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August 9th, 2019
“DIVA TALK”“Brunch on the Waterfront is back! Happy born day to all of the Leo & Virgo DIVAS celebrating this month. I am so very excited to invite all DIVA women to our women’s fellowship and empowerment brunch on the Waterfront. Aug. 25th, 2019 Topic of Discussion.When I look in the mirror the image of […]
May 31st, 2019
Greetings DIVA! Mental Health matters and M.I. is on a mission to help women heal and to find support all over the city. If our women are whole, our families will prosper… This week’s topic: My beauty is best defined by…And I am most vulnerable when I… Chew on that, fill in the blank, and […]
April 30th, 2019
Welcome DIVAS! Congratulations on doing your work! This Sunday’s topic of discussion..Bring your notes, do your work, and be ready to share on Sunday… Dear Self, I am a work in progress so please stop _ , I am no longer _ , I just want _ , thank God for _ , as a […]
March 10th, 2019
“I am a D.I.V.A.” I am a DC Native and lost my older brother to gun violence on Benning Road NE April 2, 1992 and a cousin just 2 years later in the same manner. I know my story is like many others on the city. I have children now and want to do what […]
March 9th, 2020
A National Women’s History Month Salute to the “DIVAS” of the Nation’s Capital and beyond! M.I. Mother’s Keeper mental health advocates is sending out a well-deserved “salute”, in honor of National Women’s History Month and on behalf of the many brave and unacknowledged women, mothers, grandmothers, and our affectionately called, “DIVAS” residing and working in […]
October 25th, 2018
I believe going through so many trials and tribulations ALONE while juggling work and home life is enough to bring any single mother to her knees in desperation for some physical help. When you’re going through the roughest times, you often hear “JUST PRAY ON IT”, but sometimes we need more than that. We need […]
January 1st, 2018
“Happy New Year” Happy 2018! Year of the DIVA! I am very optimistic about the year ahead. However, there is much work to be done. Every day the headlines scream, gun violence and death in some part of town local and/or otherwise. Advocacy is the vehicle that I’ve chosen as my contribution to raising mental […]
December 27th, 2017
A Message from One Diva to Another… I often wonder what the final moments must be like for someone suffering with decreased mental abilities, in those most delicate moments when restraint is needed the most. I often imagine the numerous amounts of individuals who haven’t been able to make peace with that most troubling part […]
November 7th, 2017
This aptly titled work which was originated by Rhonda L. Hamilton, is about a young woman whose plight growing up as a female in the inner city, and whose life was deeply affected by being a child rooted in the mental health community, intends to capture the delicate manner in which she fragilely exists between […]