For Dreamers, Thinkers and Achievers
By Cheryl Mattox Berry This Mother’s Day my daughter, Jasmine, flipped the script and surprised me by saying how proud she was of me for fulfilling my dream – writing “Memphis Blues,” my first novel. For the last 27 years, I’ve been her biggest cheerleader for everything she’s done – from her championship tennis days […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Now That’s a Smart Mom I’d like to commend the Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., mother who turned in her 14-year-old son after his photo was aired on TV as a suspect in the carjacking of an elderly woman. It shows that mother had confidence that the police wouldn’t harm her son. I’m […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Sexual predators, like disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, aren’t just in Hollywood. They have lived among us for years – in all professions. Problem is, few women have called them out because they fear retaliation, career suicide, isolation or being shamed by co-workers. My 82-year-old mother was one of the silent […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry The movie, Hidden Figures, is the best movie I saw last year for many reasons. It’s a new chapter in black history, inspirational, a love story and testament to the resiliency of black women. Hidden Figures is based on the true story of three brilliant black women at NASA – Katherine […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry In my travels around South Florida and across the country this year, I’ve met some interesting women who left me inspired, awed, smiling or shaking my head. They’re not rich, famous or infamous. Just everyday women who touched me in some way. Here’s how: The spry, elderly woman who cares for […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unexpected victory at the polls on Nov. 8 has galvanized women across the USA. On Friday night, about 15 women gathered at a Miami Shores, Fla., beauty salon after-hours to discuss what they can do to offset expected challenges to women’s reproductive rights and human rights; how […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry I went to bed last night with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton trailing in electoral votes and woke up this morning to news that Republican nominee Donald Trump was president-elect of the United States. Only in America. Voters elected a sexist, misogynist, racist, anti-Semitic, ill-tempered and poorly qualified man to the highest […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry The use of abbreviations (LOL, OMG, SMH) on social media has apparently spilled over into the workplace where a person’s name is being replaced by a letter or two. For example, instead of Cheryl, a supervisor or co-worker would refer to me as “C.” It sounds a little futuristic and impersonal, […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Reports that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump barged into the dressing room of Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA contestants and leered at them while they were half-dressed is yet another example of his sense of entitlement and lack of respect for women. Who does that? A millionaire businessman who is […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry A big thank-you to President Barack Obama for his support of feminism in the August issue of Glamour magazine. In an article, the president describes himself as a feminist and defines feminism in the 21st Century as “the idea that when everybody is equal we are all more free.” Obama says he’s […]
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