
Live Event: How To Be A Good Ally
The 2nd Annual Echoes Media Live Event was a huge success! Thank you to our panelists, donors, and attendees who made this event informative and inspiring. In this episode, Echoes Media recognizes that it is possible to be a bad ally — that even with the best of intentions, we’re human and make mistakes. Along with guest panelists Arthur Gregg, Wendy Koster, and Edward Ahmed Mitchell, we discussed the need and impact of allies, ways to be a good one, and ways to avoid causing

What if there was no race?
Why do Black women marry white men? This question was asked to me back in 2011 by my, now ex-girlfriend’s landlord. At the time, I remember thinking, “Did that question feel right coming out of your mouth?” Also, “Do I look like the representative for the whole population of Black women?” This led me down a rabbit hole into my own identity; what do I represent? My mother is Black and my father is white. Honestly, if Viola Davis and Clint Eastwood had a love baby, that baby wo