Women Who Rock with Success- Women of Color

I greatly wanted to teach a lesson about self-love that would help people of African
descent to love their kinky hair, while providing a universal message of self-love and
acceptance to people of all races. I did not think that I had creative writing ability. I had
earned a BA from Harvard in Social Studies, an MBA from Wharton, and a law degree
from The University of Pennsylvania. None of those degrees prepared me to become a
writer.
But not long after the incident, I saw Marianne Williamson on Oprah and Marianne
Williamson made a comment that art is no different from prayer and we can always pray
to be a vehicle through which God gives art. I prayed for a story and received the story of
Sunne's Gift. I did a Kick-starter to publish it and raised over $12,000 in 45 days. The book
came out beautifully and I started using the book to do training programs on diversity
and other issues, in my spare time. A little over a year after the book's release, I quit my
job as a corporate lawyer at a major bank to go into publishing and training and
development full time.
Now two years later, my company, Miles tales Publishing and Education Consulting
(www.milestales.com), provides books and training programs on leadership, diversity,
bullying prevention, social and emotional learning, and other topics to corporations,
schools, and universities. Additionally, I have an FM radio show on WBAI Pacifica 99.5FM
called How to Make it in The City (https://www.wbai.org/podcast/program/?id=5).
Wom en Who Rock w it h Success: Nam e som e w ays of creat ing a bet t er
environm ent for racial background.
Am a:
There are so many ways that we all can do the work of creating a better racial
environment.
First, we can examine our own circles of friends and colleagues and make a conscious
effort to get to know people who have different racial and cultural backgrounds. We may
accomplish that by asking a co-worker of a different ethnicity to come to lunch with us or
inviting him or her to a gathering at our home. Many of us have unchallenged
assumptions about people of other races because we have never taken the time to forge
relationships with people of other backgrounds.