CMJ Design Studio

04/07/2026

04/04/2026

To all my FBA women, men, families, and co-ops: 🌍✨

At this point, we have to ask ourselves a serious question: Do you believe this country no longer deserves our excellence?

So many of us are realizing that our brilliance, our culture, and our energy are our most valuable assets—and we get to choose where we invest them.

Are you actively creating an exit plan? If you are, I want to hear from you. Drop the countries or regions you are looking at in the comments below. Let’s share resources, build our global networks, and normalize our right to thrive anywhere in the world. ✈️🗺️👇🏾

03/12/2026

What Black Girls Are Not Saying Out Loud in Your Classroom (But Need You to Hear)

Before you open your gradebook today, I want you to sit with something.

81% of Black students report that microaggressions occurred in the classroom. More than 50% said the perpetrator was their teacher.
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Not a bully. Not a peer. Their teacher.

That number should stop every educator reading this cold. Because if we are truly committed to equity — not the buzzword version, the real version — we have to be willing to look at ourselves first.

I've been sitting with a book called Rantings of a Frustrated Black Woman by Mela Noir — and it cracked something open in me. Because what she describes isn't just adult workplace frustration. It is the seedbed of what begins in our schools. The comments, the assumptions, the invisible labor forced onto Black women and girls — it doesn't start at age 30 in a corporate boardroom. It starts at age 8 in a classroom. Our classrooms.

Every day, Black girls and women walk into classrooms carrying weight that most educators never see. Not just backpacks.

02/04/2026

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01/28/2026

Across the world, Foundational Black American (FBA) learners face systemic barriers to high-quality, culturally responsive education, from inequitable school funding and biased discipline to curricula that ignore their history and lived experience. MONTI AI™ and the Montessori Intelligence Institute™ exist to transform that reality by uniting authentic Montessori principles, ethical AI, and global Diaspora wisdom into a living ecosystem of opportunity.

Through our digital learning laboratories, scholar pathways, and community-centered initiatives, we cultivate confident, creative, and liberated FBA families who are prepared to lead in technology, business, and civic life—without sacrificing their cultural identity or ancestral brilliance.

Become a Founding Supporter and help build the first Montessori–AI ecosystem designed unapologetically with FBA lineage, legacy, and liberation at its core.

The Crisis Is Personal When I started in education, I believed th… CaTessa Jones needs your support for Support Education Equity for Black Communities

01/06/2026

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12/24/2025

Life as a Black woman in a “progressive” world can be downright comedic—and not always in a good way. You are expected to be unbothered, unshakeable, and unproblematic while navigating microaggressions, beauty standards you never agreed to, and allyship that performs better online than it does in real life.

That tension is exactly where Rantings of a Frustrated Black Woman was born.The phrase “rantings of a frustrated Black woman” has been used for years to dismiss and silence, but here it is reclaimed as a banner of truth-telling, complexity, and unapologetic honesty.

This work pulls from the everyday moments that rarely make it into polished DEI decks: the jokes about your hair in the office, the “compliments” that are actually backhanded, the fatigue of being everyone’s strong friend while your own needs are treated as optional. It sits at the intersection of humor and heartbreak, mixing side‑eyes with scripture, pop culture with policy, and personal stories with the historical weight Black women carry.

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How one Black woman’s “rantings” became a movement for truth, visibility, and joy in a so‑called progressive world. Life as a Black woman in a “progressive” world can be downright comedic—and not always in a good way.

11/29/2025

EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS!!!

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11/12/2025

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African-American military pilots and airmen who served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. They began training in 1941 at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama as an “experiment” to determine if Black men could successfully be trained as military pilots. Nearly 1,000 pilots were trained, along with thousands more navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, and support staff.

These pioneering airmen formed the 99th Fighter Squadron and, later, the famed 332nd Fighter Group—known for their distinctive red-tailed aircraft. They flew more than 15,000 sorties in North Africa and Europe, destroyed and damaged hundreds of enemy aircraft and vehicles, and earned a reputation among Allied bomber crews for providing highly effective es**rt with low bomber loss rates.

Despite their military achievements, the Tuskegee Airmen faced severe discrimination and segregation at home. Their service and success challenged racist stereotypes and contributed significantly to President Harry Truman’s decision to desegregate the U.S. military in 1948, making them icons in both military and civil rights history

11/11/2025

A Heartfelt Veterans Day Message
Today, we pause to honor the extraordinary men and women who have answered the call to serve our nation. On Veterans Day, we recognize not just a date on the calendar, but the profound courage, dedication, and sacrifice that defines those who have worn the uniform.

To every veteran—past and present—we extend our deepest gratitude. You have stood on the front lines of freedom, often far from home, often in unimaginable circumstances. You have faced challenges most of us will never encounter, yet you answered the call with unwavering commitment to something greater than yourselves.