As a publisher I take pride in finding good, committed, genuine writers. During COVID, I battled sickness, domestic violence, homelessness and despair but still attempted to practice reciprocity and keep the business afloat. I separated the gritty work of the company from the inspirational stuff. I created training programs because there is no poin...

The worn torn photos from Ukraine have been heartbreaking with prayers sent up from Black people throughout the globe but what about  our people, our students, our mothers with children. As you reject them from exiting your country and giving privilege to your European own, I see my people are not only impacted by war but the sy...

Where is the outcry for Brittney Griner? She has been a hostage of the Russians since February. She is a woman! Is it because she is 6’9 with a size 17 shoe? She is Black! Where the hell is Black Lives Matter!!! She is gay. LBGTQ community, you falling off. She is an all star professional basketball player, that holds all time records. Wo...

My heart is broken because my homegirl, Traci Braxton has died of esophageal cancer at 50 years young. The morning of March 12th, the beloved singer and reality star left us. I lived in Maryland for sometime and attended the local church of the Braxton’s. Traci always stood out with her beauty, charisma and powerful voice. Her homegirl se...

This Battles Not Yours, It's The Lords By Dearest PriceAgape VoiceI am praying for Ukraine. My heart bleeds for a people that went to work, school, the mall and congregated with friends and family one day to being air raided, forced to bunker down in subways and murdered the next. This attack is not only shocking to the innocent citizens of that na...

It was January 20th, 1986, 18 years after his death and the dream was still being deferred. It was during a time when the only songs MTV would play in Black culture were Michael Jackson and we stayed disillusioned in the lyrics of Billie Jean, being proud, “the kid is not my son”. It was when the crack epidemic wa...

Being an executive for “Women Entreprenuers of America” and a freelance writer for “Black Line News”, I stay at a lot of hotels. They don’t call me a “Diamond Member” for nothing.  Well last night I stayed at Tru by Hilton, a beautiful, contemporary, example of class and family comfort in the quint city of Florence, SC.&nbs...

109 years ago, that’s when DST was made,  109 years ago, collegiate women, no longer slaves, 109 years ago, we marched with the suffrage,  109 years ago, taking our place on this equality bridge,  109 years ago, we knew scholarship was the only way,  109 years ago, sistahood would save the day,  109 years ago...

Dear Self, Betrayal wrote me on New Years Eve and at first I had nothing to say. He called me by my old name, like my old school friends would yell down the way. They would rough me up on Saturday then by Sunday forget about it all. And to just be outside in the sunlight, removed any embarrassment of the fall. I o...

Sidewalks, have wings that extend across Long Island streets and fields. Them wings are made tangible by individuals who came in contact with "The Teddy Bear" on the sidewalk. Like a lost child, finding a lost toy . . .I traveled that same road as him, yet I knew I was treading different waters. I knew that to stay up would take more work. Elated. ...

I had to share my dear friends story of meeting the late, great Sidney Poitier.“Dearest Price I have a story...I struck up a conversation with him on set...We chopped it up for about 15 mins...Such a genuine man...I asked to take a picture...He said "Not now, I'm working and trying to stay in character....maybe later..." When we broke for lunch abo...

According to Webster’s dictionary, “Optical Illusions are images or pictures that we perceive differently than they really are. Put another way, optical illusions occur when our eyes send information to our brains that tricks us into perceiving something that does not match reality.“ Case study 1 - 2022 “ FACEBOOK FAKE AS HELL LOL I just ...

Entrepreneurship is one hell of a game. You take your looses but one reject, one broken promise, one disregard can’t close down shop or you ain’t no entrepreneur. One disgruntled client don’t cause you not to open tomorrow. The only way to stop a real “E”’s grind is death. Death stops that operation in its tracks and none of us are i...

He was the “Tommy” of Strong Island, that one that never gave up. Many didn’t know Dearest Price was very close friends with Fashion Icon Daniel Lloyd and my stomach sank as I scrolled through FB to find out about his untimely passing. Our last conversation was before Christmas, straight boardroom politic’in. He was a boss&...

My 300 Words Writers, You Must Read By Dearest Price @Agape Voice Publishing January 1st, 2022 Welcome to the 2022 Writing Workshop, sponsored by Agape Voice Publishing, Black Line News, Black Line Books, WEA Publishing, Lights of Es’Scents, WEA Travels, Women Entreprenuers of America, Fearless Bundles and Homeschool, Inc. These are the corporate p...

Eden By Dearest PriceCopyright Agape VoiceI spent 3 years trying to pull a man into Eden, See I'm a preacher, a single mother, sometimes a heathen,I wanted him back in a space he left so long ago, Long forgotten as he swam in oceans of Cuervo, Doing lines behind closed doors, always being a no show, Yet I told him the place of milk and honey was wh...

Lauryn Hill killin’ it in her cult classic “X-Factor”, gave new meaning to the word “Reciprocity”, for me.  “Tell me, who I have to be? To get some reciprocity. See no one loves you more than me and no one ever will”. Wow!!!!! That changed the game in my relationships, my jobs, my faith, my mind and this jour...

Adrienne Aaron Pihlgren Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSWAaron Counseling and Consulting1914 JN Pease Place Suite 108Charlotte, NC 28262 (980) 229-4320 Life can be filled with incredible challenges and demands. Are you dealing with stress, anxiety, sadness, or hopeless? Have you been overwhelmed by work or school responsibilities? Are you s...

Her name is Mia Mason and she is truly doing some dynamic things this senior year at Salisbury High School, according to her lovely mother, author, Dawn Mason. Mia has already begun her career in the arts as her close knit village came together to celebrate her awesome accomplishments. As a singer, songwriter, actress,...

Last night me, Ms. Rhonda, Toya and God had a business meeting for Unique Plus Bridal Magazine. It was surreal. You see Ms. Rhonda went to be with the Lord on 8/16 yet this meeting was clearly held on 8/14 as I kept looking at my watch. I spatted, “why Bridal Rhonda let’s  do something like Jet or Ebony where everybody can ...