First off, I am thankful for the Netflix Strong Black Lead department for supporting the making of projects such as the movie “The Six Triple Eight” which is the story of the only all-black, all-female Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit to serve overseas (Europe) during World War II. Eight hundred…
Resilience
Living the “Resilience Tree Model” – Venus, Serena, and Richard Williams’ Journey
I just finished watching King Richard the film about the Williams family and the development of the resilience and career of Venus and Serena Williams and it too is an example of the Resilience Tree Model for women leaders of color and those that support them. Roots – Richard made…
Living the Resilience Tree Model
So often I hear people talk about resilience yet few share what it looks like for them. Below I will share with you the 4 components to Living the Resilience Tree Model. You can use these strategies at any time to increase your resilience in a given situation or season.…
Women’s Empowerment Chats – Summertime
Last week I led another Staff and Faculty Women’s Empowerment Zoom Chat and the prompt for the ladies was “what is your favorite summer time memory”. At first I had thought to ask about what they had planned for this coming summer but with us only now coming out of…
Powered Up
During the week of Monday, February 15 – Friday, February 19, 2021 a historic snow storm (it was reported that the last time temperatures got that low was over 100 years prior) hit Austin, Texas followed by a massive power (electricity, heat, and internet) outage and a water outage which…