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Cheryl Taylor is the founder of StoneRoller.  StoneRoller is an organization focused on breaking the chains of toxic relationships.  StoneRoller educates, empowers and encourages people through personal testimonies and counseling experience, all from a foundation of Biblical Truth.  Whether you’re just curious, concerned or captive in a toxic relationship, StoneRoller is for you.  Visit stoneroller.org to start the journey to hope, wholeness and freedom.  

Female-owned beauty salons for African American women in the United States between the 1920s and 1950s were look upon as the golden age for beauty culturist. Middle-class black beauticians, who had education but faced racial discrimination in other ‘female’ careers (like nursing and education), had particular investment in seeing themselves as professionals. Meanwhile, African American beauty industry leaders claimed their business was bettering the lives of black women, not just by helping clients to look their best, but also by offering occupational opportunities to working-class African American women. Thus beauticians often invoked the rhetoric of racial uplift when explaining the importance of their work.  Today, 2017, are Black salons still regarded in the same light as safe havens? How has salon integration changed the conversation about race? Do Black women feel because of salon inclusion that they no longer have a safe haven to feel free to discuss what's going on in their community?                 Walker, S. (2008). “Independent Livings” or “No Bed Of Roses”?: How Race and Class Shaped Beauty Culture as an Occupation for African American Women fro the 1920s to the 1960. Journal of Women’s History. 20(3): 60-83.

As humans, we learn that we’re supposed to “attract” a relationship, but we don’t necessarily learn how to attract the “right” one or how to sustain a fulfilling, happy relationship once we are partnered. Many women and men lose themselves in the quest for intimacy or give up the dream that true intimate connection is possible. In this interview, relationship-expert Kristen Crockett will share the secrets to both attract - and sustain - true fulfillment in your relationship. She’ll talk about the importance of knowing what you honestly NEED and how your beliefs affect your partner or your future partner. She will tell you how your fantasy may be hurting you and what you need to do instead and the most effective ways to communicate your desires and needs, without scaring off your partner (or future partner)!   Need love and life coaching? Check out Kristen Crockett's website: www.midlovecrisis.com

Kristen Crockett, founder of midlovecrisis.com, will share her expertise in helping you make the right decisions about dating and sustaining your current relationship. There are times when we feel we need to change who we are to please our partner. If you feel you need to change who you are to please your partner and when changing goes beyond basic compromising to the point of killing your spirit, there might be a deeper problem. If that's you, you need to hear this show.www.midlovecrisis.com

Do America's dress and grooming policies reflect all races and cultures? Why are women of color still having issues wearing their natural hair in corporate America? Human Resources VP, Faye Nock, will discuss policies and the future of grooming practices in America.

CNN reported in December 2016, "Black men nearly 3 times as likely to die from police use of force." The article also stated "People, including police officers, hold strong implicit associations between blacks, and probably Hispanics, and weapons, crime and aggression," he said, adding that this association is "supported by scores of studies." I ask, "How do black mothers prepare their sons for a world that judge you based on the color of your skin?" Listen to how one mother has taken the necessary steps in the hope of saving her son from America's unapologetic denial of racism.