young black man
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#pgccgrad
After my first year of college, I had a 0.22 GPA, a 1.76 GPA my second year, and approximately a 2.5 GPA my third year. I graduated from PGCC in Summer 2018 with a 3.6 GPA. The importance of education has been a foundation for me in many areas of my life. I grew up…
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Those that know, know.
those that know, know. For those that don’t, there’s so much to say. In short… Extravagant. Sacrificing. Illuminating. Fulsome. At her best, there are no words to fully describe her impact, importance, and intellectual planting in a multitude of folk’s lives far and wide. When I think of the grace and mercy God has bestowed on her,…
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“I Have Only Just A Minute” by Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays
I have only just a minute, Only sixty seconds in it.
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transparency
This has been the most riveting semester I’ve had along my educational journey. From the people’s shoes I’ve tightened around my feet through the turning of pages, to the ringing of the second verse of Lift Every Voice And Sing, I’ve felt branded (like livestock) with the burden of digesting the red pill. Education is…
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the death within my life
being unapologetically true to the wholeness of self and being has been, and continues to be, the most difficult challenge i’ve faced, particularly since my exposure to a breath of literature during the summer. in some ways, i feel distraught. i feel like i continuously let self down because of expectations that are too high.…
Arthur Maxwell Powell II 