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My mOe-Ment With Jennifer Hudson
I became a Jennifer Hudson fan the moment I heard her audition for Season 3 of American Idol. It didn’t matter to me that she later lost to Fantasia. I knew she was a star in the making. So you can imagine my response, 9 years later, to an invitation to cover a red carpet…
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Iyanla Can’t Fix This
As we grow up, we ought to grow out of some old, bad habits. Right? If silence hasn’t worked in the past five relationships, it’s time to speak up. If letting someone else take the credit means you got passed over for another promotion, it’s time to speak up. And if you truly believe that…
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John L Hanson Jr interviews Dr. mOe for NPR Affiliate KUT FM
Check out this episode Great interview! We discussed racism, careers, life balance, and the importance of learning to say “No”.
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The Whole World Smiles With You
Celebrating Independence Day by keeping it light and simple for the next 24 hrs. In that vein, rather than talking about Egypt, Trayvon Martin, Texas Representative Wendy Davis or the loss of someone I really admired just yesterday, I’m sharing one of my favorite go-to YouTube series for when the world becomes too much….
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From Harlem to Manhattan
I arrived in New York yesterday for the annual Blogging While Brown conference. I spent the day enjoying the sights and sounds of my favorite American city. The conference hotel is the Aloft Harlem. I was a bit alarmed that my taxi driver had never heard of it since the Aloft is a major, global…
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My Tribute to Cultural Icon Joyce Adejumo “Hunt” (Published by Soulciti.com 6/15/2013)
Austin Says Goodbye to a Community Legend Dr. Moe Anderson, soulciti.com On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, buttercup rays of sunshine peeked through the partly cloudy skies to glimpse the Who’s Who of Austin as they gathered to pay their last respects to Joyce Elizabeth Adejumo (Hunt). Well known as the founder of Mitchie’s Gallery (which…
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Chasing Your Dreams?
It’s an old adage, “Chase your dreams.” Great advice if you don’t delete the adjective “your”. Most of us end up running all our lives, chasing everyone’s dreams but our own. Boyfriend’s dreams…parents’ dreams…corporate vision…images created by, for, and about someone else. The directive “to chase” indicates the dreams are separate from us and somehow…
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Why Are All The Black Women Angry?
There is a new sitcom on the ABC network called The Fosters. It is about an interracial lesbian couple raising the biological son of one of the partners, along with several other children who have been in the foster care system. In the pilot episode, the African-American mother, a vice-principal, brings home a teenager who…