On my recent visit to France, I was excited to find out that Josephine Baker’s former residence was 45 minutes away from the private chateau that we had rented 6 hours south of Paris, in France’s Dordogne Valley region. In my eyes, Baker was the ULTIMATE ex-pat. At the height of her success in 1930’s interwar France, the 24-year-old icon was a millionaire…
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Barbados: Not All Classrooms Have Walls
Speaker, author and confident coach, Taria Pritchett challenges women to reevaluate the way they are living and be mindful about how something being “off” can impact all areas of your life. In between hosting workshops and private/group coaching sessions, Pritchett has been featured on FOX 29’s “Q Show” and continues to gain momentum from her Tedx talk. I had an opportunity to connect with Pritchett over a decade ago when I booked a client for an expo that she organized at the University of Delaware a few years ago.
Before Pritchett became an entrepreneur dedicated to helping women retrain their mindsets, she used an opportunity to study abroad as a college student….
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Author, Kayla M. Hebbon surrounded by attendees at the Black History Month Leadership Tea Event
Brewing Great Thoughts With Great Minds Is My Cup Of Tea
Having experienced afternoon tea in France, South Africa, England, Morocco, Japan and the Caribbean; I’ve grown to appreciate the significant role that tea plays in different cultures as well as my own. Converting a floor in her brownstone into a tea salon during the Harlem renaissance, Madam C.J. Walker’s daughter (Lelia
Walker) was known for her extravagant tea parties with iconic guests like Langston Hughes, James Baldwin….