Impactful Messages in 2018
As someone who strives to create impactful and not influential content, I make an effort to soak in those moments throughout the year when people have produced prolific messages.
If you go on my Facebook page, you’d see that most of what I share are posts from some of the most moving media messages throughout the year. In review of the year 2018 in no particular order, here are some of the most impactful conversations, performances, and speeches that have been shared over 2018 that resonated with me and that I enjoyed watching! Check out the links below.
1. Miscarriages & Miracle Baby: Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade’s conversation with Oprah Winfrey
2. Me Too is a Movement not a Moment by Founder, Tarana Burke
3. Surviving Divorce, Red Table Talk
4. The Big Television Debate with actresses Gabrielle Union, Ellen Pompeo, Gina Rodriguez, and Emma Roberts
5. Domestic Abuse: When Love Turns Violent (trigger warning: domestic violence topic), Red Table Talk
6. The Smiths: Part I and Part II, Red Table Talk
7. 13-year-old Kennedy Holmes, The Voice Audition Performance
8. Sister Sister’s, Tia Mowry Life Story Vlog, Tia Mowry’s Quick Fix
9. Timothy Fletcher, Drum Cover of Ciara’s Level Up Challenge
10. Facing Addiction, Red Table Talk
11. Chloe x Halle, MTV Movie Award “Warrior & Kids Are Alright Medley” Performance
12. Chadwick Boseman's Howard University 2018 Commencement Speech
13. Beyonce Everybody Mad Coachella Performance (7:25)
14. 11-year-old Naomi Wadler’s, March for Our Lives Speech
15. Tiffany Haddish, #BlackWomenInHollywood Essence Speech
16. Danai Gurira “Okoye Character” Speaks on Black Panther Movie's Impact on Good Morning America
17. Viola Davis Speech on Racism as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away with Scandal Crossover
18. Emilie Wapnick TED Talk “Why Some of Us Might Not Have One True Calling”
19. Virgin Islander, Alis Forte Music Video “After the Storm”
20. Golden Globe Cecil B. de Mille Award Recipient, Oprah Winfrey Iconic Acceptance Speech
I hope some of my most favorite moments throughout 2018 that I shared with you brought you joy, hope, inspiration, peace, comfort, awareness, and visibility. I often hear people talk about how they spend too much time on social media and how they need to get off of it -- but I think what's more important is what is on your social media and what you are able to take away from it from the limited amount of time that you should be on it. From seeing Gabrielle Union talk about her miscarriage journey to watching young Alis Forte sing her song "After the Storm" after my home was struck with two category-5 hurricanes in late 2017 to watching and learning from each Monday's Facebook episode of Red Table Talk to Tarana Burke's TED talk reminder of how #MeToo is a movement and not a moment, I am continuously inspired by where we are but also reminded about how much more needs to be done.
Let me know which one of these moments were special to you.
