This is a must-see in its entirety for anyone with a female in their life. - Faye
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
Walking While Black
@lulusrescue This judge is so fair and always no bs. I love how he cares for those who are infeint lf him #judge#law#nobs #enforcement #fyp#viral#money#ect ♬ original sound - lulusrescue
https://www.tiktok.com/@lulusrescue/video/7423789550285098273
Trump Gets Put in a Home
🚨NEW AD🚨
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) October 23, 2024
We all know Donald Trump belongs in a home. Just not the White House. #APlaceForTrump#harriswalz #voteblue pic.twitter.com/9bTfcn8Ouf
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Meet Canada's First Black Female Interventional Cardiologist
An excerpt from Face2FaceAfrica -
Meet the Haitian woman who became Canada’s first Black female interventional cardiologist
BY Dollita Okine
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Photos: Alexandra Bastiany
Alexandra Bastiany, Canada’s first Black woman interventional cardiologist, was raised in Montreal by a Haitian mother who pursued a career in nursing and a father who worked as a chemist. Thus, Bastiany’s ambition to become a doctor has been present since she was a young child.
She told Heart and Stroke, “Both my parents had defied the odds by attending college and university and becoming young professionals in a foreign country. I was determined to follow in their footsteps and achieve my dreams, despite how the world perceived me, and independently of what society expected from me. I was determined to rise above the statistics and the stereotypes. I must also say, I love a challenge.”
But even as a teenager, she was inspired by the intricacies of “such a simple organ” called the heart and understood that practicing cardiology was what she wanted to do.
“During my first year in medical school, I fell in love with the heart, but I did not think cardiology was for me until I learned about interventional cardiology (this is a practice that works on the arteries in the heart to remove blockages using non-invasive procedures, through the wrists or groin),” she said.
Finding the Right Words When There Are No Words
An excerpt from LoveToKnow -
How to Say 'I'm Sorry for Your Loss' : 77 Supportive Messages
Express your empathy and support with these phrases that are personal and heartfelt.
By Kate Miller-Wilson
Loss is a basic part of life, and we all experience it. Express your empathy for someone's grief with these simple phrases that you can personalize for any situation.
- My thoughts are with you during this time of mourning.
- May you find peace and comfort in your memories of ________.
- I was heartbroken to hear about the loss of your loved one.
- ________ was a special person to all who met them.
- I am thinking of you and am here for you.
- You are surrounded by love during this difficult time.
- Your loved one will be dearly missed.
- Sending you my condolences on the loss of your loved one.
- This must be so difficult for you. I'm sorry for the pain you are going through.
- I can't imagine how hard this is for you. My thoughts are with you and your family.
- Words can't express how sorry I am for what you're going through.
South Carolina Builds First Monument to African American
An excerpt from the Associated Press -
South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls made an audacious escape from enslavement to become a pilot and a South Carolina statesman.
By the Associated Press
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| A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, I s displayed Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Beaufort, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) |
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ship and sail his family and a dozen others to freedom during the Civil War.
But Robert Smalls isn’t just being honored for his audacious escape. He spent a decade in the U.S. House, helped rewrite South Carolina’s constitution to allow Black men equality after the Civil War and then put up a valiant but doomed fight when racists returned to power and eliminated nearly all of the gains Smalls fought for.
Rep. Jermaine Johnson can’t wait to bring his children to the Statehouse to finally see someone who is Black like them being honored.
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