YIIP Second Saturday in October is all about Books, Art, and Discussion with Black owners, authors, & artists!

We are identifying the HEROS & SHEROS in our lives Saturday, October 8th at Brown Sugar Café & Books!

Registration is now closed (10.07.2022)! Please check back with us for our November event.

Although I’ve always been excited about entrepreneurship, I've worked in corporate America for many years as a Tax Accountant. Eventually, I became self-employed & started my own Tax Company. With my family's move to Houston I was finally able to pursue my true passion for literature, foster a safe space where diversity is celebrated, and develop a multifaceted meeting place for my community.

Welcome YIIP to Brown Sugar Café & Books!

Brown Sugar Café & Books!

Brown Sugar Café & Books! is a black owned business by an empowered SHERO supporting our local community through entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and literature.

YIIP, WYF, & Dad's Kronicles are proud to present this month's Second Saturday programing hosted by Brown Sugar Café & Books! proprietress, Ms. Raven White

Meet the artist Tay Maberry

We are excite to bring you this amazing project for YIIP Second Saturday. The Artist TAY will host a painting workshop for our youth.

YIIP & Dad's Kronicles will provide the art supplies, Brown Sugar Café & Books! will provide an amazing workspace, and you will provide the inspiration and creativity as well celebrate HEROS & SHEROS!

Space is limited & Registration is Closed as of 10.07.2022! Please check back for our November event.

TAY is the creative mind that produced these works of art

TouchedByTayArt

Support your local artist by following them on social media platforms, attending art exhibits, and buying their art!

Specializing in self-control, self-discipline and self-expression through all things Art.

Meet the artist Rahsheda Perine

If you're new to me or just want to read excerpts from my 30+ books, check out my page on Verve Romance. Even read a sneak peek of my latest release, The Experience, and my upcoming release Youngblood (October 7).

Brown Sugar Café & Books!

Celebrating the Black Artistry of Dr. P

Nom De Plume Tiye Love

Dr. Rahsheda Perine holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, is an author of more than 30 published romance novels with Verve Romance, and is a radio personality providing weekly commentary on the most topical subjects confronting our community. Her most valued role is that of mother. She is a WYF partner and her daughter is a member of YIIP365! We are looking forward to a candid discussion about the book industry. Registration is now closed (10.07.2022)! Please check back with us for our November event.

Radio Personality: Dr. P

Brown Sugar Café & Books! focuses on Black & Brown artists!

After moving from Chicago to Houston, the book owner said, “It was a culture shock for me and my family, and we didn’t find a lot of things that pertained directly to us, so we decided to bring something diverse into the community,”

Brown Sugar Café & Books! focuses on Black & Brown authors

Raven White believes that all races should see themselves represented in literature. Through her newly opened bookstore, Brown Sugar Café & Books! , White is committed to bringing Black books and culture to the Katy community.

The following books by black authors have been banned from school reading lists and library's across America. Discover the power of character and action by reading these banned books which have inspired generations of African-Americans and created cultural conversations with award winning theatrical plays & movies!

Brown Sugar Café & Books! PROUDLY Sells These Titles

New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Native Son by Richard Wright
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
I know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Autobiography of Malcom X as told to Alex Haley
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Be the change you want to see . . .

“When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media,” she said. “Someone fat like me. Black like me. Beautiful like me. If I could go back and tell little Lizzo something, I would be like, ‘You’re going to see that person, but SHE, it’s going to have to be you.”