Dear DCFS, this is 2010, Thought You Should know

2010 and your website looks like a scene from Jumping Jack Flash circa 198? Illinois this is a FAIL. How many children are without homes because you are behind?

By Mrs.Tiye | Apr 21, 2010
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Black Boys Less Likely To Be Adopted, Study Shows

I swear every time I lose speed something comes along and perks me right back into the fight. Came across this story today that broke me down to the ground. So I’m sharing it here, in the hopes that you will share it with someone who will share it. We gotta do better. Both straight and gay adoptive parents are likely to exhibit racial and sex-based biases when applying to [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Apr 16, 2010
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Selfishness, Grief and the Freedom to Mourn

I am so often amazed at how writers neglect the opportunities to truly expound on those things that are running rampant and un-adressed in real homes. They get so near to the breakthrough and then back away as though repelled. This was the situation when I viewed Why Did I Get Married Too, this past weekend. I would hate to spoil the film for anyone still planning to see it, [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Mar 1, 2010
Posted in: Coming Events, Friends of BBE |

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If it was Easy, Everyone would do it.

There is a lot to be said for activists. They have to be willing to speak when everyone else wants to be quiet. They have to be willing to stand up when everyone else wants to rest. They have to be willing to stifle the part of themselves that wants to just “be like everyone else” or “rest”. And they have to defeat these hurdles, daily. Sometimes hourly. So I [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Jan 27, 2010
Posted in: Foundations/Organizations, Friends of BBE |

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Guest Post – "The Hidden Problem of Infertility In The African American Community"

During one of my recurrent Google searches for AA Infertility sites, I came across the Ferre Institute’s “Families of Color Initiative”. The site isn’t huge, but the wealth of information is amazing. Upon seeing how great a resource they were, I realized that I just had to provide that great info with my Eggshells. I encourage you to visit the families of Color site for more information and resources! Here’s [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Dec 30, 2009
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Since Everyone else is talking bout it….Really Nightline?

So…we don’t get married in one arena,…and we DON’T struggle with infertility in another. Media, will you please get your facts straight? So, you’re either portraying us as bitter broads who are so bougie we can’t get a man, or hot and heavy Saphires who have baby after baby with no man to show for it. And then you do your great job of showing that all our men aren’t [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Dec 7, 2009
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Did you know?

By Mrs.Tiye | Jul 23, 2009
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Sticks and Stones…

I love Comedy. My husband and I collect dvd’s of comedic standups we love, I am an avid viewer of comedy central standup hours, and I even have a comedy digital playlist on Imeem. When I was a little girl, my mother would banish me from the room during Def Comedy Jam, though I would find a way to either sneak the channel on my television or watch from a [...]