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Women’s Journey to Break-Free from Stereotypes in the Workforce and as Entrepreneurs.
For years women struggled with finding their place in the workforce. Men had been household supporters and had left raising kids to the women. As times got harder it was difficult for men to provide for the entire household. Women fought to have a chance at becoming a helpmate financially because men couldn’t see […]
Going Beyond Yourself To Support Other Individuals, Communities And More With Social Work
Social work is a diverse profession that ultimately supports others in various manners. It can be defined as a practice-based profession that promotes social change, development, cohesion and the empowerment of people and communities. Many serve in the profession either on a clinical level; or in a management and community organization level. In March, the […]
Mind Talks with That Riverz Gurl: Spring Forward to a New Season, a New Beginning
Spring is officially in the air and as the new season changes, it’s also time for new beginnings as well. The one thing I hate about Spring is the smell of the flowers and pollen that comes on it. Who else can agree to that? While the pollen is only a distraction in this new […]
Pretty Women Who Hustles: Dr. Cindy Trimm
Dr. Cindy Trimm – “Unstoppable: Compete with Your Best Self and Win” – tips on shifting your mindset from one of competition with those around you to focusing on the competition with yourself as the key to success.
Choosing and Creating Good Accounts to Boost Your Credit
Credit can be a fickle thing and complicated to those who are unsure of how credit works. Credit is a billion dollar a year industry and while most of that represents debt that families and individuals are struggling to get out from under, it also represents the possibilities that credit can offer. When handled appropriately […]
Self-Check One Two One Two!
Welcome to Mind Talks with That Riverz Gurl and I want to say thank you for stopping by to my column where I will be talking about everything mental health, self-care and more! Let’s talk about self-care because I feel like self-care is very much needed in today’s society. I want to ask a question […]
MAXIMIZE In March
To maximize something is to make it bigger, increase in size, or “super-size it”. We always want to maximize our income. We also want to maximize anything positive in ourselves. Think about your skills. What skills do you have that you can maximize? Do you like to read? Are you good with numbers, drawing, singing […]
She’s Pretty and Black Owned: Meet Janelle Reid
Janelle Reid is an ICF certified business coach specializing in career & business strategyconsulting. She is also known for being one of the highest ranking African American & WomenGlobal Executive VP of HR over 2 countries (US & Canada). But before she achieved thoseaccolades she had worked in the mortgage industry for a few years. […]
Black History State Tour
Looking to Celebrate BHM why not Tour the States Detroit Michigan “Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History“ Home to over 35,000 Artifacts . Rosa Parks Bus Tour Mo-Town Records Henry Ford Museum Hampton, Virginia Emancipation Oak Tree 400 years of Black History First African In Virginia Mark Hampton History Museum Hampton University Museum […]
Remembering Black Phenomenal History
Black Authors & Educators that paved the way for our education and literacy support Langston, Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920’s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem. Hughes also wrote novels, short stories, essays, and […]