For some of us, it’s time to enter a Year of ‘No’
I recently purchased Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person for my partner. It wasn’t until I read the...
Lifestyle / Motivational / Reflections
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published August 10, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
I recently purchased Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person for my partner. It wasn’t until I read the...
Culture / Gender & Sexuality / Motivational / Race / Reflections
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published February 14, 2017
Growing up, my mother never had a shortage of Ebony and Essence magazines splayed across our coffee table, a fact that has shaped me into adulthood. When I was bored, I...
Gender & Sexuality / Motivational / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published April 20, 2016 · Last modified October 5, 2020
Almost every morning for the past two years, I have found myself sitting in my car on this predominantly White campus playing Tasha Cobbs or Kendrick Lamar or BJ the...
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published August 11, 2015 · Last modified December 17, 2016
There have been few constants in my life. But, as I was reflecting today, I remembered a daily, weekly, monthly occurrence throughout my childhood that often left me questioning my...
Culture / Entertainment / Motivational / Race
by Daren W. Jackson · Published July 5, 2015 · Last modified December 16, 2016
Musiq Soulchild was one of the biggest faces in the neo-soul movement of the early-2000s. His soaring falsetto and straight to the heart compositions on tracks like “Love” and “Don’t...
Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Motivational / Parenting / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published April 17, 2014 · Last modified April 14, 2017
I am losing my dad to cancer. I decided to write about it now so I never have to write about it again. He has been battling the disease since...
Lifestyle / Motivational / Parenting / Race
by Daren W. Jackson · Published June 15, 2013 · Last modified January 29, 2018
I am a Black father. I have two children, a 5-year old son and a 21 month old daughter, and we are expecting our third. I work a 40-50 hour...