Last week – February 1st, to be exact – marked the 57th anniversary of the first sit-in at the Greensboro, NC F.W. Woolworth Co. store by the “Greensboro Four” (also referred to as the “A&T Four” because of their then-freshmen status at NC A&T State University). On that day – not quite as long ago as we collectively… Read More Being a Leader Means Moving From Talk to Action
What’s up, what’s up, what’s up my lovely people! Gooooooooooooood Wednesday and happy February! It’s me, your lady DJ following up January’s intro broadcasts to the show with a beautifully sensuous song and video to kick off the new month! That’s right, it’s time to get your feelings flowing and pockets ready for 28 days of… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Meklit Hadero
Happy Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), everyone! Let the “Year of the Rooster” begin. As you know, a new year is often viewed as a fresh start – a time to make resolutions, clean house, set goals, reestablish ties or reconcile with others, and basically give yourself a renewed vision of what you want the future to hold… Read More Continuing a Work, Already In Progress
And here we are again on another Wednesday… What’s up my peopleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and happy last full week for the month of January 2017! Hope you’ve been productively tackling all those goals and resolutions and plans we all are apt to lay out for ourselves at the start of a new year. Well, whether you’ve done… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents…Lakuta
On this holiday last year, I participated in a community service project as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service celebration on campus. I vividly remember the frigid temperatures in Asheville that day and how, no matter the layers I wore, I still felt numbness in my feet and hands after a morning of working outside… Read More Leading Boldly, with a Servant’s Heart
Goooooooooooooooooooood Wednesday, my new listeners! This is DJ Lady Luck, Ms. Lucretia King’s “Wednesday alter ego” – her musical messenger of hope, of dreams, of lessons learned, of social commentary, of fresh sounds to explore! I know she briefly mentioned me in a post last year titled “What’s Your Security Blanket?!” And let’s just say, I’ve been around long… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Yuna
*Warning: This is one of my classic “lengthy” posts, something I intend to curtail with the use of an updated blog schedule and writing outline in 2017. But for today, it is what it is – because we are still in 2016. So, please choose to read this how and when you want. I suggest doing so while sitting… Read More 2016: A Year of Struggling for Hope, Letting Go, and Praying for Time
It’s been just over six months since my last post, and – as usual – too much has happened in between then and now to try to summarize those events or my thoughts, reactions, and responses to them all. However, I couldn’t let 2016 close out with just one post on the books, so here goes: “Someday… Read More Someday at Christmas…
Gooooooooooooooooooooooood Wednesday morning all! Hope the week has been treating you well since we are now mid-July, the middle of the season for movement! And with movement and transition comes the need for some security. Security Well, here’s my “official” return to blogging and confession for the summer, I have a security blanket! Yes, I… Read More What’s Your Security Blanket?!
While attending a networking social on Thursday, I blindly volunteered to be a Saturday substitute reader for MARRS – Mountain Area Radio Reading Service of Asheville, NC, a radio reading service for individuals who are blind, visually or print impaired. Volunteers of this nonprofit read local news and events from a number of newspapers and weekly… Read More Blindly Entering A New Frontier – MARRS
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