A Second Helping of Gumbo for the Soul

More Liberating Stories and Memories to Inspire Females of Color

Michelle Trotman Scott, Nicole McZeal Walters, Dr. Jemimah L. Young, Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott, Jemimah L. Young, Donna Y. Ford, Michelle Trotman Scott, Nicole McZeal Walters, Dr. Jemimah L. Young

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781641138703
  9781641138710
• eBook ISBN:
  9781641138727
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods
• Index: Social Sciences

A Second Helping of Gumbo for the Soul is a collection of essays, stories, and narratives designed to inspire and empower women of color through the use of storytelling and narratives. This second edition is a sequel to the first Gumbo for the Soul.

Table of contents

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• Contents
• 1. PERSONAL PRESS OFPERFECTIONISM: Liberated from Victimization
• 2. THE ART OF LETTING GO
• 3. HIDDEN FIGURE NO MORE: A Black Girl’s Journey Through STEM Education
• 4. PORCH STEPS
• 5. YOUNG, GIFTED, BLACK, ANDHARASSED: Notes from a California Childhood
• 6. AGAINST THE ODDS: Building Efficacy and Shattering Threats
• 7. AND BECAUSE OF THEM, I CAN FLY
• 8. SHORT, SHY AND SMART: Determined to Excel in a Desegregated Classroom
• 9. STRENGTHENING MY CORE
• 10. FROM F.M.C. TO PHD: The Journey of a Ride-or-Die Chick
• 11. “YOU SOUND LIKE A WHITE GIRL”: One Black Girl’s Experience in Accelerated Learner Spaces
• 12. THE LEGACY OF GREATNESS
• 13. PERSEVERANCE
• 14. THE DEFINITION OF BLACKNESS: Shared History and Experience of Injustice
• 15. PUPPY LOVE
• 16. PREGNANT AT 17 TO PH.D. PROGRAM: This Race is Not Given to the Swift nor to the Strong
• 17. DANCING TO THE BEAT OF GOD’S HEART
• 18. BLACK JELLY BEAN: Overcoming Insecurities and Perceptions by Finally Embracing and Living in My Truth
• 19. THE LOSS: GOING WITHOUT CAN PROPEL YOU FORWARD: On Dealing with Loss and Rejection
• 20. LIVING WITHOUT REGRET
• 21. THE STORY OF A CHAMPION: Pain Always Has a Purpose
• 22. ONCE UPON A READER: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
• 23. MORE THAN A STATISTIC: The Journey from Teenage Parenthood to the Ivy League
• 24. IT IS ALL GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: An Academic Journey of Learning to Embrace and Shine Through Adversities
• 25. A SOB STORY
• 26. BLOOD IS NOT THICKER THAN WATER
• 27. APRIL SHOWERS TO MAY FLOWERS
• 28. WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, GIVE LIFE BLACK GIRL MAGIC: Story of a Memphis Girl Overcoming Homelessness and Educational Inequity
• 29. WHY TRY TO FIT IN WHEN YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT: Navigating College as a Low- Income First Generation Student
• 30. LIVING UP TO THE SILVER SPOON EXPECTATION
• 31. FINDING PURPOSE
• 32. THERE’S A BULLY IN MY PH.D. PROGRAM: Defusing Imposter Syndrome Perpetuated by Others and Self
• 33. IT WAS NECESSARY: Positioning or Punishing
• 34. BIRTHING PAINS: How I Became a Theatre Director
• 35. BLACK BERRIES, SWEET JUICE: Erasing Colorism and Embracing Dark Beauty
• 36. ESCAPING THE WHITE GAZE
• 37. THERE’S STRENGTH IN MY STRUGGLE
• 38. THE EDUCATED IMMIGRANT: A Narrative
• 39. MY METAMORPHOSIS FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY
• 40. THE MASK GAME
• 41. FROM COLORED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN: Growing Up in the Segregated South
• 42. ON THE ROAD TO LEGACY: Daring to Dream
• 43. FROM THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND BACK: Applying Lessons from My Mother to Empower Others
• 44. ALWAYS PUSH FORWARD, NEVER LOOK BACK
• 45. LIFELINE TO SUCCESS
• 46. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN’S EXPERIENCE OF THE TALENTED-GIFTED-STEM ROLLER COASTER
• 47. UNDER RECONSTRUCTION
• 48. DON’T LET THE JUMP SUIT FOOL YOU: Inmate Mothers Reclaiming Power from the Inside, Teaching, Learning, and Parenting
• 49. LIFE AFTER DEATH
• 50. A MEDITATION ON JUST BEING ME
• 51. LOST IN TRANSLATION?
• 52. SUZY SNOWFLAKE: The Tale of a Brown Girl Dancing
• 53. THE VALLEY MOMENT OF LIFE: A Lesson in Resilience and Faith
• BIOGRAPHIES