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Journalist | Natural Hair Advocate | Fluent in tongues & Ebonics | Author: Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us.
Articles by Chanté Griffin
Brick by Brick
Published in 2026 South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine By Chanté Griffin on April 24, 2026 “Regina Lewis is the Doogie Howser of law,” says her friend and former colleague Susan McWilliams, referring to the ’90s sitcom about a teenage doctor. “She won’t tell you that, but if you do the math, you figure it out.” The math shows that Lewis graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1984, at just 19 years old.
More trading in four-year colleges for beauty school, more lucrative careers
LOS ANGELES — When Bria Brown asked her high school guidance counselor to enroll her in the school’s cosmetology licensing program, Brown says her counselor resisted. “You’re a smart kid; you’re going to go to a real college,” the counselor said. Brown enrolled at Temple University the following year, in 2017, and majored in psychology, but was shocked when a professor toldher class: “You’re not going to make any money [in psychology].” But Brown needed a career that was lucrative.
Celebrate Kwanzaa With These Meaningful Traditions
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Kwanzaa is a beloved African American cultural celebration that is observed annually between December 26 and January 1. The celebration draws from various African harvest festivals and blends elements of continental African culture, African American history and traditional African values.
Type 1
The diagnosis that changed La’Toyia Slay’s path Published in 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine By Chanté Griffin on November 18, 2024 At 17, La’Toyia Slay had mapped out her future. The straight-A student from Greenville, Mississippi, would attend Sewanee in Tennessee, then head to medical school with an eye on becoming a pediatrician. Two medical matters changed everything. In high school, she says, “I was always thirsty, always hungry, and always tired.” And she was losing weight.
A Fight Within Him
Published in 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers magazine By Chanté Griffin on June 24, 2024 As a Black man born and raised in Oakland, Adanté Pointer was accustomed to being tailed and stopped by the police without cause, and being suspected of illegal activity for no reason. But it wasn’t until 2003, while studying for the Bar exam at his home in West Oakland, that Pointer witnessed the police beating someone right before his eyes.
This Juneteenth, We Must Stand Up for Our Black Neighbors
Affiliate spotlight: Watch whatever you want — without the bad stuff. Try VidAngel free for 7 days. As a little girl, when I heard the story of Moses being drawn from the water by Pharaoh’s daughter, the emphasis of the story was one person being saved for the freedom of a group of people. This is true. But what wasn’t emphasized as much was how Moses was saved.
Ga Kay, Justice
“I need a kick-ass female attorney,” the woman said, “and I need somebody who understands I’m not lying.” It was 2008, and S. Graham (not her real name) was speaking to attorney Geraldine Ly at a Starbucks because Ly’s office in Santa Ana had a spiral staircase but no elevator. While working at IKEA, Graham broke her ankle, but even with a year of rest and rehab she was still on crutches, insisting the pain was too intense to even stand on unassisted.
Doctor and Hair Salon Combine at this D.C. Haven for Hair Loss
As a teenager, Amber Robinson always noticed the thin edges of her hairline, but never imagined she’d one day need a hair transplant. At the age of 37, however, after losing portions of hair from the side edges and the front of her head, hairs from the back of Robinson’s head were transferred to the left and right sides as treatment for traction alopecia and androgenetic alopecia (female pattern baldness). The transplant cost her $8,000. “This is expensive,” says Robinson, now 39.
Kwanzaa Traditions, Symbols and Rituals to Help You Celebrate
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Writing With God Virtual Writing Retreat
About this Event Spend a weekend writing w/ God in an intimate setting with other writers.
Bald and Free: Welcome to Baldie Con, Where Women With Alopecia Aren't Alone
“Baldie, you a baddie, and I need you to know it,” the voice over the loud speaker begins. “Once you know it, then you need to show it.” That's Paula Fontana, the bald beauty rocking a hot pink body con dress, on the mic. She's a cross between a preacher and a life coach; and the audience—consisting of more than one hundred bald women, also known as “baldies”—is basking in her motivational message.
Interview: KevOnStage and MrsKevOnStage Talk Sex, Therapy, and Why ‘Marriage Be Hard’ (Video)
Kevin and Melissa Fredericks, popularly known as KevOnStage and MrsKevOnStage, get real about their relationship as a Christian couple in their book, Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner. KevOnStage is a NAACP Image Award-nominated comedian, the founder of KevOnStage Studios, and a social media superstar known for posting hilarious content rooted in faith and family.
What I See in Jada Pinkett Smith
I was mesmerized the first time I saw Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head on television—so mesmerized that I remember neither what she was wearing nor the red-carpet event she graced that day. I just remember thinking, Wow, she has a new look, and she looks gorgeous! Like regal, queen-to-be gorgeous! Beaming on that carpet at just five feet, she stood tall in confidence. On Sunday when she walked the red carpet at the 94th Annual Academy Awards, I was in awe again.
This Is Why Black History Month Falls in February
I’ll admit it — it’s easy for me to take Black History Month for granted. I’ve celebrated it for as long as I can remember; its presence is as constant and steady as choir rocks and handclaps in a Sunday morning service. Tracing its roots reminds me that Black History Month is a fairly recent celebration, (considering the span of U.S. history), and that it’s just as critical today as it was when it was first established decades ago.
Here's Why We Celebrate Black History Month in February Original
I’ll admit it — it’s easy for me to take Black History Month for granted. I’ve celebrated it for as long as I can remember; its presence is as constant and steady as choir rocks and handclaps in a Sunday morning service. Tracing its roots reminds me that Black History Month is a fairly recent celebration, (considering the span of U.S. history), and that it’s just as critical today as it was when it was first established decades ago.
Animal rights revolutionary weaves a creature safety net, law by law Original
If you think twice about leaving your pet in the car while you run an errand – just for a minute, even on a cool day – Judie Mancuso has something to do with that. She’s an animal rights pioneer in California with outsize success creating the legal foundation for the animal welfare revolution. In the past 20 years, Ms. Mancuso has helped pass nearly 20 animal protection laws in California – from outlawing animals in hot cars and fur trapping to mandatory microchipping of shelter animals.
The Christian Science Monitor Daily for January 26, 2022
2022 January 26 Wednesday TODAY’S INTRO Like son, like father: How a family business is built with kindness You probably won’t find the secret sauce of T and Sons Property Management LLC in a Harvard Business School textbook. But maybe it should be. The cornerstone of this small business in Mechanicville, New York, is kindness. About five years ago, young Thor Hendrickson Jr. started helping out a neighbor, whom he spotted raking her yard with a cast on her arm. He volunteered to help.
KQED closes $140M capital campaign, maps next steps for creating ‘sense of belonging’ in renovated headquarters
After concluding its eight-year, $140 million capital campaign, KQED in San Francisco is preparing to fully reopen its state-of-the-art renovated headquarters next year. The modernized facility, redesigned and rebuilt with $94 million from KQED’s Campaign 21, accommodates KQED’s expanding news and multimedia content operations while supporting the public broadcaster’s goals for building community partnerships and audience engagement.
Upcoming shows refresh food and travel genres with multicultural focus
Three new series coming to PBS bring new talent and multicultural storytelling to popular lifestyle formats — food and travel programming. Two of the shows debut next summer: The Great American Recipe, a cooking competition that scours different regions of the U.S. in search of the best amateur recipe; and America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (w.t.), a travel show that ventures into unique ecological systems to explore how people access and experience the natural world.
Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in The Baby-Sitters Club
I remember the day my boxed set of the Baby-Sitters Club books arrived. It was my sixth grade culmination and I was adorned in my Sunday best: a flower dress my mother had sewn that was covered with pink and lavender flowers; cream stockings; and black patent leather heels.
Schools and trust: What works for communities of color
This spring, surveys showed Black and Latino parents were less inclined to have their children return to in-person schooling than their white counterparts. Attention to health protocols, infrastructure issues, and worry about putting intergenerational households at risk are among the concerns. Some families in these demographic groups have turned to home schooling and learning pods instead.
Schools and trust: What works for communities of color
This article appeared in the May 28, 2021 edition of the Monitor Daily. Read 05/28 edition Two ways to read the story Quick Read Deep Read ( 7 Min. ) This spring, surveys showed Black and Latino parents were less inclined to have their children return to in-person schooling than their white counterparts. Attention to health protocols, infrastructure issues, and worry about putting intergenerational households at risk are among the concerns.
The Christian Science Monitor Daily for May 28, 2021
2021 May 28 Friday TODAY’S INTRO Of lilacs, Memorial Day, and remembrance When I think of Memorial Day I think of lilacs. In much of the northern United States, lilacs bloom in May and are the flower of ritual remembrance. As a child my wife gathered armloads of lilacs on Memorial Day to place on Civil War graves in her small Massachusetts town.
Los Angeles partners revamp local daily news breaks into ‘SoCal Update’
A public media collaboration that began during last year’s coronavirus lockdowns has relaunched as a multiplatform daily local news production airing on PBS SoCal and KCET in Los Angeles. Produced in partnership with Southern California Public Radio’s KPCC and LAist, SoCal Update is a series of short video segments that air weeknights on both PBS stations. It’s also distributed as digital video shorts on social media and as a podcast.
Deborah Joy Winans Talks New Lifetime Movie ‘Color of Love,’ Race, and the Foster Care System
Actor and singer Deborah Joy Winans is no stranger to the spotlight. As part of one of gospel music’s most beloved families, Winans understands the power of the gospel in song and onscreen. In her role in the new Lifetime movie “Color of Love,” she plays Monica Henderson, a widow who fights to adopt two White children despite opposition from family, friends, and the foster care system. Henderson confronts racism and discrimination, similar to Winans’ real-life encounters.
Black Hair as Art: How Styling Black Hair Became a Cultural Celebration
© Getty Images hair competitions It’s a buffet for the senses: dope music, grooving marching bands, flashing lights, and catsuit-clad hair models; hairstylists cutting neon strands in the dark and styling models’ hair upside down, underwater. The show-stopping pageantry and unparalleled floss of Black hair shows, including the Bronner Brothers International Beauty Show—the pinnacle of them all—are undeniable.
LA lowriders take responsibility for community seriously
When Juan Ramirez drives his spotless 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille, named Sugar, on East LA’s Whittier Boulevard, it’s an example of the lowrider pride that’s on display most weekends in Los Angeles. Last spring after George Floyd’s death, Mr. Ramirez and other lowriders protected the shops here from looting. “A lot of these businesses were working real hard, trying to recover from the pandemic,” says Mr. Ramirez.
The Christian Science Monitor Daily for January 4, 2021
2021 January 04 Monday TODAY’S INTRO Opening the gate Here’s a tale of two occasions and a memory, all of them carriers of light. Last week, I joined a small neighborhood gathering around a roaring fire pit to open the door to 2021. I also enthusiastically took note of the grand opening of the Moynihan Train Hall, a bright new portal to the Big Apple that uplifts Penn Station, a dingy underground warren with few fans. One occasion was modest, one grandiose.
California’s Measure J Reroutes Money From Jail to the Community
Los Angeles County’s Measure J is a dope idea, and everybody should study it Photo: Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the unexpected can happen in a flash. Your life can be taken by a callous police officer on a summer day; protests can erupt in response to a state killing captured on video; the world you live in can suddenly flip due to mandatory shelter-in-place orders that isolate you from those you love the most.
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Nikkolas Smith: An American Patriot
By Chanté Griffin When Black Lives Matter activists asked artist Nikkolas Smith to paint a portrait of George Floyd that would go on a billboard in New York’s Times Square, Smith outfitted Floyd in a black tuxedo and bowtie. The goal, said Smith, was to give Floyd the honor and dignity that he was denied when a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds on May 25, killing him.
These 5 Badass Girl CEOs Have Supportive Moms Behind Them
After the year we’ve had, it’s very hard for us to predict what our children’s future is going to look like. How many of today’s careers will be automated? Will most of us be mere gig workers? It’s easy to see why some forward-thinking moms have added entrepreneur training to the list of skills they’re teaching their kids.
These Moms Have Raised Their Daughters to Be Tiny Moguls Who Think Big
Refinery29 Refinery29 Readers Confess Their Amazon Hidden Gems Amazon is essentially an IRL version of Ariel's treasure trove, famously detailed in her The Little Mermaid number, "Part Of Your World." Only instead of a cavernous hole 1000 leagues under the sea, all that "neat" stuff is housed on digital shelves across the web.
Model and Fashion Designer Natasha Lambkin Tells Why She Chose to Leave Skimpy Behind
At 23, Natasha Lambkin was living what she thought was her best life as a successful print and commercial model in New York. But after Lambkin recommitted her life to God, the “sex sells” modeling industry lost its lustrous appeal. On the dawn of 2020, she released N A T A S H A, a line of modest apparel for women who want to be chic and beautiful without bearing it all. Lambkin spoke with us about her career change and what makes clothes immodest.
13 Inspirational Black Women Portrayed in Lifetime Movies
As the saying goes, every woman is the author of her own story. These 13 women courageously authored inspiring stories through hardship, loss and less-than-stellar circumstances. Their wins inspired teams of writers and producers to bring their stories to the screen in the form of a Lifetime movie to remind us that our greatest challenges can ignite our greatest triumphs.
Doing Affirmations Correctly Can Make You ‘Inner Rich’
A step-by-step guide to creating and embodying your positive thoughts Photo: Westend61/Getty Images I eagerly jumped on the affirmation bandwagon several years ago, excited to see my life change as I embraced the power of the spoken word. And it worked! I saw my actions shift as I declared things over myself. In fact, one of my first affirmations, I persist until I succeed, launched my freelance writing career.
7 black women filmmakers you didn’t hear about this awards season
Chinonye Chukwu’s first feature film about an estranged pair of Nigerian American siblings was rejected by every single film festival she submitted it to. But after reading about Troy Davis, a black man from Georgia who was executed in 2011 for murdering a police officer, despite evidence of innocence and protests that he be granted clemency, Chukwu knew she wanted to advocate for prison reform.
Seven of Paul Revere Williams' Outstanding Architectural Feats (That Aren't Homes)
Born in downtown Los Angeles on February 18, 1894, architect Paul R. Williams would design some of Los Angeles’ most celebrated homes and structures. In an era where architects typically majored in one style, he excelled in every architectural style, making him one of the most renowned architects, not just in Los Angeles, but throughout the world.
Seven of Paul Revere Williams' Outstanding Architectural Feats (That Aren't Homes)
Title Learn more about a modernist architect who broke the racial barrier in the architectural field on "Hollywood's Architect." Born in downtown Los Angeles on February 18, 1894, architect Paul R. Williams would design some of Los Angeles’ most celebrated homes and structures. In an era where architects typically majored in one style, he excelled in every architectural style, making him one of the most renowned architects, not just in Los Angeles, but throughout the world.
Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue Suspends Plans to Print Diverse Editions for Black History Month After Backlash
On this week’s episode of “Books in Blackface,” the book retailer Barnes & Noble decided to “suspend” its controversial Diverse Editions series that was supposed to launch Wednesday in Honor of Black History Month.
11 Year Old Boy Thrift Store Helps NYC Families Afford College
Sasha and Obocho PetersScreenshot: QuickTake by Bloomberg While most 11-year-old boys are begging their parents for toys and new shoes, 11-year-old Obocho Peters is earning cash with his mom and helping other families save for college in the process. Obocho and his mom, Sasha Peters, run Obocho’s Closet, a thrift store in NYC stocked with affordable clothes and shoes for kids up to age 12.
Supervisor Candidates Focus on Child Welfare at Community Debate
Learn more about To Foster Change here. Four candidates for the second district of the Los Angeles County board of Supervisors on stage. | Chanté Griffin Four candidates running to represent the second district of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors participated in a community forum held at Los Angeles Trade Technical College on Friday evening.
The Gospel According to Kanye West
On January 6, 2019, the rapper Kanye West did what no superstar rapper before him has—he launched his own Sunday Service with a dynamic eighty-person gospel choir. West was the draw, but the gospel choir was the intended centerpiece. It is the highlight of his subsequent Jesus Is King and Jesus Is Born albums.
Lizzo Says she’s Taking Break from Twitter Because of Trolls
We’ve all heard that mo’ money equals mo’ problems, but on Sunday Lizzo reminded us that mo’ fame equals mo’ trolls, especially when you’re a big, beautiful black woman who unashamedly twerks on demand. After enduring constant trolling about her body and public persona, singer, flute-player, rapper and eight-time Grammy-nominated musician Lizzo is calling it quits on Twitter— for now. The multi-faceted singer announced on Twitter that she is taking a break from the social media platform.
Family of Incapacitated Rape Victim Sues Arizona and 2 Doctors
Nathan Sutherland with his attorneyScreenshot: FOX 10 Phoenix The family of an incapacitated woman who was raped and impregnated at her long-term healthcare facility has sued the state of Arizona and two doctors for negligence. The lawsuit, filed Dec. 24, alleges that the state and the two doctors who cared for the 30-year-old patient at Hacienda HealthCare failed to meet the family’s request that only female staff take care of her, the Associated Press reports.
Tom Hanks’ Son Chet Was Filmed Speaking Patois at the Golden Globes, and We Have Questions
Chet Hanks with his mom Rita WilsonPhoto: Associated Press This year’s Golden Globe Awards witnessed Chet Hanks, Tom Hanks’ son, speaking patois on camera, which left the entire Internet asking, “But why, tho’?” The 29-year-old rapper/actor posted a video of himself to Instagram on Sunday highlighting his attendance at the awards ceremony where his dad, actor Tom Hanks, was being honored with a lifetime achievement award.
We Ain’t Surprised: New Study Says Black People in California Are Stopped by Police More Than Other Groups
It’s weird to write news that doesn’t feel like news, but here it goes: A new study confirms what we have always known—that black people in California are stopped by law enforcement officers more often than any other racial groups.
US Postal Service to Issue a Gwen Ifill Black Heritage Forever Stamp
Gwen IfillPhoto: Frederick M. Brown (Getty Images) The U.S. Postal Service will host a stamp dedication ceremony to launch the release of the Gwen Ifill black heritage stamp on Jan. 30. The ceremony will honor the late journalist with the 43rd stamp in its Black Heritage Forever stamp collection, a collection that has honored other black history heavyweights like Ida B. Wells and Sojourner Truth.
Cop Who Kicked in Black Woman’s Door in Nashville, Tennessee Resigns
Michael J. ReynoldsPhoto: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department I can hear the bass strumming along with the words: Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust. Michael J. Reynolds, the white New York Police Department officer who broke into a black woman’s home in Tennessee during and apparent drunken rage and threatened her and her sons, has resigned from the police force.
Levar Burton Does More Than Read; His New Video Series Captures Racism in Daily Life
On the first day of this new year, Levar “Kunta Kinte” Burton told all of Twitter that he wouldn’t tolerate any racial gaslighting in the new decade. The acclaimed actor, author and advocate released the first installment of This is My Story, a video series where he shares individual stories that capture some of the racist experiences most Black people in the U.S. “have in common.” On Twitter, Burton wrote: “I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the state of race relations in America.
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