Africa Development Promise - Rising Up Rural East African Women

Africa Development Promise - Rising Up Rural East African Women

Welcome to travel ➕explore ➕play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. 👋🏾💓‼️ I’m fresh off a trip from Africa and wanted to share my experiences with Africa Development Promise, a non-profit organization whose mission is improve the lives and livelihoods of rural women in East Africa, through training and resources that support their collective efforts to operate competitively in the marketplace.

African Development Promise (ADP) provides authentic, transformative, and tailored experiences in the international leadership, equity, training and development landscape. ADP offers the perfect mix of culture, experiences, international business development, leadership and real time on the ground opportunities for utilization of key concepts. Some of the experiences included: Akagera National Park- Safari, Ngamba Island – Chimpanzee Reserve, Rafting in the Nile and so much more.

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Girls Trip to Charming Charleston

Girls Trip to Charming Charleston

Like many of you, I could not wait for opportunities to reunite with family and friends as Covid restrictions began to be lifted across the country and I received my vaccination. So when my bestie called and said let’s go to Charleston, SC, we booked an Airbnb and prepared for an amazing week of girl time.

Welcome to travel ➕explore ➕play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. 👋🏾💓‼️ Want to get the scoop on all things Charleston, keep reading!

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Virtual Field Trip and Scavenger Hunt: Japan: A History of Style - The Met Museum

Virtual Field Trip and Scavenger Hunt: Japan: A History of Style - The Met Museum

Hello and welcome to Travel + Explore + Play with Sallee Jay where I am your host. Today we are headed to The Metropolitan Museum of Art affectionately known as “The Met” in New York to view the exhibition “Japan: A History of Style.”


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The art of Ghosting! A night in the old mining town of Victor, CO

The art of Ghosting! A night in the old mining town of Victor, CO

Welcome to travel ➕explore ➕play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. 👋🏾💓‼️ Want a great suggestion for a great off the beaten path destination getaway, keep reading!

Listen I don’t generally mess around with ghosts and spooky things, that said I’ve always wanted to stay in a hostel and I love exploring charming historic places. Have you ever heard of “haunted hotel industry?”

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New Narkita Gold Art Installation: Journey to Liberation

New Narkita Gold Art Installation: Journey to Liberation

Journey to Liberation,” a series of three arched church windows are a reflection of Narkita’s personal spiritual path from internalized and external oppression to finding liberation through art. Always a gracious and humble spirit, the artist shared time with me and explained her message and insights on her newest work inspired by the Japanese art form and philosophy called Kintsugi and what’s next!

Be sure to check out “Journey to Liberation” featured at Platte Forum from March 11 through March 25 and “Black in Denver” featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver from February 26 through August 22, the Colorado Photographic Art Center from February 19 through April 17.

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