Like everyone else in this country, I am sure, I have been following the Troy Davis case for a few weeks now. I have been sent requests from organizations like Change.org and the NAACP, all asking me to sign a petition in hopes of getting clemency for Troy Davis (which I have done). CNN has …
Eleven Years Later: Reflections on 9/11
I remember the day as if it were yesterday, okay maybe the day before yesterday. The summer months were drawing to a close, my first semester of school had just begun and for the first time in my life I was out on my own and it was nice. There was nothing inherently special or …
Eat.Pray.Love
Why oh why did I wait so long to read this book? Mostly because for a long time, I never knew what the book was about. The cover was pretty and the title intriguing, almost like the tile of Dancing on Hot Coals, but I just did not know what the content matter was. But …
In Memory of 9/11
Tonight's drive home from work was not particularly special. I stopped by the day care to pick up my daughter, ran by Target to get one or two necessities, talked to a friend I had not seen in a while, and was back on the road toward home in no time. As I drove, I …
Was God There?
Last week, my husband and I toured the Walker Art Museum with our daughter. One of the collections that we saw had a few photographs that reflected on the genocide that took 800,000 lives in Rwanda in the 90s. As I looked at the photographs, I remembered a blog that I read earlier that day …
My Prayer for Libya
After six months of conflict in Libya, rebel leaders have seized control of Tripoli. Although the fighting is far from over, residents of the country anticipate that Libya will soon be a new country, characterized by freedom in the absence of Gadhafi’s regime. At least this is the hope. 40 years of a harsh dictator …
Ebony Johanna 