November, 2019 - Awakened Lounge

by Naomi K. BonmanNovember 22, 2019

Since California passed Senate Bill 188 known as the CROWN Act, becoming the first state to provide expanded discrimination protections for natural hair, other states have followed suit — New York, New Jersey, and now a proposed…

18Nov

Creatives on the Go, Film Producers

Actress/Producer, J Nycole Ralph, Chats ‘Working Out The Kinks’

by Naomi K. BonmanNovember 18, 2019

Digital series Working Out The Kinkscontinues to capture how the lives of African American women who have decided to “go natural” is shaped and influenced by their hair in season two, which is focused on the rapidly growing…

10Nov

Mental Health

Life Coach Helps Women Connect, Create and Claim Their Crown

by EvanHueyXWheelerNovember 10, 2019

The statement, “Women go through a lot”, would be an understatement. With the world on their shoulders, sometimes all they need is a good support system. From relationships to children to work life, it can be quite…

02Nov

Creatives on the Go

Papa Joe Aviance, Amps Up to Premiere Black Superhero

by Naomi K. BonmanNovember 2, 2019

https://youtu.be/kxEcTBwfM4c In 2018, the release of Black Panther had the black community raving! We finally had a super hero on the big screen that looked like us—-that we could identify with. Since then we have been seeing…