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Curly Girl Collective (CGC) presents All Dolled Up, a holiday charity experience that invites guests to donate brown and curly dolls to a community-based nonprofit that serves low-income, disadvantag…

Yesterday we joined Code.org to support the Hour of Code. It’s the largest initiative of its kind: a campaign from Code.org to recruit 10 million kids to try computer science for one hour during Com…

One month after the 50 th  anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s momentous address, The Black Women's Agenda, Inc. (BWA) celebrated five inspirational women …

Normally when Labor Day comes around I’m thinking about eating apple dumplings and catching some bands at Bumbershoot, Seattle's annual Labor Day music festival but this year I took part in a mov…

Emergency Rooms and Lack of insurance create a cycle of poverty for the poorest Americans and disparately African Americans.  Last week, when former U.S. Senator and current President of the  Heritag…

-- All-star line-up includes performances by musicians Jill Scott and Charlie Wilson -- Birmingham concert to celebrate 50 years of civil rights progress and commemorate the city's pivotal role i…

During the Sunday podcast on Blerd parenting , I said something that I knew would be controversial. (And I’m not talking about the bit about nerds not being extroverts. I get it. We can be social but…

This week marked a victory for humanity and our country's ability to acknowledge the worth and value  of people of color. For one family it marks another milestone in the journey of a story that…

Carolyn Malachi is a performing artist. Born in 1984 in Washington, DC, Malachi is the great-granddaughter of jazz pianist John Malachi who played for Sarah Vaughn, Pearl Bailey, Billy Eckstine. Car…

Responding to the verdict reached this weekend in the case of the State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman, The Black Women's Agenda, Inc. (BWA) announced its intention to advocate for the developme…

I look terrible. That's beside the point. My skin is brown. It automatically instills fear in some. It automatically instills pity in some. It automatically condemns me in some ways. It automatic…