National Labor Shortage is Actually a Nationwide Walkout
Businesses in southern states and nationwide are moving into the holiday season with a rash of vacancies on their sales and service...
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Perdita Patrice
- Sep 24, 2021
Misogynoir in the Workplace
Inciting Incidents. I was staring at my hysterical white female coworker—we’ll call her Karen—who was screaming, “You’re not going to...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 23, 2021
Five Things to Know About Capitalism
“Pull yourself by your bootstraps,” a common phrase meant to inspire self-determination is not only an impossible task when taken...
Perdita Patrice
- Dec 17, 2020
Black-Owned Businesses Abandoned by U.S. Pandemic Response
Black-owned small businesses were widely shut out from accessing PPP loans, yet right-wing disinfo org PV took half a million in public...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 20, 2020
COVID Economy Targets Black Mothers
owner until March of this year. Her company, Gemstone Bakery – The Cake Bar, was a mobile cottage foods vendor supplying vegan and paleo...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 22, 2020
Make Your Next Career Move Your Best Move
A new year has arrived, and with it may come a renewed desire to tackle goals and open yourself up to new opportunities for growth....
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 30, 2019
Footprint Farms and the Path to Food Security
The soil is dark and rich in Mississippi, much like its history. Agriculture accounts for over one-third of exports in the state....
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 25, 2019
International Afro-Latina, Afro-Caribbean, and African Diaspora Women’s Day
Florinda Soriano Muñoz aka “Mama Tingó” – Dominican activist and defender of rural farmer’s land rights. Zulia Mena – women’s rights...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 27, 2019
Latest Cuba Travel Restrictions and Their Effects on the Afro-Cuban Community
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced new travel restrictions banning passenger and recreational vehicles, including...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 29, 2019
Homeownership at the Intersection of Black and Millennial
The Dream A goal I’d dreamt about for years was accomplished last year when I purchased my first home. Home ownership for me wasn’t so...
Perdita Patrice
- Dec 27, 2018
Adulting 101: Savings Edition
“I-N-D-E-N-D-E-P-E-N-T, do you know what that means?” Sing this with me— but only if can relate to paying all of these bills, too. I’m in...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 20, 2018
White Eminence and the Case for Responsible Freedom
All of our work at The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects centers achieving ‘responsible freedom,’ one of seven programmatic principles. On...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 21, 2018
Elegy from an Educator
I knew from the first day I entered Greenville-Weston High School I didn’t want to be a classroom teacher for the rest of my life. This...
Perdita Patrice
- May 11, 2018
The Balancing Act
“I don’t have time for this,” I say to myself. I say this about half a dozen times a day, and it’s probably the truest statement I’ve...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 2, 2018
Get With It or Get Lost | Searching for Job Satisfaction in Jackson
I’ve been back in Jackson, Mississippi, for nearly six months, and if I had a dollar for every time someone’s asked me why I moved back...
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