Last week I attended the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. I was my first time attending the conference and I really am glad that I was talked into going. One, I learned a lot about diverse plights of Black people from all over the globe, as well as a few...

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"Hmmm? I'm sorry what was your question?" She wasn't paying attention, inside her own thoughts about why exactly she was there. "I said, 'What exactly does your company do?'" He was polite in repeating his question, but his face was more telling. She scanned her thoughts making quick edits. "Why am I even here? Right...because of trade agreements....but what does that have to...

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For some time now I have been interested in the way that the spaces where we live are organized, planned, and developed. Who makes the decisions? Where are the voices of the residents heard? What is the main catalyst of change? Things like that. In the past year I have been working on a grant application that will allow me to take an...

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She took a breath as she sat in her car. Dressed in a black wrap dress that she bought specifically for her grandmother's funeral, she was headed to an interview for a job she wasn't even sure she wanted. "What am I doing?" she looks at her lipstick in the rear-view mirror, the visor mirror is just way too close. She had become...

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