Hannah Drake·May 10, 2018Dear White Women, Get Your Friends.Once again, I awake to yet another social media post about a White woman calling the police on a Black person for doing everyday things…
InIDEASxLabbyHannah Drake·Mar 16, 2018Passing the Baton To the FutureThe trickle of students quickly turned into an energetic throng as hundreds poured out of Meyzeek Middle School for the National School…
Hannah Drake·Dec 13, 2017Black Women Do Not Exist to Save YouIn a narrow win, Doug Jones has won the Senate race in Alabama. And by narrow, I mean less than 50,000 votes. So, before any of us break…
Hannah Drake·Dec 6, 2017TED Talks Broke My Heart. Mwende Katwiwa Put It Back Together Again.In November of 2015, I decided to quit my job of 16 years as an administrative assistant. I remember as I was exiting my officer after…
Hannah Drake·Nov 29, 2017Is The “Woke Black Woman” Becoming a Caricature & The New Mammy?Caricature – car·i·ca·ture ˈkerikəCHər,ˈkerikəˌCHo͝or/ noun a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain…
InIDEASxLabbyHannah Drake·Oct 31, 2017Telling A New StoryI was not looking forward to going to Mississippi much less Natchez, a town that didn’t register on my bucket list of places I would love…