Empowering For The Future

Ohhhh my! I cannot believe 2016 came and went just that quick! A lot, many, various, countless, innumerable, umpteen, populous, bounteous, multifarious... and yes I looked up every word that is a synonym for many because that's how EXTRA 2016 was! But it was well worth the journey, the challenges, the stepping off and on the path, and using a map to gather the right direction. I had my ups and downs with my blog this year. I knew I had more important and essential posts to make but I battled with the hardships of the world and the events that occurred within it. A few times I thought about taking a break from my blogs due to personal endurance, experiences, and the hardships. However, I found myself back at it, blogging as though I never left and it made my love for it worthwhile! Here's the Year End Review 1.) Top 5 Blog Posts were: Social Justice Solutions with 313 page views Drake's "Control Her" Lyrics with 259  Top 10 Lessons from Undergrad

Too excited to announce my first of many podcasts on my SoundCloud account, MadamAyeTurnUp! Don't forget to share, like, and comment your thoughts! What did you think about Atlanta FX this season?

How Slavery Still Affects Us Today Yes, it's 2016 and history seems to repeat itself. That's why we learn about it in school right? Especially in American History, we should all be experts, right? Well, what about the slavery portion? 300 years were dusted over every year for {too} MANY individuals since grade school. We learned about how America was established, the fight for our freedoms/independence, and how we became the most influential, powerful nation in the world! Chapters later we learned about the small fight in civil rights for ALL Americans. With the civil rights movement came the Martin Luther King Jr. era where he promoted peace versus Malcolm X who promoted violence. We understood that they did it with great reason and obstacles... facing discrimination in all areas of society, hate crimes from the KKK, not being about to vote, and being treated as less than human were all reasons for us to understand and justify why they fought for the rights of not only b