I saw something on Twitter from the ACLU about a report that was submitted to the UN regarding the treatment of children in youth detention centers here in the US. It reminded me of my time working at the Ella Baker Center when I first learned about the horrors of The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), …
Did you know there used to be a “Black Wallstreet”?
I recently discovered a piece of history that has conveniently been left out of our history books. On June 1,1921 one of the most affluent Black communities in northern Tulsa, Oklahoma was destroyed. The community stretched across 36 blocks, encompassed over 600 businesses and had a population of 15,000 Black folks. From what I've read about that community, …
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Time to Renew our sense of Community
I woke up the other day with an overwhelming feeling that it is crucial that we as individuals renew our sense of community. As a society, we are entirely too disconnected from one another, too focused on individual needs and wants, concerned only with what effects us and our immediate circles. It's a shame and …
Time for Revolution- where the Revolutionaries at?
I've been thinking lately about how our past civil rights leaders would feel if they were able to witness what has become of our society in 2014 almost 2015. Yes we've made some progress, but as a whole, where are we really as a people? As a community? Because what I have noticed is that …
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So, rich folks want poor kids to stop trick or treating in their neighborhoods!
Ahh.. Just when you think that by this time, in 2014, you've seen and heard just about all the ignorance someone could possibly dream up, lo and behold, ignorance knows no bounds! I came across this on Twitter. Just take a minute and read this over: Dear Prudence, I live in one of the wealthiest …
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Protect your right to choose- abortion rights are under siege!
The issue of abortion has always been and will always be an extremely sensitive and controversial topic, and it's a subject that can rarely be discussed in an objective way because almost always someone gets offended by the opinions or remarks of someone who thinks and feels differently. As of right now, the country is …
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These WallStreet Crooks need to quit complainin’!
So I got a bone to pick with some folks up on WallStreet. The ones who work in Securities, Trading, and the Broker Dealing Industries. You see, when you make as much as these folks make, I'm sorry but you lose the right to complain about a 13% loss of yearly profits. The average salary …
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Why why why can’t folks just act right?
"Deep sigh"... So, let me preface this post by saying I wholly subscribe to venting and I believe we all need to invest in discovering an outlet that allows us to get rid of the mental crap that we accumulate on a daily basis. I mean, its gotta go somewhere and you can't keep it …
Yes raise the minimum wage already!
So come November, on the ballot you will find San Francisco's Prop J and a similar measure in Oakland advocating the raising of the minimum wage from the ridiculously low $10.74 to $12.25, eventually reaching $15 by 2018. Now, if you live in California I don't have to tell you because you already know how …
Black Women and our struggles with our hair…
As a little girl, there is a moment where you suddenly become "aware" of your appearance, and begin to understand that people are looking at you and you start to wonder how you "appear" in their eyes. Â The age this realization occurs is different for everyone of course, but trust me, all women can think …
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Dawn M. Edwards 