…or seen on Facebook or Twitter, I’m engaged! Even though the date isn’t ’til next year, I’ll be blogging about my plans over on my loc blog, Mocha’s Locs (I have one post already). And check out the wedding website I created if you’re just that interested in us lol ; ) Just click...
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“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your gaol. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach.” ~Benjamin E. Mays ——- Want to get updates on new posts? Subscribe today; it’s free (click here)! Jamie mochawriter.com
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“Success is achieving goals that only you can set for yourself.” ~Amy Dubois Barnett — Warning: Shameless plug ahead Need an article, press release, bio or any other writing service? You can check out my website here or email me —> jamiefleming@mochawriter.com.
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“I am worthy and deserving of anything and everything I want in my life.” ~one of my daily affirmations
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If someone were to ask you who you really were, how would you answer? Would you say marketing executive, teacher, mother, daughter? What if someone asked you to dig deeper, to the core of you? Anita Charlot, metaphysical and transformational life coach, has been helping people answer those questions since 2000 through her...
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I know we’ve all heard the stories of police brutality and excessive force they sometimes use (Rodney King and Sean Bell come to mind). This type of thing really makes me angry, so I was very upset and disappointed that this happened in my hometown of Hartwell, GA. A town that’s pretty small; so...
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest, largest and most familiar grassroots–based civil rights organization. The organization has more than a half-million members and supporters world wide. The NAACP was created in part as a reaction to the on-going practice of lynching...
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In honor of Black History Month, for colored gurls will feature a little-known Black woman every week. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper September 24, 1825-February 20, 1911 What she did: wrote abolitionist poetry and worked as an activist for equal rights for African-Americans and women. She also founded YMCA Sunday Schools, was a...
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According to the New York Magazine website, The Black Artists Association is not very happy with First Lady Obama for not wearing clothes by black designers. Co-founder Amnau Eele, a former runway model, told Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) , “It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’...
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Obama signs equal pay bill By Phillip Elliot (Associated Press Writer) WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law Thursday before cheering labor and women leaders who fought hard for it and the woman whose history-making lawsuit gave impetus to the cause. Obama, choosing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as...
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