Too Close for Quarantine, A Story to Fuel Your Coronacation

Too Close for Quarantine, A Story to Fuel Your Coronacation

April 21st, 2020

Raising Boys | SheQuarantines

Over the next 5 days, we will be publishing stories that chronicle how Black mothers in Pittsburgh are experiencing and dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent quarantine. Follow us using #BrownMamas and #SHEQuarantines on social media.Story One: Too Close for QuarantineI went to bed mad as hell last Thursday. I was pissed at my…
Mom Win: 5 MLK Videos for Kids

January 19th, 2020

Raising Boys

These MLK videos for kids are not an entire lesson plan on African history from start to finish (keep scrolling you’ll find something like that), but they are a great way to introduce our national hero, Martin Luther King, Jr. to your kids.Looking for something to make you feel like you did something of significance…
10 Podcast for Black Moms in the Struggle

January 18th, 2020

Mama Motivation

10 PODCASTS EVERY BLACK MOM SHOULD LISTEN TOPodcast that provide knowledge and information are officially on every mama’s to-do list. As mommies, we often have short or insufficient time for frivolous acts or any extra activity, podcasts are an easy way for us to nourish our minds with very little fuss. You can listen to…
10 Podcast for Black Moms in the Struggle

January 18th, 2020

Mama Motivation

10 PODCASTS EVERY BLACK MOM SHOULD LISTEN TOPodcast that provide knowledge and information are officially on every mama’s to-do list. As mommies, we often have short or insufficient time for frivolous acts or any extra activity, podcasts are an easy way for us to nourish our minds with very little fuss. You can listen to…
10 Quotes Black Moms Live By

December 31st, 2019

Lifestyle | Mama Motivation | Top

The Internet is full of Black mom quotes that tell us all of the negative things Black mothers say to their children. Trust, me I’ve Googled ‘black mom quotes’ and seen them all. But, when I was growing up my mother had a million and one sayings, parables and quotes that she would say during the…
Colorism Takes Center Stage at Public Theater’s School Girls; Or, African Mean Girls

November 14th, 2019

Pittsburgh

Colorism takes center stage at the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s School Girls; Or, African Mean Girls show.
How Our Family is Creating Memories & Traditions with Pittsburgh Theater

October 17th, 2019

Pittsburgh | Raising Boys | Sponsored

For the last five years, my boys and I have been creating memories and building bonds by attending various plays and performances at The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust theaters and venues.I took my oldest son to see The Lion King in 2008, this year I had the full circle moment of taking my younger sons and…
8 Events, Retreats & Conferences Every Black Mother Should Attend

October 2nd, 2019

Top

Conferences for black women are on the rise. Whether you are a mama who’s looking to level up professionally, make mom friends, be surrounded by your people or just relax, relate and retreat, it’s uber important that Black moms keep expanding their personal and professional villages.This list of conferences for Black women, who are also…
8 Events, Retreats & Conferences Every Black Mother Should Attend

October 2nd, 2019

Top

Conferences for black women are on the rise. Whether you are a mama who’s looking to level up professionally, make mom friends, be surrounded by your people or just relax, relate and retreat, it’s uber important that Black moms keep expanding their personal and professional villages.This list of conferences for Black women, who are also…
The Morning Ritual That Centers My Momlife

September 29th, 2019

Mama Motivation | Raising Boys | Uncategorized

My morning ritual of making my bed every morning, listening to a motivational message while I’m getting dressed and taking 5 minutes to meditate has CHANGED my life.I’ve been every type of mom that you can think of. I’ve been a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, a mompreneur, a broke mom and a middle-class mom….