by UCAdmin2018 | Sep 25, 2018 | Life Stories
Lesson for life: Life is so funny… the waves turn so much. Friends come and go and loved ones pass away or leave to greener pastures. I love the quote: Go where you’re celebrated, not tolerated. But, I’ll remix and say Go where you’re truly loved, where people...
by UCAdmin2018 | Sep 25, 2018 | Press Release
A new collection of poems from professor, playwright and author Chalet Jean-Baptiste explores themes of resilience and rebirth after adversity. In ReLive, published August 14, 2018, Jean-Baptiste addresses her own struggle to find new life after a series of traumas...
by UCAdmin2018 | Jun 25, 2018 | Published Articles
“The truth is, sometimes confrontation is necessary; not just the confrontation with others, but with ourselves.” I’ve had some rough moments that’s taken me to some dark places over my life. This year, I went through a betrayal with one of my “sistahs”...
by UCAdmin2018 | Mar 6, 2018 | Slavery
In 2005, Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary, a social worker and clinical psychologist, wrote a book called The Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing. The book addressed and researched the residual effects that slavery had on African...
by UCAdmin2018 | Mar 6, 2018 | Motherhood
It’s 2013 already….and before you know it, it will be Happy New Year again. But this year is special to me because I turned 33, which means all sorts of revolutionary things will be happening. I’m at Great Wolf Lodge seeing myself in the reflection, staring at my...
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