Tammy Reese
Bio
Tammy is best known for her legendary interviews with Sharon Stone, Angela Bassett, Sigourney Weaver, Geena Davis, Morris Chestnut, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Laurence Fishburne, Omar Epps, Joseph Sikora, and more.
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Karen Arrington
Karen Arrington defines black women empowerment. Empowerment Coach , Author, International Philanthropist, Founder of Miss Black USA Pageant, Co Founder of Diabetes Awareness Day in West Africa, Goodwill Ambassador to The Gambia and Sierra Leone, and NAACP Image Award Honoree. Seen on national media publications and networks including BET, The Washington Post, BlogTalkRadio, Lifetime, and JET. Living her life with absolute purpose. Achieving greatness, mentoring women, being an humanitarian giving back to others, while creating platforms to elevate and celebrate black women. Please enjoy our interview.
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Motivation
Francesca Andre - Award Winning Filmmaker & Published Photographer
Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Francesca Andre is known for creating rich and opulent work, tackling the complexities of life. Through a beautiful lens she invites you to a world of color, full of passion and triumph. In 2018, Francesca Andre made the 40 Under 40 list of high achievers by Connecticut Magazine.
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Photography
The Black Come Up
Hey people! Hope everything is well out here for you in these Rona streets. As businesses and states are beginning to reopen social distancing measures are still in place so please be safe and I will do the same. My blog isn't for the weak hearted. It's for those who can wholeheartedly accept the honest truth if they agree with my perspective or not. What an awesome yet totally wicked world we are living in at the same damn time right? Black people had to deal with centuries of systematic oppression and discrimination as a whole. When I seen an article stating there are 615 billionaires in the USA and only 6 of them were black that was a wake up call of many for me. The playing field has never been fair. We weren't giving over 400 years of equal opportunities. I believe in my soul though there is no excuse for this behavior that Black people who commit acts of violence have been systematically brainwashed to hate due to centuries of blacks being hated on. History shows us patterns of black opportunities aren't given to us like white opportunities have been given to them. That time is changing rapidly before our eyes. Well for those who are paying attention to the law changes for the better and the opportunities that are coming our for black people at rapid pace one by one. Many corporations at this time continue to say black lives matter on their websites , in press releases and on their social media accounts. Doesn't even matter to me at this point if this statements they are saying is with real empathy or forced all that matters to me is the action behind the words. Left and right I'm seeing companies dedicate full blown initiatives putting up millions and billions of dollars toward the advancement of black people. As I continue to research and stay on top of this awesomeness to inform my people and also use some of these resources and knowledge for my self I can't help but smile and feel its a whole new era for my people. It took covid for the world to really sit still and see how black people have been treated in this country. To my white people reading this maybe you haven't been apart of the problem , maybe you aren't racist, but I am going to be honest with you. Majority of your black friends or colleagues don't give two shits about nothing you talking about unless it has to do with our people right now. Yes every social issue matters but right now we all about us and equality. It's our time, ya'll had yours since the beginning of time. Black people if you have a white business partner and they are not going hard as you to speak up of current issues, if they are not checking on you knowing this topic is so passionate to you. If they are in their own bubble and show no empathy as if they are so blinded to the fact of what's going on it's time to plan your exit strategy and leave them where they stand. The black come up is real. There is so much black love all around us. Create your own opportunities and get aligned with those who share the same values and mission as you with no barriers. Now back to it being our time. With the many possibilities opening up for our skinfolk right now I have a huge feeling within the next few years we will begin to see the beginning of the game being fair. We didn't have a over 400 years head start, but we about to catch up like people have never seen before. There are going to be more loans and grants going to blacks, more high level positions at companies for us, more college attendance and businesses starting. More opportunities for black men and black women in fields that were dominated by whites. This is going to not only be a global shift but an entire culture shift. Our people about to elevate and come up which is long deserved and overdue. There's so much more work to be done and equality will never happen over night, but hell to the yes its beginning! What an awesome time to be black in 2020. You are now witnessing the black come up!
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Jas Waters
Lately I can not get Jas Waters off of my mind. This beautiful accomplished woman who was in the entertainment/media/film industry who is no longer here. It is so important to check on your loved ones especially these days. In the covid-19 era we have no idea what's on our loved ones minds. We all see so much craziness all around us it can be stressful and take a toll on our mental health. As we know it does not matter how rich or famous you are, it doesn't matter how beautiful or successful you are. You can have everything and still feel as if something in your life is missing. A lot of suicidal people never leave a note or any warning. We have to be over cautious of our self and those around us. These are extremely sensitive times. I am writing this letter in honor of Jas Water as a black woman, journalist, writer and suicide prevention advocate.
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Psyche
Refuel & Reflection
This photo was taken by the love of my life, Joseph on March 6th 2020 around 1pm EST. This photo among so many in my archives mean so much to me. This photo in particular is memorable. I remember this entire day so well. We were at the old Erie Canal State Park in Syracuse , NY. About a month before he captured this photo of me we attended my mothers funeral February 9th 2020. My mom passed away unexpectedly January 31 2020. After her funeral in February I went in full blown isolation mode. I locked myself in the house. I hardly came out of my room. I didn't come outside at all. I am forever thankful to Joe for all the errands , love. Overall him being patient seeing his woman battle a pain he couldn't take away. He went any where I needed him to go for me or my dad. He cooked for me, he cleaned for me , he tried to make me laugh, he was being an amazing father and man while he was hurting too. He loved my mom like his own. At the time I wasn't there to comfort him as he comforted me even when I pushed him away constantly. During that month of isolation I had his understanding and support to allow me to grieve my own way. Though he constantly did try to encourage me to talk about my feelings, and get out doors, but I didn't. I did not want to go outside in a world my mom was no longer apart of. From January 31 2020 to March 6 2020 I cried everyday , all day missing my mother. I kept feeling an ache in my heart that I thought was going to take me out of this world. Being a mom myself I had no idea how I was going to go on without the one who taught me and gave me everything I needed to carry on and live without her . The thought of that March 6th I woke up and did not cry . I acknowledge that and wondered was I all cried out. No, because there will forever be more tears to come. When you lose the woman you were close to , who was your biggest supporter and who gave you life. You will mourn them always. You just find ways to cope. But that special day in March I felt as if she wiped my tears away for just a moment. I told Joey I want to go outside and smile around my favorite place which is any type of nature. He found the perfect place where I took this picture. My smile is so authentic. It defines my strength to push through without one of the most important people to me who is no longer in my life physically , but remains in my heart spiritually. My smile reflects the drive I have to fulfill my dreams and be the best mother I could be as I have had the best mother on earth. My smile in this photo reassures the season I was ready to embark on a few days before the covid19 NYS lockdown. I posted this photo on my Instagram page with this caption :
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Humans
Juneteenth Lives
What a blessed time to be a black person in 2020. This statement doesn't discredit the beautiful nationalities that make us all unique around the world.. BUT black people do I love me some melanin? Hell to the yes! This is such a time to be celebrating our history and as Auntie Maxine Waters would say " reclaiming our time". Because it is our time, our time to get what is overdue to us. Equality, respect, justice, and reparations. Justice and equality for all is the American way right? At least it was suppose to be. It will be you know why? We highjacked it and made them listen. Either through riots or peaceful protesting the world is watching and listening. I often listen to Bob Dylan's song The Times They Are A Changing and from beginning to end each lyric is so moving and powerful now as the impact back then when the track was first released. When he says, 'The order is rapidly fadin', and the first one now will later be last, for the times they are a changing". I felt those lyrics in my soul. I'm sure you can feel it too. Right before our eyes we have witnessed history unfold on so many levels we can hardly keep up.
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Motivation