Silence is Abuse

Silence is Abuse

So often we hear about the past and what it means or what it should mean. The past is merely a flickering light in a dark hole waiting to be unearthed. Not to shine as bright as the sun but to just be consistent; to be seen, understood and cherished. But how is that possible […]



Home Is Where The Heart Is

Home Is Where The Heart Is

The rush of busy people with heads straight marching onward to fulfill their mission…building after building trying to hold hands with the sun as cars and buses dance between their sturdy legs trying not to miss a beat. Dreams had now become a reality; a reality that was shocking and hard to swallow. I cringed […]



Questions of Curiosity

Questions of Curiosity

As we go about our day to day lives many questions pop into our minds as we interact with others, as we watch television; many topics arise that make us think and wonder. Education and racial discrimination has for a long time caused us as young black people to face many unanswered questions. We enter […]



Remember in The Rain, What He told you when The Sun was Shining

Remember in The Rain, What He told you when The Sun was Shining

She felt sick to her stomach. As a matter of fact, she gagged a couple times, but no one seemed to notice. They were all too busy running for cover. The torrential rains beat down on her small, sorry looking frame as she walked. One step for today, the other for next year. What just […]



The Enigma of Return

The Enigma of Return

I sighed with relief as the wheels of the small aircraft touched ground in the green lands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  In many of the books I’ve studied, many start by going to Africa but I went back to St. Vincent. A land I only call home by hereditary right seemed so familiar […]



Lovely currents

Lovely currents

Like the tempest at sea, we go back and forth, Like the climax of an opera, We peak, as onlookers mix emotions, Yet- Words are as still as the air after rain, If only you could just read my thoughts, Open the gates to my heart, to my soul, Waves crash rudely against our bones, […]



Sports Pulse

Sports Pulse

The involvement in sports and physical activity can be one of the best experiences for any individual. It is an integral part of the development of youth and in life. It teaches people how to live an active and healthy lifestyle. Some activities include playing football, athletics, basketball, wrestling and the list goes on. Once […]



Little Yellow Girl

Little Yellow Girl

My muma and pupa are black but I am yellow; at least that is what they call me. They say slavery done! But we are really living in a modern day colony; Run by our fellow black man. “stay out the sun child! Ya gine ruin ya good complexion” “Don’t worry girl, you could pass […]



Creating Critical Thinkers

Creating Critical Thinkers

Critical thinking involves active thinking; in other words not just accepting and believing everything that is seen, heard or told. In thinking critically one asks questions, evaluate, analyze, categorize, and find relationships between concepts and more. It is indeed true, that every child is born with different abilities and skills. Through various teaching models and […]



To: You, From: A native in foreign land

To: You, From: A native in foreign land

It’s So Noisy Walking, Crawling, Seeking, Screaming…movement of lips And rapid gestures, My palms they are empty, my mind it is so loud. Voices unknown Faces haunting- Twisting and turning as I claw and scratch at the very essence of my being, I sprint to the only place I’ve ever found peace, But the chirping […]