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Getting braids is a rite of passage for Black women. Most of us can remember the excitement of having our hair braided with synthetic hair for the first time. For some of us, we get our first set of cornrows in a cute little style at 7-years-old. Others of us first get box braids for [...]
Years ago, I was working as an HR Manager for a company with deep pockets. One of my first assignments was organizing a training event for about a hundred employees. We contracted the two-day job out to a consulting firm for more money than most of the employees attending the training would make in a [...]
Growing up in DC, I’ve worked, shopped and driven through northern Virginia all of my life. Drive just an hour or so down 95 and you’ll be greeted with a Confederate flag, waving proudly just 45 minutes from the state’s capital and the former capital of the Confederate States of America. Northern Virginia is a [...]
