By: J. Shayla White, Esq. Hearing about Cheslie Kryst’s death impacted me more than I was willing to publicly say before today. I remember watching her win Miss USA in 2019 while I was still in law school. I smiled watching all the celebrations around her victory. I felt even more connected to her when I learned she was a lawyer. Here she was just like me and she...
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Let’s talk about access. Imagine everyone you know having 24/7 access to you. How annoying would that be? Well, in an era where we have calls, texts, social media, DMs, email, facetime, and other mechanisms, everyone you know kind of does have constant access to you. If you don’t put boundaries into place, the world can be a free-for-all of people reaching you. Now imagine the amount of...
There’s a term you may or may not be aware of- cultural capital. Some may interchange this term with cultural currency. But what is it? What does it refer to? How do you get it? What can you do with it? Allow me to try to shed some light on this topic as best I can. UrbanDictionary.com defines cultural capital as “Knowledge gained from a wide array of experiences...
GAIN Power, the premier platform for progressive political professionals and organizations servicing over 3,000 employers and more than 50,000 individuals, is excited to announce a new partnership with Black With No Chaser, the hottest new multimedia platform on Black culture, reaching over 39 million people a month and has a collective following of 500,000 and counting. Our partnership will bring you new events and programs over the next few months,...
I was shot on April 21, 2013, just two weeks after my birthday. When I arrived at the hospital, bleeding out and minutes away from death, I wasn’t met by doctors or nurses.
