“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox When companies neglect certain benefits such as paid maternity and paternity leave, the...[Read More]
All posts by Cassie Brenker
November 11th, the anniversary of the end of the Great War or WWI or as we know it. Veterans Day holiday honors both men and...[Read More]
Being entitled to time off of work when a child is born is not something that companies in 2022 are on board with. Take for...[Read More]
We welcomed our second son into this world on September 26, 2019. There was no doubt in my mind that he would be breastfed. I...[Read More]
Being a mother is game changing, it’s life changing. We’ve slept with them on our chest, kissed their little toes and their boo-boo’s, wiped away...[Read More]
When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, less scary. – Fred Rogers. Writing this wasn’t easy. I grew up...[Read More]
When I was only two years old, I left a foster home under the care of my father’s mother, Gladys Arnett, who raised me into...[Read More]
BullyingChildren's IssuesCivic EngagementCivil RightsCivil RightsCultural ResourcesCultureCurrent EventsFamily IssuesGeneralMedia ReformRacial Justice/EquityWhite Supremacy
As a black woman in an interracial relationship, I hold my culture. I must pass this culture down to my biracial children. Being in an interracial...[Read More]
BreastfeedingChildren's IssuesCurrent EventsFamily IssuesGeneralHealth, Wellness, and PreventionHunger/Food/NutritionPolitics/Public Policy
Breastfeeding is no easy task for all mothers, there is dedication, time, patience and pain, mixed with the never ending debate of breastfeeding in public...[Read More]
The year was 2003. I was 19 and “in love” or so I thought. He was 5 years older than me and had a 5...[Read More]