From Campus to Continent: HBCU Alumni Heritage Trips to West Africa
A look at HBCU alumni groups organizing heritage-focused trips to West Africa (Ghana, Senegal), blending campus pride with diaspora history, and how chapters structure these as both cultural education and bonding trips.
Budgeting a Big Group Trip: Lessons From an HBCU Alumni Chapter’s Cancun Weekend
A real-numbers case-study format breaking down how one HBCU alumni chapter budgeted, collected deposits, and split costs for a 30-person Cancun long weekend, including what went wrong and what they’d do differently.
Beyond the Yard: Group Cruises for HBCU Alumni Chapters
A guide to organizing an HBCU alumni chapter group cruise, covering how existing alumni-focused cruise programs work, group rate negotiation, and how to structure chapter-branded onboard events.
Divine Nine Abroad: How Black Greek Letter Organizations Are Taking International Trips
A look at how Divine Nine chapters and graduate chapters are organizing international group trips â favorite destinations, how founders’-day and anniversary trips get planned, and tips for negotiating group rates as an organization rather than an informal friend group.
The HBCU Homecoming Travel Circuit: Planning Your Fall Tour
A planning guide for alumni who want to hit multiple HBCU homecomings in one fall season, covering how to sequence travel across schools, book flights/hotels early enough, and budget for a multi-city circuit.
The HBCU Alumni Squad Trip That Isn’t Homecoming: Planning a Spring or Summer Getaway
A guide for alumni friend groups who want a non-homecoming reunion trip â spring or summer timing, destination ideas that work for a mixed-age adult friend group, and how to keep planning drama-free across a group chat.
The Blaxit Reality Check: What Nobody Tells You Before You Move Abroad
A candid counterbalance piece pulling from real returning and current expats about the friction points of relocating abroad â bureaucracy, isolation, healthcare gaps, and reverse culture shock â meant to inform, not discourage, prospective movers.
Black Expat Files, Episode 4: Retiring Abroad on a Budget â Why Black Retirees Are Choosing Mexico and Portugal
A guide for retirees considering relocating abroad, comparing Mexico (residency via proof of income/savings) and Portugal (D7 passive income visa) for cost of living, healthcare access, and community.
Barbados Welcome Stamp: Working Remotely From the Caribbean for a Year
An explainer on Barbados’s Welcome Stamp remote work visa â eligibility, application fee, and what it’s actually like balancing a remote job with island time, for readers considering a mid-length expat trial run rather than a permanent move.
Ghana Citizenship, Explained: What the Right of Abode Actually Gets You
A clear-eyed explainer on Ghana’s citizenship and Right of Abode pathways for diaspora applicants, what rights come with each status, the application process, and realistic timelines, cutting through some of the social-media hype.
