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How Jade Steven’s 40 Acre Conservation League is changing the perception that Black Americans can't own land, enjoy the great outdoors, and have equal access and participation in the half trillion dollars outdoor economy.
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Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with that comes greens, beans, candied yams, turkey (roasted and deep-fried), dressing, mac n’ cheese, sweet potato pie and all the other soul food “fixins” that make the holiday meal arguably the tastiest meal of the year for many African Americans.
The arts are all around us. Whether experienced as the creator, the aficionado, or the spectator; simple pleasures like watching a movie, taking a dance class, playing an instrument, writing a poem, painting a picture, or attending a theatrical production, become art.
“I have crocheted more afghans than I can tell you,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview with The Washington Post last year when reflecting on her activities during the height of the Pandemic. A lifelong crocheter, it was during the Pandemic she found herself tucked away in her Brentwood home, revisiting her childhood hobby alongside her daughter, an avid knitter herself.
We love our pets; they become our best friends, and we even consider them family. They help us through the hard times, share in the good times, prevent us from being lonely and even bring considerable amounts of joy to our lives. In exchange, we want to care for them to the best of our ability. This entails not only giving them our love and affection, and a safe place to live out their lives, but also food to sustain them—food that helps them live a long fulfilling life.
If I were to ask you what music and gardening have in common, initially, you would probably say you weren’t sure. With a little more thought, you may say something like both are known to stimulate calm. What you would never say is Terry Steele. And you would never say Terry Steele because this award-winning singer and songwriter is better known for music than his love of gardening.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) have certainly evolved since they debuted in 1890. Today, there are major automakers like Tesla, Ford, Porsche, and Volkswagen vying for first place — yet not sacrificing form and function for innovation.
Soul food for generations has fed and replenished the African diaspora for as long as our grandmothers’ mothers of the American South could remember.
In the 1700s, the only shoe around which a sneakerhead could wear, sell, or trade was rubber-soled called a Plimsoll, a nautical term for the plimsoll line on the hull of a ship, a waterline of sorts that marks the draft of a vessel.
The photos in this magazine represent the joy, love, and strength of a couple who recognizes their union was ordained from the beginning of time. Suite Life SoCal is honored to highlight Jay & André Farr as an example of Black Love, Black Excellence, and Black Brilliance.
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