MyBrownBaby Is Rocking the Red Pump AND Encouraging Sexual Empowerment

So I blew a gasket when I read THIS STORY in the New York Times last week, about how the largely white staff of an...

– Mar 10, 2010

Equal Pay For Moms NOW

She'd called me into her office, this lady boss of mine, newly charged with running what was then the 6th-largest newspaper in the country. Honestly,...

– Feb 23, 2010

Moms Helping Moms

See, the thing is, she’s a baby been on this here Earth only four short years. And over the last few weeks, this pretty little...

– Feb 2, 2010

Help MyBrownBaby Support the Greening Youth Foundation

It's no secret that I'm a total stan for my sister-in-law, Angelou, and not just because she's smart, accomplished, passionate and fly. I can't say...

– Nov 6, 2009

MyBrownCauses: Help BabyMakin(g) Machine and Allstate Serve Others

I've loved her blog, like, forever and when Jennifer, a.k.a., Future Mama of the fertility and mommy-to-be blog, Baby Makin(g) Machine, hopped in the Chevy...

– Sep 24, 2009

Get In2Books To Help Kids Fall In Love With Reading

When I was little, new books weren't easy to come by: My teachers never seemed to have time to take the class to the library,...

– Sep 3, 2009

Spread Love: When African-American Children Put Their Minds To It, They CAN Change the World

Let me tell you something about my nephew, Miles: One of these days, he's going to be running things. I don't know if it's going...

– Aug 3, 2009

MyBrownBaby Redux: Damn that Lil' Wayne–Now I Have To Live Without My Radio.

Black radio apparently is facing an uphill battle against a bill that would charge radio stations millions of dollars in fees to play music for...

– May 28, 2009

Make a Splash and Save a Life: Teach Our Babies How to Swim

I'll never forget the first day I took my baby girl, Mari, to see the ocean. She was so tiny couldn't walk yet without my...

– May 22, 2009

MyBrownBaby Cause: A Mother's Love Giveaway

To celebrate Mother's Day and say thank you for being one of their mom ambassadors, The March of Dimes sent me a beautiful necklace from...

– May 4, 2009
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