This woman shares tips on how to address leadership on making Black Lives Matter at work
Since your company posted on social media or sent out internal communications about ensuring Black Lives Matter at work, you’ve been holding your breath to see accountability, actionable workplace culture framework, and change that has not happened. You want to address it. Weeks have passed, and the email to your employer is collecting dust in
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4 Tips to Help Start Your Freelance Writing Journey
Have you been blogging for a while? Are you ready to get your content read on a larger platform? You want to drive more traffic to your website, you want to get paid for your writing, and you want to become an authority in your field. Those were all the reasons why freelance writing was
3 Ways to Self-Care By Giving Yourself Grace
What is self-care for you? At the Beatless Meet-up Tour stop in NYC, I was asked what does self-care mean to me.
The insecurities we have can make us lose it all
During my first NYC summer internship, I told someone that I was staying in Spanish Harlem with my grandmother over the summer, and the CEO’s assistant pulled me to the side and told me to start telling people I was staying in the Upper Eastside because it would give me a better look.
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4 Important Elements to Building Your Brand on Social Media
In March, I participated in Jasmine Sweet‘s social media masterclass in Nashville. What’s been interesting about my return to Tennessee is the amount of social influencers that live in Music City. It’s amazing the type of following they have been able to build in such a small market, but what I love the most about
Recap: How to Make Major Moves as a Minority at Work
PayPal’s beautiful New York City headquarters was a great environment to discuss diversity and inclusion. Before the panel kicked off, attendees enjoyed food by Lolo’s Seafood Shack and cocktails sponsored by Ciroc Premium Vodka mixed by Red Carpet Bartending.
4 Ways to Get Involved at Work as a Volunteer
Your current job may never burn the passion within, but volunteering can be just the fuel you need to find that passion. According to a Gallup poll conducted last year, no more than 13% of adults with full-time jobs found their work meaningful. As many of us look to our full-time jobs to fill a
“Little” exposes why we need to help Black managers
Little was a great movie, but it was triggering, and I’m not the only one who felt it. Watching Regina Hall’s character should have been empowering since for the first time on the big screen we saw a black woman tech founder at the helm of a movie plot. Instead, I squirmed in my seat
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Ask for help because you are not alone
When’s the last time you asked for help? Think about it. When was the last time you asked for help after trying your very best to figure it all out on your own?
What’s With the Empowerment Events Hate?
If you are an empowerment event hater, then you aren’t attending events the right way.