In the US, with a criminal justice system that has wrongly convicted people over and over again, I am outraged that we still use capital punishment. I studied criminology as an undergraduate student at Hampton University and some more as a graduate student at Morehead State University. The one thing that I continued to find [...]

I’m so excited to share with you the movie poster artwork from my first narrative film, They Call Me Dae. The film gives a short glimpse into the life of DeCalia, a female bully who prides herself in fighting other girls. Some of you may remember Dae from my book Retaliation. She is such a [...]

Somewhere in my travels I came across a brochure that listed 101 Ways to Make Love Without Doin’ It. Among teens, there is often pressure to have sex so I think its great to have different things to do outside of sex.  I’m going to share the 101 Ways over the next 5 days. The [...]

Every Corner, my docu-reality series is hitting LA this weekend as a part of LAWebFest. If you haven’t had the chance to watch any episodes, watch some now and rate them. The episodes are 1 1/2 minutes to 2 1/2 minutes long and showcase teens, parents or educators speaking about the issues that affect youth [...]

According to www.msnbc.com, a body recently found is likely to be missing teen, 17 year old, Chelsea King. Chelsea was a straight A student who’d gone missing 5 days prior.  John Albert Gardner, 30, was arrested on suspicion of rape and murder. To this I say, be as careful as you can when you see [...]

On day two of my Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour I discovered that college women are turned off by the open crotch shots ie (Lil Kim and Nikki Minaj.) When I asked men if they liked the photos, of course they said yeah. But it still wouldn’t make them buy the album. They would [...]

I understand some people’s need to be a rebel for the hell of it, but a 14 year old in Pittsburgh, PA who pulled out a gun and demanded a police officer to surrender their personal vehicle must take the cake. Of all the people to attempt to carjack? Is this a sign of the [...]

When I heard this courageous young man’s story of growing up in a household where domestic violence was the norm, I knew I had to share it with you all. He’s strong and shared how he saw his father be violent with his mother on a regular basis. If you want to use a video [...]

Today I spoke at the downtown campus of the Florida State College at Jacksonville. Before I could get started, right after I was introduced in fact–a female student in the front of the auditorium raised her hand. I was excited because I usually don’t get questions until after my lecture is over but this girl [...]

A new study in the Journal of American College Health is announcing something that many of us have known for a long, long, long time: College students who are in coed housing have sex more than students in single-sex housing. As Homer Simpson would say, “Doh.” Portions of the study appeared in the USA today [...]