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Author: Lisa Necole

Happy Marketer |Feminista |Crazy Dog Lady| Funny Girl in Frock and Fro| Zora the Explorer| NPR Junkie| All Charm, Wit & Jazz Hands

Black Hair in Corporate America

19 hours ago 01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Black Hair in Corporate America

1 week ago 01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Why Job Hopping Works and How to do it like a Boss

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Questions Black Women in Interracial Relationships are Tired of Hearing

Surviving the Girls Trip This summer

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

A Guide to Surviving the Girl’s Trip This Summer

Lisa Live Well Blog Lessons to my younger self

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Honest Life Lessons I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self

Summer reads for black women by Black women

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Amazing Summer Reads for Black Girls by Black Girls

Lisa Live Well, Happy Juneteenth, June 19

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Why Juneteenth Matters

How to make friends as an adult

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

How I Made New Friends as an Adult

This past Sunday I met a young woman named Bentia. She looked like me... my kinky hair, my brown skin and my hopeful eyes. She approached me in the parking lot of the grocery store and asked me to help her. She needed food. She asked me if I would go back in the store and buy her and her two young children food for the day. She explained that someone had stolen her benefits cards and it takes 30 days for it to be replaced and now, two weeks later, she had nothing left to feed her children. I thought for a second and considered all that a present to the world... the things that I would tell you about myself. If you were to ask me, I would say I am a woman for other women. I would say that I am a person that cared and would point to all the that I have done to prove this point.. My volunteer work, hosted non-profit events and donations to organizations. But in this moment looking at this woman with my kinky hair, my brown skin and my hopeful eyes... Another me, would have walked away and been too scared to act. I would have not wanted to open myself up to a situation I cannot control. On a one to one level it is too easy to this is not my problem or brush her off someone trying to get over. I decided I wanted to be more that a list of good deeds that prove I am a good person. We went back into the store and we got her food for the day and I got her a gift card to cover food until her card arrived in another two weeks. After checking out we stared at each other and collapsed in a hug that felt familiar...sisterly. Overcome with emotion, I walked away and thought about this encounter the entire day. I just keep thinking of what another me would have done and how when we know better about the world, we have to do better. My question is what is the point of everyone staying woke if it does not help those who need it most and what would you have done?

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

“Woke” is More than Knowing Better, It’s Doing Better Too | Sunday Sermon

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

It’s Black Music Month | 15 Songs to Empower Black Women #PlaylistIncluded

lisa Live well blog, money may, free resources

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Creating a Budget | Free Resources

Lisa Live Well Blog, Black Women in Personal Finance, Black Girl Magic in Money

01.02.201701.02.2017Lisa Necole

Magical Black Girls in Personal Finance to Follow Right Now

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