Immigrant Heritage Month: Bring Your Identity With You1969. That’s that year I emigrated from Egypt to the United States. I married my husband in 1970, and we are blessed with three grown...
Caribbean Heritage Month: I Knew That I Wanted Other People To See The Same Haiti I SawI didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. And I didn’t have to: my parents had already decided for me. I often joke that, in my...
Don't Miss Out! The Inaugural Black Millennial Political ConventionThe Black Millennial Political Convention was an idea created by the Vice Mayor of Charlottesville, Dr. Wes Bellamy who is a good friend...
African-American Music Appreciation Month: From Diva to Doorknocker - My Journey from the Opera StaFrom the time I was very young, I knew I wanted to sing on stage. I never remember a time when I didn’t sing and I was never afraid to...