It is hard to believe that one year ago today, January 1, 2008, the doors of Sojourner's Place opened officially with a post entitled, Being Black in the Workplace. It was hard going there for a while, as I had no idea back then for what I was doing. But, something wonderful has happened and not SjP's has become an integral part of my life!
Today, 378 posts later, Sojourner's Place a rank of #65 on Villager's Black Blog Rankings for December 2008 out of 1516 blogs; a 1001 Technorati blog reactions and a rank somewhere between 119 - 130 (provided Technorati's system is working correctly); a recipient of 20 awards, recognitions, and honors. I am very proud to have been nominated for and received 2009 Black Web Best Commenter Award, it really does pale next to the first awards received. The first from Ms. Marva of The Marvalus View, the Rose Award and the second, from Yobachie of BlackPerspective.Net, the E for Excellent Award. And, I will be forever humbled with two of my posts being recognized and found worthy of two awards. The first, Saggin' Pants, was presented the Rising Blogger Award from Mimi Lenox of Mimi Writes. My favorite post and most personally profound, Crossing To A Destination Yet Unknown, was recently recognized as one of the best posts of 2008 by The Best Post of the Week blog.
So when a milestone is reached in the life of Sojourner's Place, The Emblem of the Helping Hand is passed along as my way of saying Much Obliged, Very Much Obliged to those who made it possible for ole SjP to keep on going. Therefore, I am passing on the first Emblems of 2009 and the 4th round of recipients from Sojourner's Place to the following spots because y'all give me the strength and encouragement to carry on and keep on telling the truth according to SjP!
The Certain Sound ~~ Ugly Black John ~~ Traces of a Stream ~~ Sankofa ~~ Bent Society ~~ When Least Expected
The rules for displaying and passing on the emblem on, are found at the official Emblem of the Helping Hand blog. I encourage all Sojourners to visit the recent recipients of the Emblem and give them a congrats and a much obliged for all they do.
Congratulations to all new, past, and future recipients of the Emblem. Remember to pay it forward. And as always, Much Obliged...Very Much Obliged!
Past recipients of the Emblem passed on by Sojourner's Place:
June 29, 2008 Recipients
African American Opinion ~ Black Tennis Pro's ~ BlackPerspective ~ Electronic Village ~ MrsGrapevine.com ~ New Black Woman ~ on the black hand side ~ Regina's Family Seasons ~ The Black Factor ~ The Francis L. Holland Blog ~ The Marvalus View ~ Black On Campus ~ BLACK WOMEN, BLOW THE TRUMPET! ~ Coffee Stained News's Weblog ~ FROM MY BROWN EYED VIEW ~ HAGAR'S DAUGHTERS ~ Notes of This Native Son ~ THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TRIBAL ALLIANCE.
August 8, 2008 Recipients
Adventures in Being ~ Black Political Thought ~ Ebony Report ~ HicktownPress ~ Mimi Writes ~ ModernMusings.com ~ Musings About A Muddled World ~ Raw Dawg Buffalo ~ SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE ~ The Synergistic Pen ~ UltravioletUnderground ~ What About Our Daughters? ~ Womanist Musings
October 18, 2008 Recipients
Obliged to you for hearing me,
and now old SjP ain't got nothin' more to say...
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