Pull out your capes! The inaugural Urban Nerd Con – Our Heroes, Villains, Our Stories, Everyone’s Con – takes flight in Montgomery, Ala., on July 29-31. Special guests include the effervescent Taimak, along with a special event screening of his cultural touchstone “The Last Dragon.” Prolific voice actor Dave Fenoy. Meagan Tandy of “Batwoman” and...
How many of us have been silenced from our own voice? How many of us have been taken from our growth process? These are not questioning as much as they are a quest or journey. Because reading and looking at art or listening to music is a creative process perspective. Here is the difficult that...
I will get into what I am saying when it comes to historical or prehistoric farce. First let me explain what a farce means. A farce is a comic dramatic (please mentally underline dramatic) work using buffoonery and crude characteristics action and ludicrously situations. The pass life moments for whatever reason whether it be disastrous...
A new book authored by Andrea Stephenson and her son, Corban, features 50 fun projects to help children and parents remember the scientific contributions of Black people Best-selling author, Andrea Stephenson, along with the help of her six-year-old son, Corban, has written her sixth book entitled Our-Story Black History for Kids: Scientists. The book has over...
When H.E. Denis G. Antoine began writing about his diplomatic career, becoming a children’s book author was not exactly what he envisioned adding to his already extensive resume. “I didn’t initially see it,” Antoine said. “But it didn’t take me long to realize that writing children’s books are a special portal to channel my love...
JéGO Technologies Inc., a Black-owned innovative tech firm based in Miami, Florida, is celebrating that they have officially begun the manufacturing process for their self-driving vehicles called JéGO Pods. To be released in late 2022, these pods will mobilize and facilitate health services such as flu testing, IV therapy, and more. In addition, they have entered the...
I do the research for the community, for my community of human beings so I can quantify the understanding to help teach and save lives. The Community of Black America is sick, and it is a crisis in the mind, the body, and the spirit. (The connection to all things). The health of the Black...
Black Men and Intimacy – Voices From Across the Diaspora by Therez Fleetwood explores the complexities of relationships through the minds of Black men in the 21st century. She says she spent hundreds of hours having one-on-one conversations with 50+ Black men from ages 20 to 70, who gave no holds barred answers to intimate questions...
Communication amongst anyone can be quite convoluted. For me, being Autistic adds quite a bit more complexity. Whether it be with someone else on the spectrum or not, my skills vary. I find that I am pretty literal when it comes to my understanding in most things. The fact that this is the case for...
Meet Duane “Myko” Cheers and Danita Claytor, the co-founders of Everything Legendary, a Black-owned plant-based food brand with legendary flavor, that have just closed $6 million dollars in Series A funding. The round was led by CircleUp Growth Partners with additional investments from the venture capital arm of General Mills, 301 INC, and Mark Cuban. Also,...