#2 Persevere thru the Pandemic Series: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Women Survivors
The Pandemic has been tough and so was Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in American history. This week's lesson is to 'help someone near you'. These women disaster survivors’ words of wisdom are gutsy and uplifting. About helping others after the...
2022 African American Book Festival
This coming Saturday, April 16 come out to the Richmond African American Book Festival from 11:00-4:00pm I am a "Featured Speaker" and will give a talk on my book. Hope to see you on Saturday! Check out the flyer for details.
Hurricane Season is almost here: Expect Pre-Season Storms
The 2022 Hurricane Season is fast approaching. June 1 is the official start date of the season but that could change next year. Over the last seven years, there have been preseason and early-season storm activity. Because of the increase of storms, the National...
Persevere thru the Pandemic Series: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Women Survivors
Over the past two years the Pandemic has been tough. This series will offer tips from survivors of Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in American history. Persevere is the word of this week’s post. I interviewed women hurricane survivors from Mississippi...
Hurricane Katrina survivors’ tips on how to get ready as the 2022 Hurricane Season draws near.
In two months, we'll be in the throughs of the 2022 Hurricane season. This post provides tips from Hurricane Katrina survivors that are discussed in my book. First, create a disaster plan. Decide what you will do, who will evaluate with you and where you will go...
2022 might be the 7th straight overactive Hurricane Season.
The 2022 Hurricane Season starts soon and this year could be the seventh-straight overactive hurricane season. In two months the 2022 Hurricane Season will begin and meteorologist point to two factors that could mean we are headed for another long season. First,...
Conference Book Talk: Bringing Awareness to Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Black Women Survivors
Recently, I participated in the 2022 annual African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) Conference. I gave a talk on my research and book, The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Black Women Survivors Resilience and Recovery. The moderator...
In less than 100 days, the 2022 Hurricane Season will begin
The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1 and meteorologists will begin to forecast potential names of storms. Officials have released the list of names for the 2022 Hurricane season. There are 21 storm names on the list and they alternate between genders. If the...
Diversion from Disasters to a Historic Supreme Court Nomination
Like the unprecedented nature of disasters today’s Blog is on the historical nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman U. S. Supreme Court Justice. President Joe Biden made a campaign pledge two years ago to nominate a Black woman to the High...
