John Legend’s Waiting for Superman

It is amazing to see perception square up with reality.  I have long appreciated the passion in John Legend’s music.  It is refreshing to see that passion translate into social engagement in the documentary Waiting for Superman. 
Waiting for Superman, by documentary director Davis Guggenheim, examines the nation’s public-school system.
The film chronicles efforts by innovative educators [...]

You May Only Be A Year Old But You’re All Grown Up

Written by Ms. Kimberly.
Happy Birthday blackgirlgrown! On the one hand it’s hard to believe you’re only a year old, but on the other hand you’re all grown up!
I remember that day in the not-so-distant past when blackgirlgrown’s creator announced that she was going to launch this website. If memory serves me correctly we were [...]

Haiti on My Mind

Catastrophic doesn’t begin to describe the Haiti earthquake’s devastation on a country already ravaged by poverty.  Haiti is one of the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, if not the world.  I can’t bear to watch the news footage or see the pictures of destruction without doing something to help.  I encourage you to do so [...]

Happy Birthday blackgirlgrown!

Wow!  I can’t believe it’s been a year since the launch of blackgirlgrown. 
What began as a personal search for information, community, and problem-solving has turned into a public platform for the same. 
In the last 12 months,

I’ve met some phenomenal women online and in person – all focused on improving themselves and the world around them. 
I’ve [...]

Why Precious is Important (Movie Review)

After I agreed to write a review for the movie Precious I began to wonder if I’m the right person to do so. I say this because I am by no means a big movie-goer. In fact Precious is only the third movie I’ve seen this year — He’s Just Not That Into You and [...]

Helmets & Heels: 4th Quarter – Game Time

blackgirlgrown is proud to feature the final post in a 4-part series of guest posts from Shavannia Williams of the SW Group.
The NFL season is 17 weeks long.  Each team plays 16 games and has one week off, called a “Bye.”  So at week 12, we are approaching the last quarter of the regular season.  [...]

Health Care Bill – Taxes On The “Rich” Could Include You

blackgirlgrown is proud to feature Shannon King Nash, author of the award-winning book entitled, “For the Love of Money: The 411 to Taking Control of Your Taxes and Building Your Net Worth.”
With the House of Representative finally passing its version of the health care bill our country is getting closer to a new way of dealing [...]

Helmets & Heels: 3rd Quarter – Special Teams

blackgirlgrown is proud to feature the third in a 4-part series of guest posts from Shavannia Williams of the SW Group.
Now that we have mastered the offense and defense, we are going to look at the special men that make up the third unit in football—Special Teams.  Appropriately titled, this unit plays a special role [...]

Helmets & Heels: 2nd Quarter – Defense

blackgirlgrown is proud to feature the second in a 4-part series of guest posts from Shavannia Williams of the SW Group.
Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant said, “Offense sells tickets.  Defense wins championships.”  The “Bear” was a famous college football coach and is still considered the world’s greatest college football coach by many.  He led the University of [...]

Helmets & Heels: 1st Quarter – Scoring and Offense

blackgirlgrown is proud to feature the first in a series of guest posts from Shavannia Williams of the SW Group.
It’s fall and in America that means football! The National Football League (NFL) is in Week 4, so I’m sure by now many of you have heard your colleagues (in particular men) walking around the office [...]

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