WE ROAR Magazine April 2024 - Magazine - Page 15
in uncovering the biases and blind spots in
themselves and their organization in
regards to issues of diversity, equity and
inclusion; and are serious about putting in
the work necessary to bring about change
and
transformation.
Specifically,
our
primary focus is:
• Black women and other women of color
who seek to elevate their positions and
become leaders in higher education or
other organizations.
• Senior leaders and administrators in
Christian colleges and universities.
My life hasn’t always been successful. By
the time I was in the first grade, I was
Is there a personal story you’d like to
already told what I couldn’t achieve, and
share?
by the sixth grade I had learned the
horrible lesson of discrimination and the
I didn’t let statistics define me. According
impact and limitation that people would
to statistics: growing up in a single parent
try to put on me because of the color of my
household had many negative impacts
skin. The more I was told that I couldn’t,
such as limited access to basic needs such
the more I believed that I could.
as food, clothing, and healthcare. Many
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children were left unsupervised since
People didn’t realize that the secret sauce
parents were working long hours and they
in my life was being raised by dad. He had
couldn’t afford childcare. Young latchkey
a very progressive perspective for that
children, as they were called, returned
time, and he drilled into me and my sister
from school to an empty house that they
not to let our race and gender limit our
entered with their own keys were prone to
ability to pursue and achieve our dreams. I
get in trouble because they were left to
refused to let my race and being raised by
their own devises for long periods of time.
a single parent be a limitation. Instead I
b I was raised by my single parent dad but
rose above my circumstances to achieve
my dad helped me to overcome what
success and I now help others do the
statistics said I would be.
same.
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