Black History Issue: Black History and the Arts: Featuring Jeanette Hill, AUDELCO Award Winning Playwright

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Six Ways to Organize Yourself and Become Productive

Damita Miller-Shanklin Being organized and productive is important. Both are needed to get things done and prevent being overwhelmed. The tools that most of us use are calendars, apps, and to-do list. These are good ways to start but how do you make them work for you on a consistent and daily basis? Here are 6 Ways to Organize Yourself and Become Productive We all … Continue reading Six Ways to Organize Yourself and Become Productive

Feature Story: Eat Free, Live Fierce: A Conversation with a Wellness Advocate Leslie Jordan Garcia

Damita Miller-Shanklin Leslie Jordan Garcia, MBA, MPH: Leslie is a multi-certified ED Recovery and Wellness professional who is on a mission to help heal the food and movement relationships of BIPOC so they can thrive from within systems of oppression. Her career spans across the industries of community health, diversity initiatives, education, and non-profit sectors and includes positions as educator, campus mentor, program directors, and … Continue reading Feature Story: Eat Free, Live Fierce: A Conversation with a Wellness Advocate Leslie Jordan Garcia

Empowering Yourself in the New Year

A Guide to Starting Fresh with Depression Damita Miller-Shanklin Starting the new year with a focus on mental health is a positive step, and it’s good to seek ways to support yourself. If you’re dealing with depression, it’s important to approach self-care and improvement with patience and self-compassion. In the quiet embrace of a new year, you may find yourself standing at the beginning of … Continue reading Empowering Yourself in the New Year

Empowering Sobriety: Navigating Dry January in the Black Community

Damita Miller-Shanklin Have you heard of the new thing to do in January? It involves no alcohol? Yes, you may have guess, it’s called Dry January. It officially became a thing in 2013 under the organization Alcohol Change UK. (Time.com) I have not done Dry January because I’m not there yet. But I was curious about how it worked and what made people choose to … Continue reading Empowering Sobriety: Navigating Dry January in the Black Community