Creative Black Introvert

Christina Boyd-Clark, a former student of Mr. Chambers and a current graduate student at NCCU(she attends alongside her son too!) stopped by to deliver a few inspiring words and life lessons she has experienced along her journey. She discussed her trip to Ghana and what she learned as a student and a mother and about what kind of legacy she wants to leave behind for her son and how she started her Youtube channel, The Total Woman and being a Mcnair Scholar. What really resonated with me was her point about only being connected to things that make you feel good and how you have all the time but to make that time count. That really was inspiring to me because lately I've been in a funk kind of feeling uninspired and not feeling like I'm fulfilling a purpose but rereading her speech made me want to get back into the swing of things especially when it comes to my own journey and to not let outside factors like work and personal issues knock me off. I want to leave something

The National Association of Black Journalists held a basics boot camp with workshops and panel discussions from successful journalists and industry leaders to aspiring students from several HBCU's and the community. Dr. Hall and Mr. Chambers set up to have students from Mass Communication department to attend free of charge because of how important events like this can be when pursuing a degree in this field. I am always will be super grateful to be given the opportunity to attend an experience like this. The first workshop I sat in on was the "To Click or Not to Click?" The panel discussion was led by Cindy George (@cindylgeorge) and Eric Stirgus (@escoopstirgus). Just to give a brief insight on who they both are Cindy George is a journalist for Pulse magazine a health magazine based out of Houston, Texas. Eric Stirgus is a education reporter for the AJC based in Atlanta, Georgia. The topic of the panel discussion was to tackle the issue of staying relevant in a vi