How to Break Barriers and Soar:My Family’s Story of an Engineering Pioneer Growing up, she was simply my second cousin, Yvonne. Someone I looked forward to seeing on my summer visits to Nashville, Tennessee, my mother’s hometown. Little did I know she was also a pioneer — a badass Black woman who refused to let…

What it Means to be Transgender in Today’s World As I count my blessings this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the opportunity to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community that is deeply hurting. The recent Q Club killings in Colorado Springs are the latest example of the searing hate and violence gripping our nation….

How a Soul Food Scholar Uses Food and Faith to Help Bridge Our Divides He calls himself a recovering lawyer and politico turned culinary historian, food writer and professional speaker. Sprinkle in a healthy dose of faith and social justice activism and voilà — a Soul Food Scholar “dropping knowledge like hot biscuits!” Somehow, Adrian…

Why An Interracial Couple Emigrated From the U.S. What’s your definition of “Home”? Here’s one I found in a random Google search: “A home is a place of refuge. A person’s most personal belongings are kept in a home and it’s where a person feels safe and accepted. To create a home requires an emotional connection…

DEI & Hair Discrimination: How to Educate Your Workforce This week’s episode of Our Voices Matter Podcast explores the intersection of two topics making recent headlines: DEI in the workplace and Black women’s hair. Diversity, equity and inclusion — along with belonging and accessibility — have remained at the forefront of corporate conversations in the…