Since last month, Tamika Felder has been putting in a lot of overtime hours. The 34-year-old TV producer and on-air talent spends her days prepping guests, handling contracts and overseeing shoots, but after hours is when she begins the job she most passionate about — cervical cancer advocate. Felder, founder of the advocacy organization Tamika & [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘at risk’
February 9, 2010
adoption madness
Last week, I had dinner with a friend who goes to Haiti often and is headed back any day now to lend a hand. I jokingly told him to bring me back a baby, but I was serious about mothering a child from Haiti, or any country for that matter — if only folks wouldn’t [...]
January 12, 2010
health care hangover
Watching the health care bill make its last rounds is like being at a New Year’s bash a few hours too long. At first, it’s all fun and excitement. But after the height of the celebration, when all the optimism of what’s to come has grown faint, it feels like a big, fat drag. I [...]
