There is no surprise that our country is in a state of unrest. From the pandemic to the riots, to questioning and challenging the mattering of Black lives to the rebuttal of all lives. From the challenge to mask or…
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Real Talk | The Institutional Power of Whiteness
by Sherry Cannon • • 1 Comment
It’s been interesting listening to, and often participating in the debate between Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter folk. Patrice Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi are the three African American women who founded Black Lives Matter in 2013…
Real Talk | Breaking Democracy. I can’t breathe.
by Kamara Taylor • • 0 Comments
As I reflect on my grandmother, I understand the rule of thumb instilled in her to live by and fear Jim Crow –– a fictitious name but one with real life ramifications. My great grandfather was on the run from…
Real Talk | Surviving COVID-19
by Sherry Cannon • • 1 Comment
Last month I wrote this column about how I was managing sheltering in place. Little did I know at the time, that I was also surviving COVID-19. In March and April, I was hospitalized –– both times with chest pain,…
Real Talk | How I’m managing “sheltering in place”
by Sherry Cannon • • 1 Comment
The experience of sheltering in place for someone living alone is different than it is for those who live with a spouse, significant other and/or children. Without distractions you do one of two things; you worry excessively or you pray…
Real Talk | Searching for little messiahs
by Kamara Taylor • • 0 Comments
How can we see through the lies of others when we are longing for the truth? The way our mind is set up, we look for others to lead us to the truth. This path for truth comes in different…
Real Talk | A Republic, if we can keep it
by Sherry Cannon • • 0 Comments
What happened to the purist Republican Senate during the trial of Bill Clinton? In 1999, President Clinton was charged and impeached by the House of Representatives for lying under oath and obstruction of justice. The independent counsel who brought the…
Real Talk | The problem with the Feminist Movement
by Sherry Cannon • • 1 Comment
Black and white women have always held different perspectives around the right to vote. For white women, it was a symbol of parity with their husbands and brothers. For Black women, the ballot box was a means of empowering Black…
Real Talk | When the smoke clears: The legalization of marijuana in Illinois
by Kamara Taylor • • 0 Comments
Implicit biases that still exist with marijuana stem from “refer madness” from the early 1950s. Those biases were geared toward individuals living in poverty and the escape provided by marijuana. The mythology of marijuana is that it causes aggression; it…
Real Talk | Deep state or deep six
by Sherry Cannon • • 0 Comments
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. As we go through another saga with the most corrupt administration in this…