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 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The great American writer, poet and philosopher, Maya Angelou, said “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” Her quote resonates deeply with me today on the official release of my book, I Too Am America: On Loving & Leading Black Men...
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 | May 25, 2021 | Books
Our country is facing a reckoning on race. Right now, America is rumbling with a long and sordid history of systemic violence and oppression waged against Black communities. The 2020 murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery in the midst of a global...