by Brie | Nov 21, 2020 | Press
Eight Houston business owners competed in a contest organized by Black Girl Ventures that’s designed to raise money for women of color who are starting a business. In this snapshot of the contest’s online video, contestant Brieanna Lightfoot Smith, bottom...
by Brie | Sep 29, 2020 | Advocacy, Community, Podcasts, Purpose
Christa Clarke launched Cubicles to Cocktails in 2018 after a series of post-work happy hours with her friends and mentor. After conducting research and speaking to the women of color in her community, Christa discovered that many of them faced the same issues that...
by Brie | Sep 29, 2020 | Podcasts
With family originally hailing from Nigeria, Sana, her siblings and their single mother were homeless but she did not allow this circumstance to dictate her story. Instead, Sana dove deep into the entertainment industry. Over time she has become a leading...
by Brie | Sep 15, 2020 | motivation, Podcasts, Purpose, Time
Elisha McGhee, a Chicago born, Dallas raised self-proclaimed task doer and master of organization. She manages many roles while obtaining the ultimate ‘balance’ as a wife, a mom, career woman, an entrepreneur, as Owner of Page Eleven Paper Goods & Co-Owner of The...
by Brie | Sep 8, 2020 | motivation
Aarika Cofer began her hospitality career by working in the food and beverage industry in Washington, DC in 2007. Starting as a restaurant host, she transitioned into service, bartending, and eventually catering management for weddings. In the summer of 2013, Aarika...
by Brie | Sep 1, 2020 | motivation
T’Edra Jackson is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native who is passionate about equipping others to live a CROWNED life personally and professionally. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Management from Paul Quinn College in Dallas, TX, and her...
by Brie | Jun 16, 2020 | Longsuffering, Trials, Waiting
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come, but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a...
by Brie | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog Post, Longsuffering, Trials, Wisdom
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And he awoke from his sleep and said, I will go out as other times and shake myself free. But he did not know that the Lord had left him. And the Philistines seized him and gouged out hsi eyes and brought him...
by Brie | Jun 8, 2020 | Bible Studies, Purpose
Audio: There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. 13 We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves, or...
by Brie | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog Post, Love
The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. John 15:13 When George Floyd was murdered in the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, May 25. My heart sank. I felt hopeless. Primarily because initially when the video went viral...