I was visiting a friend I had not seen for a while. I asked her where was she and she told me she was getting better. I had no idea she was sick. That’s when she told me she was diagnosed as Bipolar. She shared with me how many times she felt alone and wanted […]
A “Justice for KJ” rally was held at the Serenity Christian Church in Valdosta, GA. Last week I marched and rallied with the young people of Valdosta Georgia to get answers to Kendrick Johnson 17-year-old student KJ was found dead bruised and battered. His body was found hidden in a rolled-up mat in Georgia’s Lowndes High School’s […]
Dear Ms. CEO, Sister PHD, Madame Go-Getter, and young Sister Soldiers ready to change this nation, Why do you hurt each other so much? So many of you have inspired me and young women like me. So when we see you HATIN on us or each other it hurts. Now, that I am being referred […]
Why should young women have to scream and yell to get her point across? It’s simply today’s young people still do not know what rape is. Both teen girls and boys are confused with this issue. We can see by the events in Ohio last summer. “Two high school football players were convicted Sunday of […]
As a teen Civil Rights Leader it is sometimes hard to get my peers on board. Today’s youth are not built the same as the teens were in the 1960’s. I find myself always borrowing from history to motivate them and show them they have a voice and together we can make a difference. Our […]
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats While attending this Saturday Youth Move meeting. I was shocked to learn that one of Georgia’s High school‘s had 400 9th graders are falling in a school with 600 9th grader. I could not believe it. What could make 400 teens […]
I can remember, in school, learning to tuck and roll if there was a fire. I remember going over tornado drills. I do not remember, however, a plan for what to do if a gunman comes in to the school. Most communities and schools have plans that include lock-downs when gunmen are in the community. […]
It was such an honor to be named one of the Ebony Magazine Power 100 for 2012. I know I have a lot of responsibility and I hope to use my power to end youth violence and inspire other youth to understand they do have a voice. I want to share with you what I […]
It is an injustice for a girl anywhere in our world to be shot because she was fighting for the rights of other girls. Across the world, a gruesome crime was committed against mankind. Malala Yousafzai was a 14-year-old girl riding home on a school bus. Now, after a masked gunman apparently boarded her bus, asked for […]
I cannot look at the calendar and not remember the events that happened last September as the one-year anniversary of the execution of Troy Anthony Davis by the state of Georgia on September 21, 2011. I believe this was the day I grew up. I am reminded that despite so much proof of his innocence, […]
Do churches have an obligation to do more to reach youth? The leadership role of black churches before the movement and during the movement was simple; they took care of us. Through my research I found that before segregation and the civil rights movement, Black churches had so much power and respect from the black […]
“Darkness cannot put out darkness…only light can do that…“ – Martin Luther King, Jr. On behalf of myself, friends, families and the youth in this nation, I am writing today concerning an urgent and heartfelt concern: the safety of my generation. I feel compelled to get all churches, politicians and community leaders together not […]