Meeting an unequivocal need to end structural racism against Black Lives, BLM leaders called upon us to better love, honor, and protect one another; for we all play a role and possess the power to create liberating change. The American Mom is playing our role in today's fight for justice by launching the Watch Us Matter initiative: a liberation movement of continued ...
It's Not A Moment. It's A Movement. Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee, Richmond, VAPhoto via @rvamag | taken by Richmond photographer @lifefullofswag Centered on Black Existence, Black Joy, and Black Freedom; Black Lives Matter began by 3 women who galvanized an entire nation to act in response to state-sanctioned violence inflicted upon the very backbone of our country's foundation: Black Americans. Photographer: @nathankigenyi Alicia Garza, ...
Every purchasing decision you make is marketed to you as an investment toward achieving your best self...but at what cost? A significant number of nail technicians across the country are victims of labor violations [1]. They are an American population routinely taken advantage of because of their immigrant status, gender, and/or absent knowledge of employee rights. Their ...
TAM FEATURE: ROWAN RENEE A Mother's Fear I am in a difficult, but not unique situation. Living with metastatic cancer, I have a lot of unknowns. Will I see my kids grow up? Will I witness their first loves? Encourage their first big dreams? Comfort them through life’s disappointments? If not, will they remember me? Will they ...
TAM FEATURE: SHEREE GIBSON Living a Full Life My main goal as a mother is to ensure I send my kids off into the world, prepared and unafraid to live life to its fullest. I don’t want them to cheapen a challenging circumstance from fear of temporary discomfort. But, instead learn to value times of adversity in ...
TAM FEATURE: HORACE GUYTON, III Horace Guyton, III, Human Resource Manager, manages both people and processes in high volume specialty retail environments. Professionally, Horace identifies as the middle man between employee and employer, creating organizational guidelines for both to co-exist in an ethical, legal, and transparent space. Who I Am Vs. What I Am I don’t think that I ...
TAM FEATURE: KATHY PAREDES WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY I am thrilled and honored to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day this year by activating my voice with The American Mom March 21st was declared World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 2011. WDSD celebrates the extra T21 chromosome, the main biological ...
TAM FEATURE: SARA RODRIGUEZ My name is Sara Rodriguez and I live in Queens, New York. I’ve always identified very strongly with what I do, and up until about half a year ago, I was a professional dancer working in the city. I made a career out of performing, teaching, and choreographing. As a teacher, I ...
AVIVA BROWN Hi! I'm Aviva Brown, a black, Jewish wife, and mother of four biracial kids, aged 10, 8, 5, and 3 months. I’m currently writing a children’s book about our colorful Jewish family. So many adjectives, describing my life—black, Jewish, woman, mother, convert. I’m still becoming these things, becoming fully myself. It’s challenging. Addressing Representation I began ...
I was a soldier in the US Army from ’97 to ’01. Before 9-11 happened, I deployed to Kosovo and Bosnia as part of UN and NATO forces peace keeping missions. As an intelligence officer in Bosnia, I saw reports from UN investigators responsible for investigating, identifying, and charging those involved in war crimes. They ...
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