Fashion

Black In Fashion: Retail as a Portal To Systemic Change in the Fashion Industry Black In Fashion: Retail as a Portal To Systemic Change in the Fashion Industry
Around October of last year, a friend of mine who we affectionately call "Flow" went on IG Live and ran through a stream-of-consciousness prediction that the year 2020 would be…

Food

Major Food Insecurity Is Coming: Here's What You Should Know Major Food Insecurity Is Coming: Here's What You Should Know
One thing that is undeniable during this lockdown is how much we are eating. There is even a cute new term for how “fluffy” many of us are getting amidst…

Health

Anxiety Disorders Are More Common Than Ever. What Can We Do About It? Anxiety Disorders Are More Common Than Ever. What Can We Do About It?
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental illnesses in the world. In Canada, studies suggest that the proportion of people with anxiety disorders has significantly increased in the past…

Marketing

Restaurant Instagram Marketing 101: The Five Posts You Should Be Sharing Restaurant Instagram Marketing 101: The Five Posts You Should Be Sharing
With made-for-Instagram restaurants popping up right and left, the competition can be discouraging if your restaurant doesn’t serve dishes with “unicorn” in the name and doesn’t house an Insta-worthy mural.…

Motivation

12 Things Highly Successful Purpose-Driven People Do Differently 12 Things Highly Successful Purpose-Driven People Do Differently
I've been researching the habits of highly effective (purpose-driven) people and one thing that stood out was this: no one had a perfect ride to their "successful" moment or story.

Technology

Five Ways To Thrive In The New Economy Five Ways To Thrive In The New Economy
For people of African descent, our very existence as a people, like all other peoples on the planet, depends on securing our future and that requires creating economic value for…

Travel

A Black Traveler’s Guide to Living Your Best Life in Japan A Black Traveler’s Guide to Living Your Best Life in Japan
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, Japan was basically the coolest country ever. They had the best cars (Honda, Toyota), the coolest electronics (Sony, Toshiba), the most fun entertainment…