The Abernathy Tech Spotlight series highlights black professionals working in tech, from freelance developers to non-technical founders. Complete this form to submit your profile. What is your current role and where do you work? I work as a Career Developer at Dev Bootcamp. I have the pleasure of working with passionate career changers looking to… Continue reading Tech Spotlight: Bie Aweh
Year: 2017
The Healing Journey of Manhood
The transition from boyhood to manhood has been a cultural element of many groups for centuries. For males born in the United States, like myself, there aren’t any official cultural practices to support the transition into becoming a man. Honestly, manhood is not well defined. Most of the men I know see being “a man”… Continue reading The Healing Journey of Manhood
Tech Spotlight: Christopher Coles
The Abernathy Tech Spotlight series highlights black professionals working in tech, from freelance developers to non-technical founders. Complete this form to submit your profile. What is your current role and where do you work? I am a Senior Engineering Consultant at Hackerati. Hackerati is a strategic software consulting firm that focuses on Lean Product, Agile… Continue reading Tech Spotlight: Christopher Coles
Longing for Daddy
As children slowly age into adulthood, they depend on their parents to teach them fundamental things as they journey to discover who they are. They turn to their moms and dads to be given lessons on trust, integrity, love, morality, and even relationships, so the absence of daddy can have a detrimental impact on children.… Continue reading Longing for Daddy
Contributor Spotlight: Abigail Mariam
Why is writing important to you? Writing is a means of reflection, creation, and discovery for me. Without writing, I lose my capacity to see myself and learn from my own thoughts. As a lifelong learner, I greatly value the window into my own life and the lives of those around me that words provide.… Continue reading Contributor Spotlight: Abigail Mariam
Tech Spotlight: Stephanie Hasham
The Abernathy Tech Spotlight series highlights black professionals working in tech, from freelance developers to non-technical founders. Complete this form to submit your profile. What is your current role and where do you work? I am a User Experience Designer strategist and Product Designer. Currently my favorite thing has been focused on working with Arduino,… Continue reading Tech Spotlight: Stephanie Hasham
Dare to Dream Again
I ran full speed through the imaginary woods with one mission on my mind. “I must save my sister”, I thought to myself as I heard her gasping for air in the distance. “She’s drowning, she’s really drowning”, I said aloud while attempting to catch my breath. At last I reached the ocean of my… Continue reading Dare to Dream Again
Tech Spotlight: Muoyo Okome
The Abernathy Tech Spotlight series highlights black professionals working in tech, from freelance developers to non-technical founders. Complete this form to submit your profile. What is your current role and where do you work? I am an entrepreneur in the mobile space. I create mobile apps and games through teams of overseas developers. I also… Continue reading Tech Spotlight: Muoyo Okome
Black Literature in White Spaces: Gil Scott-Heron and Me
Throughout all my years of literary studies I had never been formally introduced to Black Literature until I chose to do so myself. In the spring of 2015 it was time to submit my idea for my Bachelor’s Dissertation. I’d already had a proposal for a creative writing option, featuring some of my poetry, rejected.… Continue reading Black Literature in White Spaces: Gil Scott-Heron and Me
Trumped: One Black Man’s Response To America
Ican’t seem to get the song “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” out of my head. That song played over and over in my mind as weeks became the days leading up to January 20th, 2017. It’s been fitting. I’ll miss the elegance and class President Obama and his extraordinary wife Michelle brought forth as… Continue reading Trumped: One Black Man’s Response To America