Seasoned poet or just starting out, share your flow with us! Poetry Only. No Polls. No Discussion Threads ... unless presented as a flow ...

Savor the Flow. No more than 4 submissions per week. Poetry Only. No Polls. No Discussion Threads ... unless presented as a flow ...

Looking for positive and negative critiques? If you are looking to improve your poetic skill, and want the Family's honest opinion, direction, and guidance, then post your poetry here!

If you love and/or do HAIKU ... this one's for you. HAIKU Only. No Polls. No Discussion Threads ... unless presented as a flow ...

Enjoy Writing Short Stories? Share Them Here. Short Stories Only. Add a Poll to your short story.

Giving Honor For The Honor That's Been Given. Each Monday We'll Announce Which Family Member We're Celebrating. Show Some Love

Open Mic Poetry Competition Held The Last Friday of Every Month @ destee.com/chat - Live - On The Mic! - Click Here For Details!

Sub-Forums: BROTHER KLABBARON - FEBRUARY WINNER!, SISTER NITA MAE - MARCH WINNER!, BROTHER KEITA - APRIL WINNER!

Discuss all things related to writing and poetry. Different styles, favorite authors, publishing your book, copyright issues, and yes, feel free to promote your book!

Let's Discuss All Things Related to Chess
Register and Play @ Black Chess Player . com

Black Openings, White Openings, Middle Game, and End Game Strategies

Check the Class Schedule, find an open spot, post a class description, and the day / time you'd like!

Online Consciousness Raising
Every Sunday @ 12 pm ET & Wednesday @ 9 pm ET

CLASS with DESTEE
Every Sunday @ 8 pm ET

Sankofa Repatriation Movement
Every Sasturday @ 8 pm ET

Writing Skills Course
Every Saturday @ 6 pm ET

Soul Rejuvenation
Every Thursday @ 8 pm ET

Writing Workshop (Fiction)
Every Sunday @ 6 pm ET

Facilitator(s): Sister Watzinaname
Every Monday @ 8 pm ET

Facilitator(s): Brother Kemetkind
Every Tuesday @ 8:30 pm ET

Facilitator(s): Brother SmoothSoul
Every Friday @ 8 pm ET

Don't Know Where To Post Your Topic, Put It Here! News, Politics, or Just Plain Chit Chat. There's Room For All Things Proper & Decent In Our House.

Discuss concerns specific to Brothers, allowing us to build up what has been torn down. Please post relationship issues in the Relationship Forum.

Discuss concerns specific to Sisters, allowing us to build up what has been torn down. Please post relationship issues in the Relationship Forum.

We are blessed to have many teenagers in the Family ... and they asked for their own forum ... so here yall go!

A forum featuring ONLY positive things Black People are doing.

This is a major problem in our community, loving our natural selves, the way the Creator made us. Let's talk about it, let's do it!

If your topic is about who someone dates, marries, sleeps with, is intimate with, what they like their mate to do, wear, etc., this forum is for you!

Let us share with each other, so that we can teach our children, and they can teach their children, and the circle can forever remain unbroken.

It is the mind of our children, that they want, and we must protect our babies! How do we? Let's share information, tips, and ways to accomplish this great task.

Know "the" way or seeking it? Spiritual but not religious? Raised in one faith but practicing another? Don't believe at all? Share your views.

In this forum, we select texts surrounding a particular belief system, and study them for a month (or 3), from our own Black/African perspectives, with the goal of identifying truths or wisdom contained therein.

Sub-Forums: African Traditional, Islam, Judaic, Christianity, Buddhism

Pan-Africanism is grounded in the belief that All African Peoples, no matter where we may be born, are one and belong to the African nation.

What is our history & culture? How damaged are we without it? How do we reclaim it? Please share with us.

Feel free to share images and profiles of our Ancestors. Those who have gone before us, paving the way.

The discussion of investments, business ownership, and job opportunities ... all things surrounding money ... Black Money.

Traveling - seeing the world! Where have you been, where would you like to visit? Please share your wonderful travel experiences with us.

Computers - Internet - Technology. Let's learn this together Family! Ask and answer any questions related to computers and technology.

Black Web Site Owners - Promotion, Networking, Promoting, Sharing and Talking about web sites and business ownership. Add your URL here.

For those that want to go to college or have gone, this forum is for you!
Let's share notes!! ...

Eating, drinking, exercise, stress is directly related to the beauty of our skin, hair, etc. Share with us how you stay so healthy, fit and fashionably beautiful!

Let's Cook Family!

Sub-Forums: COOKING DISCUSSION - No Recipes Here, Vegetarian / Vegan Recipes, Poultry Recipes, Beef / Lamb Recipes, Pork Recipes, Fish Recipes, Vegetable Recipes, Breads / Pasta Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Beverage Recipes, Other Recipes

Music, Movies, Celebrities, HipHop, Rap, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Artists, Games, News

High School, College, Profesional - They cheated didn't they?! Was that a foul or what?! Fair game? Please!! You can talk about it all here!

When is it? Where is it? How much does it cost? Who planned this event? You'll find these answers and more, inside.

Share all the pictures you'd like of yourself, family, friends and events. No naked ones please!

Have images / pictures you'd like the Family to see? Share them here.

Gett'n Our Laff On! ... uuh ... Only FUNNY stuff please ... less'n ya want yo' joke ta be da joke!

If you are experiencing technical difficulties, in the community, please let us know.

News about the forum will be posted here. This info will probably not be posted in other categories, so please check here occasionally.

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