About My Epic Week (I Interviewed Oprah), Dreams Realized and Lessons Re-Learned
“Your gift makes room for you and brings you before great men.” Mannn, look. If that ain’t been my testimony, I don’t know what is, and last week was the epitome of that. I am still processing it all, but I had to write about it because it was surreal and I …
I’m at the Bentonville Film Festival For the Week!
Wattup, beautiful people! I’m spending this week in Bentonville, Arkansas (yeah, really!). Who’da thunk I’d have some business in freaking Arkansas? I will be on the ground as the social ambassador for the Bentonville Film Festival, which was created by Geena Davis. The mission of BFF is champion women and diverse …
So That Happened: I Met Oprah!
One of my favorite quotes ever is from one of my favorite books ever, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” If that ain’t the doggone truth! That’s at the core of my work, and the magic …
About Crowdfunding, How It’s Jumped the Shark and Why I Can’t Promote Your Campaign
Six years ago, after I got laid off my full time job, I was invited to speak at a conference that was respected in the nonprofit industry. I needed $700 to get there, and at the encouragement of a friend, I got a ChipIn (now defunct) page up at 10pm. When …
I Wrote A Book! And It’s Available for Pre-Order Now
I can officially add “author” to my titles, next to “writer, digital strategist, speaker, professional troublemaker and side-eye sorceress.” Because I wrote a book. I WROTE A FREAKING BOOK, YALL!!! AAAHHHHHHH!!! My book is called I’M JUDGING YOU: The Do-Better Manual, and it is a series of essays on life, …
Introducing the Awesomely Luvvie Newsletter!
My peeps! This has been a long time coming and y’all have asked for it. I finally got stopped playing bald-headed games, and with the help of my awesome assistant (aka my co-goon) Alyssa, I am ready! I will be doing a bi-weekly (twice a month) newsletter. When I say it’s a …
My Moment That Matters and Episode 1 of the Podcast Series I Hosted
Sometimes, I get to do some really cool things. When AT&T came to me and said they wanted me to host their four-episode podcast series this Black History Month, that was certainly in the “ok that’s cool” box. I dropped a picture of me in the studio a couple of weeks …
Headed to Haiti for the Week for Red Pump Work!
Right now, I’m getting ready for my trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti tomorrow. Besides that fact that it will be my first time ever in Haiti, what makes this trip exciting is that I am going to represent The Red Pump Project, along with 2 of our team members (hey Brittani …
Houston! I’m Coming to Host an Empire Watch Party!
My people! So Fall TV kicks back off next week and our favorite shows are returning. Empire is on Wednesday, September 23 and Scandal (and the entire TGIT lineup) is back the next day. Anywho, I’m excited because I’ve partnered with Rosa Regale to host a watch party for Empire’s …
It’s Been Nine Fine Years of Awesomely Luvvie!
9 years ago on August 8, 2006, I decided to scrap my little rinky dinky blog I started in college. I felt like I had outgrown it so I logged on to Blogspot and started a new blog where I just wanted to talk about whatever my heart desired. I …