Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
A series celebrating the women of color who inspire us to live life to the fullest by living their lives out loud and proud. These are trailblazers in STEM, the Arts, Entertainment, Business, and Activism who shatter glass ceilings and the patriarchy, while lighting the way for the women behind them.
Power is NOT brute force and money Power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors gave you. Power is in the earth. It is your relationship to the earth. - Winona LaDuke I know we so often hear money is power and we so often see how this …
Is there a person alive who doesn't love Damita Jo? There might be like 4 people. Four people who are sad they can't be her. Don't be like that though. She's dope. Janet Damita Jo Jackson aka Everyone's Other Favorite Jackson was born on May 16, 1966. She was born ninth and last in the immensely talented …
Rosa Dolores Alverío born December 11, 1931, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, was the first triple threat I knew. She has earned the exclusive honor of being in the EGOT club, winning two Emmy Awards, A Grammy, An Oscar and A Tony. She is the only LatinX actor to do so thus far. She has been a …
Author and poet Julia Alvarez said, "Each of us will have to make choices that allow ourselves to be larger versions of ourselves." A life lived out loud is a life self examined and thoroughly unpacked. What does the larger version of yourself look like? What kind of choices do we make that make us …
This is my first post for Brown Girls Out Loud (BrGOL). Asia and I have been toiling away to deliver amazing, uplifting, and authentic content. The process has been cathartic. Right now, every place I turn, I'm seeing brown girls devalued and diminished. I see erasure and my sisters making themselves smaller. Why? We are …
Brown Girls Out Loud 