Black Women
February 17, 2009
- This presidents' holiday weekend, Bay area residents had several opportunities to meet and hear an extraordinary woman -- Susan L. Taylor. For 37 years she was associated with Essence magazine. Her new passion is the National CARES mentoring movement, which she founded several years ago (www.caresmentoring.com). On Sunday she spoke at all three services of the East Bay Church of ...
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February 5, 2009
- Back in 1971 when I was a senior in high school in Waco, Texas, I won a prize in a national writing contest. It was sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha. Along with the winners from other states, I was flown to Chicago and then taken on a life-changing tour to Philadelphia, Virginia, Washington D.C., New York, and even into Canada. We stayed at the luxurious Palmer House in ...
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January 29, 2009
- Tune into the February 1st episode of BAP Living Radio at 7:00 pm EST. Click here to listen to the show: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/18598. The theme is "Black Women Authors Making Black History - Part One." The guests are BAP Living Members:-Trice Hickman, author of Unexpected Interruptionswww.tricehickman.com-Marcia McNair, author of E-Maleshttp://ayapressbooks.com-June Michael, author ...
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December 27, 2008
- IntroductionSingle and Defying ExpectationsExpectation is defined as something that is probable or most likely to happen. It is also described as something we are bound in duty or obligation to do. Like many women, when I envisioned my future, I did not anticipate that I would grow older alone. I expected that I would be married with children by the time I was thirty at the latest. Moreover, I ...
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