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We can do hard things
Hey sis! Last month, I did an extremely hard thing. The hardest thing I’ve ever done in my 49 years of being on this earth. A thing that scared me but…
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Stop Playing with Black Folk Like Pawns
This shit ain't cute!
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Vedia Barnett (She/Her )
Hello, my name is Vedia, rhymes with media
I have a confession to make: I HATED MY 1ST NAME. I hated it for years. I was that kid who could never find her name at any souvenir shop when we…
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GenXing ain't no joke
I am a GenXer. I will be 50 this year. This is both sobering and exciting! But, don’t get it twisted, I’m out here GenXing like a mother-f—ker! What is…
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Vedia Barnett (She/Her )
Change is upon us! 
Can’t you feel it in the air? Our foremothers sensed it. Our grandmothers marched for it. Our mothers prayed for it. We fight for it. Our daughters will…
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How far have we really come?
It took me a while to write this month only because I was considering how far we have come as a people in these United States. I realize that we’ve come…
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Vedia Barnett (She/Her )
Lest we forget
This week was full of anticipation as well as angst with the threat of violence from radicalized white supremacists on the eve of the swearing in of our…
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