Hey Fly Ladies!

Check out what  C.O.R.E ON-SITE have been up to at Lead Academy!

The Inner Vs. Outer Beauty Project

Project Teamwork

Good Morning Fly Ladies,

Check out the 24-year-old Scottish-born singer and songwriter, Emil Sande- Next To Me

Good Morning Beautiful Ladies!

Recently featured on C.O.R.E Mag for her amazing musical talents, Gabrielle Clover is back to share her newest violin cover!

Start your morning off right and check out Gabrielle as she covers Adele- Someone Like You

Love It!

Good Morning Fly Girls!

Time for the song of the week! Check out Trevante -Forever…

Enjoy!

Good Morning Ladies!

Hey, Hey! How are you this morning?? Well, I know half of you won’t see this until around 4pm when you wake ups since most of you guys are on Spring Break but don’t worry my post will be here all day! Yay!

Well, girls  always ask and wonder what Eden and I are up to behind C.O.R.E and how we are rockin’ out in life . So now you get an inside scoop! Owwww!

So here’s the thing, we’re just two girls  piecing together life just like you. Trust me, just because you graduate and hit your 20’s  the life lessons never stop rolling.

So you ask what did I learn this week??? Oh, well I’m soooo glad you popped that question.

One lesson I learned that has stuck with me  this past week is to slow it down and just be grateful. You know how your parents are always telling you to put down the cell phone, the iPod, shut the laptop or anything else with a charger?? Well they are giving great advice. Sometimes always being connected so constantly will have you miss out on beautiful moments in life! It can be as small as a  sunset, a smile from a stranger or a hilarious joke from a friend. When you disconnect and chill out you realize that life isn’t bad, it’s just shifting your thoughts.

So the next week I’m going to challenge you to take aleast 15 minutes in the morning and at night (eeek! I know it’s 30 minutes of your entire day) to just sit and free your thoughts.  Grab an ol’ school pen and paper and write all the the things that made your day awesome. Even if you think you had a bad day,  sit and think about all the things that made you smile that day. I guarantee that you will have more positive than negative. The thing is people just dwell on the negative most of the time which just always block out the positive. Ok, ok,  so here was some of my list yesterday… don’t laugh!

Thankful List

-Found a new song that I love that I played on repeat all day (you know that feeling,right??)

-Tried a new recipe and was actually successful. Heyyy!

-Received a text from a friend that had me busting out laughing in public. Don’ t you love when that happens?

-Had the best passion tea of my life. Score!

-Talked to a  friend across the country to catch up and turned into a night of pure laughter. That what friends are for!

See, so they don’t have to be huge monumental changes but just anything that put a smile on your face.

Ok,  now it’s your turn

I’m not sure how this song exactly fits but hey I like to play it’ in the morning! Throwback—–>Enjoy!

-Ellisa Oyewo

Happy Tuesday!

You need some good music to start off your morning?? Check out new song by Elle Varner- Refill

Good Morning Loves!

Check out Sade Ogunfowora as she covers Melanie Fiona’s Ay yo

“Rise Up Let me See Your Head High
And If Youre Wit It Put Your Hands Up In The Sky
Ay Yo Ay Yo Ay Yo AY YO
And Im Gon’ Rock It To The Fullest In This Life
So Im Going to Give All I Got Before I Die”

Good Morning Ladies!

Unfortunately, another tragic and yet senseless death happened this past Wednesday in Chicago, IL.  Rekia Boyd who was  only 22 years old was shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer by  Douglas Park.

Last Wednesday, an off-duty officer approached a crowd of individuals in his car and requested that they quiet down. One of the individuals, Anthony Cross, approached the officer. Thinking he was holding a gun, the officer open-fired, striking Cross in the hand and  Rekia Boyd in the head. Rekia  who was completely innocent died later that afternoon. Cross says he was holding a cell phone, not a handgun.

“There were 60-70 people in the park and no one had a gun. Everyone was just out there to hang out, that’s it,” said witness Leo Coleman on Wednesday.

A rally was  held yesterday at at Douglas Park in Chicago to demand Justice for Rekia Boyd.

Check it out…
When will the violence STOP?? Time to Speak Out!

Happy Tuesday Loves!!

Check out Keke Palmer’s vid for Man in the Mirror.

Be Inspired!

“Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They’re what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.” -Cicely Tyson

“I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it. ” -Cicely Tyson

“You never know what motivates you.”  -Cicely Tyson