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Christmas How to Decorate a Christmas Tree: Professional Styling Tips on Lights, Ornaments and More

It’s time to make your tree show up and show out! You’ve scouted out your space, decided on the size and nature (or f...

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Christmas How to Choose a Christmas Tree: Expert Advice on Live and Artificial Trees

In this first article, we’re gonna get into how to assess your space, how to choose a bomb tree within your budget, a...

Encouragement 30+ Reasons to Celebrate and Recognize Women This Year (and Every Year)

As women, even with everything going on around us, we still have something to celebrate—ourselves! We’re empowered to...

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Card Ideas Uplifted and Empowered: Creating Cards to 
“Put Our Arms Around the Black Community”

In 2021, Mahogany released the 11-card Uplifted and Empowered collection, featuring timely, authentic, inspiring mess...

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Care & Concern Uplifting With Love is How We Do

Since the very beginnings of our Black communities, uplifting people with love has always been key to our collective ...

His dream is our mission. His courage is our blueprint. His love is our inheritance.

Winter Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Love is the Light of Freedom

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a national holiday honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., our country’s...

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Winter 80+ inspiring quotes for Black History Month

During Black History Month, it’s important to have several ways to share knowledge, celebrate progress and express ho...

Christmas Making the Holidays Your Own

I holiday hard, y’all. And I’m proud, unapologetic and wildly joyful about it. Look, if you find yourself l...

Love Expressing Our Love: The Power of Our Words

I love me some love. I remember being three or four years old as my grandmother plaited love into my hair a...

I am my family’s refuge, and they are mine. —Melvina Young

Family Making Home a Healing Place

I looked at my daughter’s face and knew she needed sanctuary. She needed haven from the constant flow of ne...

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Care & Concern Self-Care for My Sisters: Letting the “Strong Black Woman” Rest

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It’s self-preservation…” —Poet Audre Lorde...

Kwanzaa What is Kwanzaa?

Kwanzaa, a festival of lights rich in African symbolism, takes place each year from December 26th through January ...