Is the Hijab a symbol of oppression? In America and most of the western world, the hijab or the head covering worn by Muslim women is advertised as a symbol…
Introducing This Woman Knows very first vlog! We followed Redeemed Ministries Operations Director, Desirie Dougall, to the State Capitol for Human Trafficking Advocacy Day sponsored by Children at Risk. Watch a…
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and I have the privilege of serving a group of young women rescued from sex trafficking and prostitution. A few times a year I…
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and it comes on the heels of one of the biggest sporting events ever—the Super Bowl. I had a chance to interview Desirie Dougall, the…
If "service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth" as boxing great Muhammad Ali stated...then I pay rent to a few different organizations. Freedom Place…
On September 11, 2001, the United Nations voted to make the International Day of Peace a permanent fixture every year. Since 1981, it had been the third Thursday of September…
When the Home Shopping Network (HSN) was very new, my sister and I would watch the show faithfully. We absolutely loved the jewelry segment of the show and who wouldn’t?…
Without a doubt education opens doors and increases opportunities for all who have the opportunity to partake in the academic exercise. This is especially true for girls and young women…
I've journaled off-and-on for the past 20 years. Some of my journals are leather, some are spiral bound, some I even created myself. I even tried online journaling but didn't care for…
I was born and raised in Los Angeles. Not Beverly Hills. Not Santa Monica. Not Hollywood. Los Angeles city proper. We lived in the thick of it. We watched the…