions reform for the local Pasadena Police Department and also offers support to budding film-makers here in Pasadena, with the Pasadena African-American Film Foundation.
Read MoreIf you are looking for a helpful primer on the life of Frederick Douglass or a way to further educate yourself during Black History Month, Becoming Frederick Douglass is an excellent place to start.
Read MoreThe Gift of Light
“Ultimately my hope is to offer possibilities for expanding thoughts toward greater unity, to nudge the future toward the light in the senses and throughout experiences of humanity.”
Read MoreThe Leimert Park Juneteenth celebration is essentially a large family reunion to bring the Black community of LA together. It is designed to give back to Black owned businesses within the south Los Angeles area exposure, and to create awareness of the Black creative community in Leimert Park.
Read MoreLocal film makers Dennis Haywood and James Farr are contributing to the cause of justice via film again – this time through the founding and hosting an international film festival with it’s inaugural debut this month in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, August 13th, 2022.
Read MoreI have traveled through many nations, including this trip into France, that had colonized the world. And not once had I felt–Black. Or at least the sensation of how traveling while Black in America has conditioned me to feel. Black people, are constantly navigating that.
Read More(Chef Mimi has)….created community through the Black Food & Wine Experience, which was held for the fifth time this summer…
Read MoreA week of romping through euro countries, many that are geographically or populously smaller than states at home. Trains, planes, and the unwise decision to rent an automobile.
Read MoreThis was in May of 2020. The world was only about less than four months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even for a family of four with just enough space in our home and a reasonably sized backyard…
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