Archive for the 'Elevate' Category

♥ The Black & Brown Divide

I happily live in a hood that is about 80% Latin. I value the weird juxtapositions that present themselves in my community. The backdrop of bodegas, chuletas with the dollar store Bamboo earrings, the old man and his son who blare bachata while beating their congas. Watching my little daughter wind her hips to the […]

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

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♥ Allow Me to Into-duece Myself: Sarana ‘Stokely’ Smith

I told y’all BLK GRL is making moves and this is a new year with new developments, please consider yourself introduced to Stokely. She will be heading up our Holistic Hood column.

Sarana is native of Hartford CT, a wife and mother to three children. She is fierce advocate of youth, birth, the environment and women’s […]

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

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