Friday, April 19, 2013
This is the final part of a 3 part discussion on love in the black community.
Gil Robertson, a well-known author and journalist with strong ties to the Cascade area and the greater Atlanta community, has just released his 3rd anthology, “Where Did Our Love Go: Love & Relationships in the African American Community.” "The book focuses on the indelible quest for LOVE and how more of us can find sustainable, healthy partnership in our lives," says Gil Robertson, who was able to acquire roughly 25 essays on love from powerful xouples and individuals throughout the city of Atlanta and the nation. The attached video is the final part of a series of discussions that Cascade Patch had on black love and in particular, the new book "Where Did Our Love Go." In the video Amy Keith and Ed Garnes discuss their contributions to…
Friday, April 5, 2013
How can we close the divide that keeps a 'good man' from meeting and marrying a 'good woman'?
In Part 2 of this 3-part discussion with two of the contributors to author Gil Robertson's 3rd anthology, “Where Did Our Love Go: Love & Relationships in the African American Community.”, we discuss the divide that seems to be present between good men and good women meeting and marrying. Both Amy Keith and Ed Garnes agreed that communication is at an all-time low among the sexes of the current generation. "We are just not talking with each-other," Amy Keith, Lifestyle Editor at Ebony Magazine says, "I think often times women are afraid of scaring a man off." African-American men are doing no better by hiding their true emotions and not, "opening up about wanting love," explains Ed Garnes, Professor at Spelman College. "We have to open up…
Friday, March 29, 2013
Renowned journalist and author, Gil Robertson, created 'Where Did Our Love Go', a book of essays on love and relationships in the black community.
Gil Robertson, a well-known author and journalist with strong ties to the Cascade area and the greater Atlanta community, has just released his 3rd anthology, “Where Did Our Love Go: Love & Relationships in the African American Community.” "The book focuses on the indelible quest for LOVE and how more of us can find sustainable, healthy partnership in our lives," says Gil Robertson, who was able to acquire roughly 25 essays on love from powerful xouples and individuals throughout the city of Atlanta and the nation. The attached video is part 1 of a 3-part series that Cascade Patch is doing on black love and in particular, the new book "Where Did Our Love Go." In the video Amy Keith and Ed Garnes discuss their contributions to the book …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Black Voices Atlanta Spotlight came to end this week after a month-long series of interviews.
Gil Robertson of BlackVoices.com has just concluded a 4 week online series spotlighting Atlanta and some of its most successful African-American families. In the past 4 weeks Robertson has interviewed Marvin Arrington, Brooke Jackson Edmond (the daughter of Atlanta’s first black mayor Maynard Jackson), Andrea Young (the daughter of civil rights activist Andrew Young), and Greg Baranco Jr. (son of the Baranco family, who owns car dealerships) All of these individuals have multiple ties to our Southwest Atlanta community and have been great supporters of the African-American causes within the city. If you have not been able to keep up with the weekly articles, please click on the links above and check out each of their stories. The project …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The city of Atlanta and 'Black Atlanta' are being highlighted in a month-long series by The Huffington Post.
Over the past 3 weeks Cascade Patch has already shared a few of the stories that have been featured in the month-long "Black Atlanta" series within the Huffington Post. The most read, being Jazmine Guy's story of what she loved and why she loved Southwest Atlanta. In a press release from earlier this week, we found out that the month long, "spotlight features celebrity guides tours through Atlanta’s varied neighborhoods; a video series on Atlanta’s New Leaders, plus special reports on the business community. The project was produced by prominent national journalist Gil Robertson IV, who created the project to celebrate his adopted hometown." So far, the project has included “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Cynthia Bailey on what it’s …
Marc Richardson
11:28 am on Friday, March 29, 2013
This is the beginning of a great conversation on Love in the Black community. more ›