By Rebecca S. White, Alumna, North Carolina Central University Issue 20 Hello, my name is Rebecca Scotton White. I am originally from High Point NC. I now reside in a small town in Randolph County. I’m widowed, living with my daughter, Kimberly and her son, AJ. They have been a wonderful blessing to me! My early childhood days were spent in a Christian environment with a devoted caring father who was a minister, and a loving mother, who was the best cook around! She prepared hot, delicious,...

By Charmaine Wilson-Dunn, Alumna, Wilberforce University, Central Michigan University and George Washington University There is a kind of pain that changes you forever. Loss has a way of dividing life into two chapters: before and after. Whether you have lost a child, a parent, a spouse, a friend, or even the life you once envisioned for yourself, grief can leave you feeling as though the world keeps moving while your heart remains frozen in time. I know this journey personally. Grief is not...

Janet R. Griffin, Ph.D., Retired Professor of English, Howard University, wins Volunteer of the Year Award Retired Professor of English, Howard University, has received the Prince Georges’ County Government Volunteer of the Year Award. A description of her award appears in the narrative below. Janet R. Griffin, professionally known as Lady Janet or Lady J, is a retired Howard University professor/author/poet. She was a professor of English for more than four decades, teaching students the...