Category: Black Leadership

The advent of social media has created an unparalleled precedent in the history of black-powered protests and popular movements. By providing means to distribute information, black voices have reached levels of expression that were inconceivable decades ago.  But amidst the loud and desperate cries for justice, the most deafening noise of all is the silence…

Amidst civil unrest and unrelenting uncertainty, the Black community demands statements and action from their leaders. A natural reaction, mainly when Black political leaders have been conspicuously absent and do not engage in the transformational leadership the current historical moment requires. But although it may seem as if the responsibility for the deafening silence of…