Facts you need to know | Tyra Garlington

EARTH DAY! … April 22, 2018 … End Plastic Polution!

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I’m Done! (With Disposable Plastic) “How do you make a lasting change in your behavior? How do you take a desire to be and do better and turn it into action? In the past months, you may have been exposed to powerful information and imagery, showing the drastic tolls that plastic pollution is having on our environment, our health, and the health of the other organisms that we share the planet with. You may have even gone to the effort of finding out ways you can stop contributing to the problem, by refusing plastic straws and shopping bags, or by……
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WANT TO KNOW A SECRET?

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I had to share this! “Text me when you get home. Usually, it’s late when women say this to each other, the end of a night that at some point felt thrilling. We might have been at dinner, a concert or a cocktail bar. We might have been just hanging out talking even though we knew we’d be tired the next day. Men do not tell their friends to text them when they get home. Some guy somewhere must have been worried about his buddy finding his way back okay at the end of a night, but he probably just said,……
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Women of Wonder with Erni Shepherd

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

With Erni Shepherd Podcast format of Tyra Garlington’s weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G. Broadcast on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tyra-garlington/message…
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It’s Women’s History Month: Meet Nathalie Joachim

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Nathalie Joachim is “an edgy multi- genre performance artist who has long been pushing boundaries with her flute”. (The Washington Post) Critics hail the Brooklyn born Haitian-American for creating “a unique blend of classical music, hip-hop, electronic programming and soulful vocals reminiscent of neo- R&B stars like Erykah Badu.” (The Wall Street Journal) Ms. Joachim regularly combines her exceptional performance skill as a flutist with her creative talents as a composer, producer and singer, navigating genres ranging from classical and jazz to indie-rock and electronic. She was recently appointed flutist of the four-time Grammy winning contemporary chamber ensemble, Eighth Blackbird. Joachim……
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It’s Women’s History Month: From slave to four years in the White House.

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Elizabeth Keckley was born a slave in Dinwiddie, Virginia, in February 1818. After purchasing her freedom in 1855, she became a dressmaker for the wives of the political elite in Washington. In addition to her sewing skills, Keckley was an excellent networker. By 1860, she had moved to Washington, D.C., and established her own dressmaking business. She was soon styling the Washington elite, including the wives of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stephen Douglas, Lincoln’s former political rival. She had a spare style in contrast to the Victorian norm and was an expert with fit. She also scored the……
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Its Women’s History Month: What did the first woman to present a case to the United States Supreme Court wear?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Mrs. Jewel Stradford Lafontant was the first woman of any color to present a case before the United States Supreme Court. That occasion presented her with an unusual problem. Lawyers presenting cases before that august body have always, by tradition worn white tie, striped trousers, and tailcoats. Mrs. Lafontant consulted with various males in her profession, but none of them had the slightest idea of what a woman in that position might wear. One suggested that she appear before the Supreme Court in a long white evening gown. In the end, Mrs. Lafontant solved the problem herself by designing an……
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Please Meet Charlotte E. Ray

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

It’s February again. I thought I would highlight some less obvious African Americans who have contributed to the tapestry of our American history. As the first woman admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the first African-American woman certified as a lawyer in the United States, civil and women’s rights activist and teacher Charlotte E. Ray truly earned her place in history. She was born in New York City on January 13, 1850, to Charles Bennett Ray and Charlotte Augusta Burroughs Ray. Charles was a minister at New York’s Bethesda Congregational Church, and editor of the Colored American, an abolitionist……
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Let Me Introduce Garrett Morgan

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Born in Paris, Kentucky, on March 4, 1877, Garrett Morgan was the seventh of 11 children. When Morgan was in his mid-teens, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to look for work. Jobs at several sewing-machine factories soon captured his imagination and determine his future. Learning the inner workings of the machines and how to fix them, Morgan obtained a patent for an improved sewing machine and opened his own repair business. Morgan experimented with and finally tested a hair straightener products for African Americans. When that worked, he quickly established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company and sold the cream……
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How will their “second story” read?

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Picture this: “David has been homeless since the age of 12. He first started “couch surfing”, but by age 17 David ran out of places to visit and ended up on the streets. Even while living on the streets, David worked hard to stay in school. A social worker eventually connected with David and let him know about the youth shelter where he currently lives. Penny says he has been hopping trains for a few months now. Jimi has been traveling for the better part of two years. She took a few months to “kick it” in Los Angeles, but she says it’s……
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What do you know about SCRIP HOP 101?

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Did you Know? More than 80 million Millennials worldwide represent a collective $170 billion in purchase power. Millennials want to create a positive impact on their community and the world through their work. Millennials will make up roughly 50% of the US workforce in 2020 and 75% of the global workforce by 2030. Digging deeper And it may be too soon to tell. The legacy of Millennials, so new to this world and its conflicts, maybe how they influence the way the rest of the world engages with each other, including their cultural guidance to the generations that follow. Where……
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