WE ARE THE LEADERS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
Finding Light in Dark Times: A Personal Reflection
Required Reading: The Book Above!
DON’T GASLIGHT ME!
Don’t Gaslight Me!
# Understanding Gaslighting: A Personal Journey and Resource Collection
## Origins and Personal Connection
The Great Pause
Now, Los Angeles finds itself in a collective pause. My hope is that we use this time to reveal our true character—a vibrant, diverse city whose residents genuinely care for one another.
JOY & PAIN!
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Frankie Beverly: The Man who gave us the soundtrack of our lives has transitioned to the other side! We Love You, Frankie Beverly. We Thank YOU for touching our lives like no other.
A New Season!
I wrote a book of essays for my sons the last time I needed to be released from darkness. It's at www.elevatedstories.me/store for you to enjoy.
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Be Anxious For Nothing…
Be Anxious For Nothing…
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What Am I Going To Write?!
What will I write about?
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I AM SOMEBODY ~ JESSIE JACKSON
When you walk into a room and you’re supposed to be there, the walls glimmer, the curtains sway, the lights blink off and on, and birds sing.
I love walking into rooms where I’m supposed to be, which starts with a smile from me. I must smile at every single person I see which used to be easier before everyone became somebody. When we were just people in the struggle, making it just another day, it was easier to smile. I fault Jessie Jackson for pumping us up too much with that dang poem.
“I AM Somebody.”
As a little girl, I rode on a bus from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Chicago’s Push in the 60s, and that poem was recited the entire damn way and I knew we were in trouble.
I am…Somebody —
What’s in Your Heart?
I can’t help myself, something has come over me. All I think about is L-O-V-E! Love and Happiness. I want 30 more amazing summers to be with my sweet grand babies, Georgia and Otis, and the rest of my family, and I believe the road there is paved with L-O-V-E! And I know the journey will be no easy feat.
You’d Better Think!
People aren’t thinking anymore!
They’re following others on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik-Tok
They follow celebrities, organizations, churches, anyone or anything that makes them feel better about themselves while eliminating the need for them to think.
Essence and Black Women
Essence was designed to encourage Black women, to make us believe in our selves and to see our beauty when others did not. It was designed to help us think deeply about our essence, who God delivered us to the planet to be, and then within that framework
What Did James Baldwin Think About Hollywood?
James Baldwin is one of my favorite authors. The beginning of One Night in LA was actually a play and my final writing assignment in an African American Literature class I took while working on my MFA as a Distinguished Dean’s Fellow at the University of California.