Now that we are past Memorial Day, you may be wondering whether it is too late for your high schooler to nail down a summer internship. We get it! Between tests, papers, studying, homework, sports, music, performing arts, visual arts, working, community service, and the range of other school-related and personal-related matters that take up your student’s time, it is easy to postpone or overlook searching for an internship. But all is not lost! Some opportunities are pro

With high school graduation season here, you may be creating graduation videos and music tributes for your student’s Senior Class or a playlist for the Graduation Party! Back in 2022, we pulled together 20 really great graduation songs by (mostly) black artists that would go perfectly with any Senior Class video tribute or Grad Party with family and friends. We are back with a few different songs on our list! We threw in some songs that frequently are included on the

Recent domestic violence tragedies underscore the need for all of us to recognize warning signs and help prevent harm within our families and communities. In just the past month, we learned of the murders of prominent dentist Cerina Fairfax; Coral Springs (FL) Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen; North Carolina pastor Tammy McMcCollum; and young Houston resident Ashanti Allen, who was pregnant. These four women—three of whom were mothers and an expectant mother—were reportedly kil

By Janet Pearlman** In 2017, after following “conventional wisdom” that said one could skip the mammogram every other year, I scheduled my mammogram. That’s just the way I am. If I’m supposed to go every year, I do that. If I’m supposed to get a PAP smear every 5 years, I stay (approximately) on top of it. If conventional wisdom says get a mammogram every other year, I’ll do that. No biggie. My In-Laws were in town, staying with my sister-in-law and needed a ride to the a

This year marks the 40 th Anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! What began as a week-long campaign to educate women about screening and routine mammograms has grown into a nationwide movement that continues to bring awareness to this disease. Awareness is very important. According to the Centers for Disease Control, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among all women in the United States (skin cancer is the first most common cancer for women), and the s

By Glenda Henning-Augustine* When we think about teen and young adult suicide, many of us imagine visible warning signs—tears,...