#5 Persevere Thru the Pandemic Series: Black Women’s Landmarks Give Hope
The Pandemic has been tough but here are a few reasons to keep going. This month I visited ‘The Harriet Tubman Byway’ and ‘The Colored Girls Museum’ (CGM). Both places were dedicated to the lives of Black women who persevered thru the unbelievable life experience of...
2022 Hurricane Season Series #3: #HurricaneStrong provides a safe evacuation route
This week’s post provides a useful website to help you find your evacuation route so that stay during hurricane threat. #HurricaneStrong website is a national resilience initiative whose goal is to save lives by partnering with FEMA, NOAA and FLASH (the Federal...
2022 Hurricane Season Series #4: Know your ‘Flood’ risk before disasters
This week’s blog post features ‘Flood Factor' which helps users determine their flood risk. The 2022 Hurricane Season is expected to be overactive and could produce flooding. So, regardless of where you live in the U.S. just enter your address into 'Flood Factor' and...
DC Book Club invited me to discuss The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina
Recently, a DC based book club invited me to a Zoom session to discuss my book, The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Black Women Survivors Resilience and Recovery. The event attracted avid readers, authors, and entrepreneurs. I shared aspects of the...
2022 Hurricane Season #2: Tropical Storm Bonnie is expected to join an elite group of crossovers storms.
Crossover cyclones are rare, but the first of the 2022 Hurricane Season will occur this week. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says Tropical Storm Bonnie is expected to join an exclusive group of systems that make their way from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean....
Get Ready for Hurricane Season Now
This week’s Blog provides vital information to help you stay safe during the 2022 Hurricane Season which started June 1st. #HurricaneStrong.org is a website that helps you find your hurricane evacuation route. # HurricaneStrong.org is a national resilience initiative...
Article Highlights My Keynote Address at the African American Book Festival
A recent article in the Style Weekly highlights my 'Keynote Address' at the 2022 African American Book Festival in Richmond. The piece notes my comments at the book festival and quoted from Nobel Laureate - the late Toni Morrison, when she said, "if there is a book...
#4 Persevere thru the Pandemic Series: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina women survivors
As the 2022 Hurricane Season opens, medical experts say the U.S. is in the throes of another Pandemic surge. So, this week’s blog will highlight a few lessons from Hurricane Katrina survivors that kept them going after the disaster. One Hurricane Katrina Mississippi...
2022 Hurricane Season Series #1
June 1st opens the Hurricane Season annually. Hurricane Agatha the 1 storm of the season was a powerful Category 2 deadly and damaging cyclone that hit Mexico last week. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) this weekend a major tropical storm Alex is...
