BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Jay Kappa Kappa!” He was in grade eight when Jay Kapadia yelled out these random words while walking home. What he did...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Women empowerment has become one of the biggest movements in North America and African women living in the diaspora have proven to...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I learned that when you go into a room, you can occupy your mind with how people see you, or you can...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Everyone likes to have choices in the things they do, but unfortunately, parents sometimes think they need to do all the planning...
SIMONE J. SMITH “Obstacles are put in your way to see if what you want is really worth fighting for!” You may have heard the saying...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I’m very conscious of the important contribution that the tourism industry makes to Jamaica’s economy and I feel great pride in the...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I think it’s necessary for us to tell our own stories and create our own platform. As an artist, it’s very liberating...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Life is like a game of chess, and you don’t want to waste your next move.” As I watched her video, I...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH The Black experience is about love, joy, collective memory, and inclusion. It is also about trauma, pain, and discrimination. February is Black History...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH I was energized when the management team approved my idea of a feature section in the newspaper called Classic Man. I had...
