Author: r3coachingelevated

In a world that’s so geared towards starting a negative movement whether big or small just to see if someone, anyone will agree with your way of thinking is truly sad. Why make nothing into something because you have a stirring in your emotions that you can’t control? Nobody wants to constantly talk or be surrounded by negativity. Use that energy for something positive to change yourself and the world.

Here we have one man that felt the need to voice his opinion and start an outrage. I mean what was the purpose? What was he trying to prove? I always say if you’re going to do something make it make sense otherwise shut up, sit back or sit the hell down.

An uproar all because of a black woman dressing her best to be her best and feel her best. People get a life or get busy trying to get one. Stop wreaking havoc onto and into someone else life all because you see them being great and you feel you’re not. Stop it daymit! Read the story in the link below.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/texas-am-coach-sydney-carter-responds-to-outfit-criticism-174538060.html

Today is a day of LOVE. Today is a day of APPRECIATION. Today is a day to give THANKS for the special person in your life. How ever you choose to spend it celebrating today R3CE wants to wish you a very Happy Valentine’s Day!

With Love, Kisha.

https://www.newsflooring.com/african-american-mother-give-birth/

Bishop Wesley G. Smith

Soooo you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chained to other human bodies for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the Middle Passage, lost their language, customs and traditions, picked up the English language as best they could while working free of charge from sun up to sun down as they watched babies sold from out of their arms and women raped by ruthless slave owners.

Took names with no last names, no birth certificates, no heritage of any kind, braved the Underground Railroad, survived the Civil War to enter into sharecropping… Learned to read and write out of sheer will and determination, faced the burning crosses of the KKK, everted their eyes at the black bodies swinging from ropes hung on trees…

Fought in World Wars as soldiers only to return to America as boys, marched in Birmingham, hosed in Selma, jailed in Wilmington, assassinated in Memphis, segregated in the South, ghettoed in the North, ignored in history books, stereotyped in Hollywood…

and in spite of it all, someone in your family line endured every era to make sure you would get here, but you receive one rejection, face one obstacle, lose one friend, get overlooked, and you want to quit?

How dare you entertain the very thought of quitting. People, you will never know survived from generation to generation so you could succeed. Don’t you dare let them down!

Self-expression is defined as the expression of one’s feelings, thoughts, or ideas, especially in writing, art, music, or dance. It is the best medicine you can give yourself. Being free to live your life the way you want with no regrets or worrying about what others think is exuberating!

Feed the inner you with endless possibilities by embracing every part of you and expressing it how you damn well choose. Yanis Marshall attracts the attention and interest of others through his infectious personality, dance and message and in doing so the opportunities of living life freely, openly and unapologetically has served him well. People fear what they don’t understand. Add personality and confidence to the mix and people will embrace what is unordinary!

Yanis Marshall makes it OK for anyone to live a life that is full of whatever you want it to be. Take a look at the video below!

Raise your children to be thoughtful, caring and considerate. A young ladies selfless act made the world of a difference to another young lady who lost her mother. Beautiful. Read the story below.👇🏾

https://www.suchanadaily.com/2022/02/08/the-homecoming-queen-gave-away-her-crown-to-comfort-a-family-and-set-an-example-for-us-all-video/

Betty Davis was a songwriter, singer, and model most known as the Queen of Funk has died at the age off 77. She wrote and produced her own music, two songs hit the charts one of which barely made it coming in at #97. She did not make it to be astronomical in the music industry, but her music was heard, and she made an impact being different and original. She was told that her music career was “over” and her response “I accepted it” and she never made music again. She died in Homestead, Pennsylvania, her childhood home.

Whether you are a lover of Funk or not, always follow your dreams and don’t let anyone tell you it’s “over” and you just “accept it” unless you truly do. I’m sure her decision to acknowledge and accept that her music career was over was no walk in the park. Imagine being told the very thing you love to do is “over”, that’s hard stuff. She illustrated confidence and self love by knowing who she was therefore she was ok with it. She didn’t try to impress others by proving a point that she was great because we know that she was. She not only accepted it, but she did not let it control her future or inner thoughts. When you know your purpose it hits different when others do not see it.

Acceptance is a hard thing but knowing when something is out of your control and choosing to live beyond the unsettling is important. Continue to do what you love no matter what others think, that’s your choice. It’s sad that after all these years the music she made, the dreams she had, her contribution to the world, the inspiration she gave so many will be reintroduced to the world after she has left this earth. Give people their flowers while they are alive and striving for greatness. Everyone has a story to be told whether that’s through words on paper, actions on screen, voice through music or art on canvas. Let people be who they are and give them a chance to express themselves. What may not be good to you is great to someone else.

Rest in peace Ms. Davis. You made an impact and you birthed superstars who followed your taste of expression through music, Erykah Badu and Prince are just a few. People will continue to listen to your message all around the world. #impact #influence #BettyDavis

Carter G. Woodson, known as the “Father of Black History”. He was born on December 19^th, 1875, in New Canton, Virginia to former slaves Anne Eliza (Riddle) and James Henry Woodson.

Woodson was not able to attend school as a young child but through self-teaching he exceeded in all subjects. At the age of 17, Woodson moved to Huntington, West Virginia. Three years later he started Douglass High School as a full-time student and graduated in 1897. He became a teacher at a school in Winona, West Virginia and later selected to become the principal of Douglas High School. He achieved great success and furthered that success by becoming the second African American to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate degree and becoming a member of the first Black professional fraternity Sigma Pi Phi and a member of Omega Psi Phi.

After getting a doctoral degree, he continued teaching in public schools, as no university was willing to hire him. Eventually he became the principal of the all-Black Armstrong Manual Training School in Washington D.C. He later became a faculty member at Howard as a professor and then served as a dean to the colleges Art and Sciences department.

What a magnificent journey through oppression, trials, and tribulations. Having gone through many adversaries he still prevailed and was determined to succeed. Today we highlight his industrious nature, courage, strength, and tenacity! Thank you for founding Black History Month Sir.

Valerie German 

Fact to know

Did you know Cornrows were used to help slaves escape slavery?

Slaves used cornrows to transfer information and create maps to the north.

Since slaves were not allowed to read or write they had to pass information through cornrows.

It is believed to have originated in Colombia, South America where Benkos Bioho, in the late 1500’s came up with the idea to have women create maps & deliver messages through their cornrows. They were also called “canerows” to represent the sugarcane fields that slaves worked in.

One style had curved braids, tightly braided on their heads. The curved braids would represent the roads they would use to escape.

Also in their braids they kept gold and hid seeds which helped them survive after they escaped. They would use the seeds to plant crops once they were liberated.

Cornrows was the best way to not give back any suspicion to the owner. He would never figure out such a hairstyle would mean they would escape or the route they would take. #BlackHistoryMonth

R3: Very interesting fact about the history behind African American cornrows. Very intelligent people. Our ancestors were amazing and very creative. Thank you for paving the way. Thank you for the sacrifices you made. Thank you for your willingness, courage and determination to change the trajectory of history as we know it today. Thank you for your economic contributions. Thank you for the movements. Thank you for solid foundational principles that some of us live by today. You are greatly cherished and we will never forget all that you had to endure for your kind to be where we are today. #thankyoufromthebottomofourhearts