Substacks recommended by The Director’s Notebook with Stacey Muhammad

Recommended by The Director’s Notebook with Stacey Muhammad

A corner of Substack for the Black community. We can call this a little safe hub F.U.B.U. If you don't check the box for Black on applications, don't click the subscribe button to this publication. They not like us!

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Shackelford Strategic Counsel and Education

Shackelford Strategic Counsel and Education is a Substack focused on accountability, relational harm, and the internal and structural conditions that shape how people respond to responsibility.

I’m proud to recommend Shackelford Strategic & Education LLC on Substack because it offers exactly what this moment demands: sharp thinking, grounded strategy, and a real commitment to education. Shack brings clarity to complex issues, asks the right questions, and engages the work with both intellect and purpose. If you value insight that is practical, principled, and built for impact, this is a publication worth following.

- The Director’s Notebook with Stacey Muhammad

Trees Don't Grow Overnight

By Ghazi Gamali

Trees Don’t Grow Overnight is a curated journal by Ghazi Gamali exploring the long road to mastery. Growth is slow, lessons are earned, and being is more important than arriving.

Ghazi is a singular artist, writer, DJ, musician, and producer whose work is deeply vulnerable, emotionally honest, and creatively fearless. This Substack feels like process and poetry at once, personal, thoughtful, and sonically alive. If you’re drawn to writing that tells the truth and artistry that refuses to be boxed in, subscribe.

- The Director’s Notebook with Stacey Muhammad