by Shawn Dove | Nov 28, 2022 | #ThankYouThursday, Blog, Books
One of the best pieces of life advice I’ve ever received came from a mentor named Yusef White more than 32 years ago while standing outside the Harlem YMCA. As we prepared to go inside the building for a meeting Yusef, in his humble, sage-like manner, looked at...
by Shawn Dove | Nov 14, 2022 | #MissionFuel Blog, #ThankYouThursday, Books
Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves: Meet The 2022 “I Too Am America” Fellows Hope you’re enjoying a fruitful Fall! While it’s been a minute since we last reached out, the Corporation for Black Male Achievement has been very busy behind the scenes...
by Shawn Dove | Jan 21, 2022 | #ThankYouThursday
During my college days at Wesleyan, I was blessed with the opportunity and challenge of serving as the editor of Expression, an annual poetry magazine that showcased the brilliant words and art of Black and Latinx students which I write about in I Too Am America: On...
by Shawn Dove | Dec 14, 2021 | #ThankYouThursday
In the introduction of my and Nick Chiles’ forthcoming book, I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys, we begin with the following poem I wrote in 1988 which was first featured in a publication called Word, A Poetry in Motion Off-Creations...
by Shawn Dove | Nov 19, 2021 | #ThankYouThursday, Uncategorized
Living through a global pandemic – a once in a century world-changing experience – has required most of us to find new levels of creativity and adaptability that we didn’t even know we possessed. The death, the loss, the disruption, and the acceleration and elevation...
by Shawn Dove | Nov 4, 2021 | #ThankYouThursday
As we enter into the official season of giving thanks, it occurred to me that some of you may have been wondering all along: what’s the deal with this whole weekly #ThankYouThursday tradition? Well, there is in fact mounting scientific evidence which shows that...
