Black Excellence: Moraya Seeger DeGeare
https://www.bfftherapy.com/morayaseegerdegeare
How we connect and disconnect from each other gives us deep pathways into understanding ourselves. I passionately work with those exploring and finding their voice and identity through unpacking the many complexities of who we are and how we move in the world. Finding joy in how we show up, interrupt capitalism, and internalize often false sense of self and values that we carry with us from systems that grew us but did not always sustain us. I have moved in the non-profit, environmental, tech-startup, and clinical spaces, and all have informed and supported my work with others to understand how we find softness and ease in some places and can desolve in others.
Black Excellence: Lauren Anderson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Anderson_(dancer)
Lauren Anderson (born February 19, 1965) is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was one of the first African-American ballerinas to become a principal for a major dance company, an important milestone in American ballet.[1][2] She appeared in many ballets such as Don Quixote, Cleopatra, and The Nutcracker.[3] She retired from the Houston Ballet in 2006 and retired from dance altogether in 2009.[3] In 2016, Anderson had her pointe shoes from her final performance placed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.[4]
Black Excellence: N’mmah Kanu
3rd grade teacher goes viral on TikTok for building her dream classroom
When third-grade teacher N’mmah Kanu entered her new classroom at Red Hill Elementary, her sole suitcase of generic school supplies wasn’t enough to decorate the space in a way that matched her personality and inspired students to learn.
Black Excellence: Michaela DePrince
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_DePrince
Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 – September 10, 2024) was a Sierra Leonean–American ballet dancer who danced with the Boston Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Black Excellence: Hilery Gobert, John Coleman, Chris Muse
https://www.muse3farm.com/about
These small Black-owned farms are growing crops with the climate in mind
Black Excellence: Frankie Beverly
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/g-s1-22132/frankie-beverly-maze-obituary
Frankie Beverly, R&B and funk legend, dies at 77
Frankie Beverly, a funk and R&B innovator, singer, songwriter, producer and founder of the band Maze, died Tuesday. He was 77.
Black Excellence: Juliana Pache and Black Crossword
Juliana Pache is the creator of Black Crossword and Pache Studio.
https://www.blackcrossword.com
Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora.
If you know, you know.
Black Excellence: Tasha Cobbs Leonard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha_Cobbs_Leonard
Natasha Tameika Cobbs Leonard (born July 7, 1981) is an American gospel musician and songwriter. She released the extended play Grace in 2013 with the hit lead single “Break Every Chain“. The EP reached No. 61 on the Billboard charts.
Black Excellence: Edwidge Danticat
https://edwidgedanticat.com/about
Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, The Dew Breaker, Brother, I’m Dying, Create Dangerously, Claire of the Sea Light, The Art of Death, Everything Inside, a Reese’s Book Club selection and National Book Critics Circle Awards winner.