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Any workplace that doesn't create a safe space for Black people is not engendering a feeling of belonging.

My best books of the year!

Vernita Bowe transformed the many griefs she experienced through losing her son and parents, combined with battling COVID, to embrace life!

As a shy single mom turning 30, Cheryl Parks took action to transform her shyness into a successful sales career!

What really sold engineering for Michele Hayward was when she was 12 and a Category Five hurricane hit South Carolina.

Tal Zlotnitsky and Tonya Coppin-Fox cofounded the new Our.Love app to help people love more and love better.

So many of us said we'd move to Canada after the 2016 election...Mahlena-Rae Johnson actually did it to seek a better life as a Black woman.

Aaliyah Nitoto is the visionary founder of Free Range Flower Winery, which makes wine from organically grown flowers, not grapes.

Heather R. Younger grew up feeling like an outsider, which has made her especially determined to create caring workplaces.

Dr. Erica Gamble, the Wig Dr., on the Companies That Care podcast...helping people look and feel their best

David Brackett founded Linguava in 2010. The company has 50+ employees, covering 230+ different languages, including American sign language.

Lisa Marie Simmons epitomizes post-traumatic growth. A singer-songwriter, poet, and writer, she uses her childhood trauma to power her art.

Amira Stanley is a mindset & intention coach, end-of-life doula, and anti-racism educator/community activist with many resilience stories!

One year ago, I wrote about white women's tears after Amy Cooper called the cops on Christian Cooper the same day George Floyd was murdered.

Danielle Meadows-Stinnett owns Octane Design Studios and is a grassroots developer, creator, branding expert, and graphic designer.

Nono Osuji is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Nigeria. Nono suffers from lupus and being "broke, gifted, and Black

Frontier Grit contains stories of women of color and all sorts of walks of life.

But this is the time when companies have no right to celebrate Black history and culture unless they are walking their talk every day.

“It's hard for any child to be the only one in a category, and the more visible your category is, the more alienating it can be."

“Traditional medicine definitely has its place, but it doesn’t help the body heal. It just suppresses the symptoms.”