At Top 30 Women, we believe that children are the future, and Jacque Daughtry uses her platform to impact children from start to finish. She is the Executive Director at Making It Better and has a passion for enriching the lives of kids socially, academically and emotionally. We had a chance to catch up with…
Texas Southern University set the bar for how institutions of higher learning should throw a gala. The university’s annual Maroon & Gray black-tie event not only broke records, raising $1 million for scholarships with more than 1,500 guests, but it also featured Emmy award-winning journalist and native Texan Tamron Hall, Mayor Sylvester Turner, the university’s…
“No more pencils and no more books” was a chant heard on playgrounds across the country when the final bell released students for the summer months. And while Alice Cooper’s lyrics go on to showcase how excited the children were about their freedom from homework, they also highlight one of the biggest problems the American…
By: Charlotte Jackson By working at a community college as well as serving as an advisor for two student groups on campus, I have been given an opportunity to help bridge not only the generational gap, but also racial and economic gaps. In doing so, I have found that at the end of the day,…
Interior Design became an interest and a skill of mine at a very early age. My father, with his Caribbean discipline, would make me stay in my room as a form of punishment, and from punishment grew a full blown talent. As most children do, I used my imagination to create the perfect environment for ME….
by Charlotte Jackson | There have been so roads that I have traveled that I would not wish on anyone. I started to say, I would not wish on my worst enemy, but then I thought about it, and I pray I have no enemies. This has been a stressful time in my life and if…
By Shelondra Peavy | In this rapidly-changing world of ours, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to find people of purity and substance. Yet, much to my delight, I recently encountered a group of women who epitomize the importance of sisterhood, unity, advocacy, education, philanthropy, and good-ol’-fashion compassion. Needless to say, the women of this group are…