India Arie Has Us Feeling ‘Worthy’ With Her Latest Album

India Arie Has Us Feeling ‘Worthy’ With Her Latest Album

India Arie is the epitome that represents all of us activists through music! Her new album, Worthy, gives us life. The album starts off with a soft, melodic instrumental that eases and calm your mind. Then we go into the first song, “What If”. What if Martin didn’t stand up? What if Rosa didn’t sit…

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Radical Self-care, Self-love

Self-care and self-love are vital to our health. Self-care is any necessary human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated. Some place self-care on a continuum with health care providers at the opposite end to self-care. In modern medicine, preventive medicine aligns most closely with self-care. Examples of self-care include: To learn…

Misconception of Mental Illness in The Black Community

Misconception of Mental Illness in The Black Community

The common misconception and miseducation of the Black community is that we misdiagnose the signs and symptoms of mental illness. The community has a firm belief that mental illness only has a connection with depression and suicide, but as a survivor we know it to be much more. Mental Illness can be associated with disorders…

Discovering Excellence Within, Realizing Greatness South Africa

Discovering Excellence Within, Realizing Greatness South Africa

I had my first taste of global cultural learning in 2015 when I traveled to Qatar at the age of 14 for a week-long Arabic debate competition. Two years earlier, in seventh grade, I had started taking Arabic classes at Lindbolm Math and Science Academy, a selective high school serving gifted and marginalized students in…

Hip Hop Artists Common, Xzibit Close Out Last Day of the PAFF
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Hip Hop Artists Common, Xzibit Close Out Last Day of the PAFF

On Monday, February 18, hip hop icon Common,Sherri Shepherdand Dante Brownhosted a red carpet screening of the short film Hats at the 27th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival. Following their screening, was the premiere of Alvin ‘Xzibit’ Joiner‘s film, Broken Ground, which featured James ‘Jayo Felony’ Savage. The premieres were held at the…

Author Hazel Walcott Writes Inspirational Story to Foster Parents
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Author Hazel Walcott Writes Inspirational Story to Foster Parents

According to research, there are roughly 400,000 U.S. children who are in the foster care system and approximately 100,000 are waiting to be adopted. Purposely Awakened‘s Samantha Pounds, recently sat down with Hazel Walcott author of The Choice which is an inspirational story about a young girl who lives in an orphanage and is waiting…

Woman on the Move Clark Atlanta University Alumna, Jennifer Sears

Woman on the Move Clark Atlanta University Alumna, Jennifer Sears

Over the years the City of Atlanta has been booming with talent, Black talent that is. Not only has great talent been coming from the city, but Clark Atlanta University has also produced great talent. CAU alumna, Jennifer Sears is living proof of that. She is an actor, writer and creator. She has been seen…

Inland Empire Actor, Allen Maldonado, Discusses New Projects

Inland Empire Actor, Allen Maldonado, Discusses New Projects

In Southern California, there is a diamond in the rough where many talented Hollywood stars come from. To local residents it is known as the Inland Empire, better known as the “I.E.”  for the hip and cool.One of today’s Hollywood stars that has been rising to the top, Allen Maldonado, hails from Rialto, California, which is…

Thirty One Fifty Promotes Unity Through Fashion

Thirty One Fifty Promotes Unity Through Fashion

Clothing is something that you wear, but fashion is a statement, especially for Thirty One Fifty (3150), a brand that represents unity through clothing.3150 is based out of Atlanta, Georgia and they have been tirelessly and successfully promoting its message through the clothing line. I recently caught up with the founder for a quick interview….

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