This place is a prison; these people aren’t my friends

Desperate for friends, and time in nature, I joined a Facebook group called “BWW: Black Women Who.” The group apparently stared as a kayaking meetup and then evolved into a general outdoors meetup for Black women. When I arrived in Galveston State Park I was immediately soothed by the landscape. It reminded me of the

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Get out of your car and onto the streets

I live in Houston, TX. A city known for its highways and sprawl. When I moved to Houston, I knew I did not want to live within the sprawl. At 12, I had a meltdown when my family moved to the NW suburbs of Baltimore because it was “too quiet.” After graduating college, I moved

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Nothing is Normal

Baltimore City Schools are at a deficit of about $130 million, the worst deficit they’ve seen so far (hopefully the worst they’ll ever see). There have been over 100 murders in Baltimore City in the year 2017, which is about a murder a day so far. The 45th POTUS has just successfully gutted the Affordable

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