Sunday, August 30, 2009

Interview with Susan Taylor, Editor Emeritus, Essence Magazine

Grand Bahama Island - The Bahamas Weekly is pleased to bring an exclusive video interview with Susan Taylor, editor emeritus of Essence Magazine and author of "In the Spirit - The Inspirational Writings of Susan.

Taylor was on island over the March 28th 2009 weekend for the Awakenings Conference with Iyanla Vanzant at the Our Lucaya resort.




Listen as Lyndah Wells of The Bahamas Weekly discusses with Taylor how she became involved in the spiritual conference; her 37 year career at Essence Magazine; the way her column for the magazine, "In the Spirit" came about; as well as her plans for the future. Most importantly, Susan speaks about mentoring children and teens.

Susan Taylor left Essence Magazine over a year ago and became founder of Cares Mentoring, which has a mission to end the state of emergency in Black America by connecting caring adults to youth mentoring opportunities. They have launched the largest mentor-recruitment effort in the nation and assist in the liaising of thousands of organizations throughout the states.