A little encouragement before beginning a #WritingBlackness work session. Aim: just 1hour.

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#WritingBlackness is kicking my tail today but the syllabus did get done and I did not (yet) lose my mind.

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#WritingBlackness another successful day of writing, mixed in with the regular job 😀. Only a few pages but it's better than none! And it's only my first draft

#WritingBlackness Day 11: I’m reading one chapter a day of Ruha Benjamin’s newest book & I’m loving it! Such brilliance. 💜 After reading, I followed Michael W. Moses II, PhD lead and jotted a few “morning pages” which inspired the section of my book proposal I’m writing today. #WritersGroove

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I love starting my week with my #BearcatSoc writing group! Made some good progress on a paper I’m really excited about during today’s session!! 👩🏾‍💻 Brittney Miles, PhD Kalasia Ojeh Marcus A. Brooks, PhD KiKiBeKnowing Stonie Foxx!! 🖤❤️🐾 #SocAF #BlackInSoc #WritingBlackness #AcWri

DeMarcus A. Jenkins Ericka S. Weathers Heather Hairston Ed.D Kori Carew Arionne (ARE-ree-ahn) Nettles Carla Cheatham Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas Paris Wicker, Ph.D. Audrey D Dr. BrookeOdle Typo Hunny Jaalil Hart (he/him) Dr. Donna Clovis Quincy Scott Jones Karlene Cunningham, PhD 🇯🇲 🇺🇸 Nyamekye Asare Rhoda Smith Chimene Castor #WritingBlackness helped me kickstart 2023 on a good foot. Time at the beach & museum provided nourishment & inspiration. Writing groups provided space & accountability. Scheduled defense & got to work on the meat of dissertation. Feeling great about my progress.

'an introspective journey'

'honest dialogue about dissatisfaction, peace, happiness, temptation, love, forgiveness, success, and contentment'

'Since the book deals with some of life’s more serious issues, I like his light-hearted, almost playful writing style.'

DeMarcus A. Jenkins Latoya Teague MisterGreer Monica TD Tamarah Moss Carla Cheatham Dr. Tina Mitchell provocateur Naila Smith, PhD Mellie Torres, Ph.D. philly all-purpose noun Malissa S. Ismaila kendra Alicia 🗣️ Dr. Renae D. Mayes (She/Her) The Spicy Teacher Dr. Elizabeth I. Rivera Rodas Mashaun D Simon, MDiv Tamecia R. Jones, PhD Karl V. Bell Jarrett Gupton #WritingBlackness Day 6: Finished writing some plans for a project and read an awesome article. I see you DeMarcus A. Jenkins . #LoveThisSpace

You think you got what it takes to beat me in a writing race?

I don't think you have it in ya.

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If you know, you know. Have a good writing weekend. #WritingBlackness

DeMarcus A. Jenkins Ericka S. Weathers Crystal's on Spoutible now @crystalmoore Heather Hairston Ed.D Kori Carew Arionne (ARE-ree-ahn) Nettles Carla Cheatham Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas Paris Wicker, Ph.D. Dr. BrookeOdle Typo Hunny Jaalil Hart (he/him) Dr. Donna Clovis Quincy Scott Jones Karlene Cunningham, PhD 🇯🇲 🇺🇸 Nyamekye Asare Rhoda Smith Chimene Castor Day 2 of #WritingBlackness Sent my teaching materials in for review to the faculty director of the program that I teach for. In addition to developing their research projects, we are also reading Souls of Black Folk this quarter. Back to the dissertation tomorrow 🤗 #phdlife

Got my first rejection of 2023 yesterday! 😅😅 Gonna tap into my Black Christian upbringing and claim that this rejection is just God’s redirection to a better outlet for this research! 🙏🏾 lol #SocAF #WritingBlackness #AcWri

DeMarcus A. Jenkins Ericka S. Weathers Crystal's on Spoutible now @crystalmoore Heather Hairston Ed.D Kori Carew Arionne (ARE-ree-ahn) Nettles Carla Cheatham Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas Paris Wicker, Ph.D. Audrey D Dr. BrookeOdle Typo Hunny Jaalil Hart (he/him) Dr. Donna Clovis Quincy Scott Jones Karlene Cunningham, PhD 🇯🇲 🇺🇸 Nyamekye Asare Chimene Castor Day 2: started the day searching for articles to support a decolonized child dev syllabus. 162 downloads later I have resources for all 3 projects. #WritingBlackness

DeMarcus A. Jenkins Michael W. Moses II, PhD Dr. Denise Dr. Renae D. Mayes (She/Her) E Mackenzie (Ken) Shell, Ph.D., LPC, CAADC Marion Ware MLW Rhoda Smith Joshua Jackson ☮️ Chimene Castor Nyamekye Asare Don JD DrCuttsDay Deesha Philyaw Gerald D Smith Jr Dr. Dionne Cowan R. Davis Dixon Charles W McKinney, Jr. Irene Jamila Brown #WritingBlackness Day 14: Posted up, drinking Kashmiri tea and (hopefully) wrapping up two statements today. I made good progress yesterday/last night and want to keep that good energy going today. Following my road maps.

#WritingBlackness Day 11. Took a random page of my dissertation and made a blackout poem by reading and stringing isolated words together and blacking out the rest. Turns out there is wisdom and poetry underneath it all. Great way to see writing with new perspective. #phdlife #

#WritingBlackness Day 1: Today, I did a lot of reading on the difference between self-confidence and self-efficacy. I am not persuaded by the literature that these are two different ideas, though some spent quite a bit of time differentiating on the matter. 1/x

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#WritingBlackness Day 3. Completed an IRB with a colleague from Johns Hopkins for a collaboration this Spring. 🥳

Worked on the conclusion for the manuscript that won't go away...*sigh* 😅

DeMarcus A. Jenkins Latoya Teague MisterGreer Monica TD Tamarah Moss Carla Cheatham Dr. Tina Mitchell provocateur Naila Smith, PhD Mellie Torres, Ph.D. philly all-purpose noun Malissa S. Ismaila kendra Alicia 🗣️ Dr. Renae D. Mayes (She/Her) Rolonda Payne, EdD The Spicy Teacher Dr. Elizabeth I. Rivera Rodas Mashaun D Simon, MDiv Karl V. Bell Jarrett Gupton Day 10: I have 15 pages of this proposal after cutting and reorganizing. Uploading in the morning! Next up: R&R #WritingBlackness

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DeMarcus A. Jenkins Ericka S. Weathers Crystal's on Spoutible now @crystalmoore Heather Hairston Ed.D Kori Carew Arionne (ARE-ree-ahn) Nettles Carla Cheatham Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas Audrey D Dr. BrookeOdle Typo Hunny Jaalil Hart (he/him) Dr. Donna Clovis Quincy Scott Jones Karlene Cunningham, PhD 🇯🇲 🇺🇸 Nyamekye Asare Rhoda Smith Chimene Castor #writingblackness Day 7. Finished coding all my dissertation interviews. Whew! Please clap. 🙌🏿👏🏿