Coffee With A Black Guy

04/14/2026

It's here.

The CWABG Juneteenth Implementation Guide — available now!

A practical guide for individuals, families, employers, and community organizations who want to observe Juneteenth with substance — not performance.

Pay-what-you-can. Link in bio. ☕

04/01/2026

A Case for Conversations:

"Foreign exploitation of racial division doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It finds a ready domestic audience because the conditions that make the wound exploitable have never been fully addressed."

https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesjoyceiii/p/conversation-is-critical-to-us-national?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4e4n6e

03/29/2026

Juneteenth is coming.

Are you ready for more than a day off?

Building something for the individuals, employers, educators, and community organizers who want to mark it right.

Coming soon. ☕

03/18/2026

Racism is bad. It's bad for business. It's bad for the body. It's bad for the soul. 

Most people aren't intentionally racist. But like it or not, racism is baked into the very structures of our society. 

Yet it doesn't have to persist. We can put a stop to it. 

This workbook is a step in that direction. 

03/14/2026

A trusted advisor recently said; "I think it needs a tag line that’s right upfront on why someone should download it. Think of someone that doesn’t know CWABG."
I had to sit with that because, to me the name is descriptive... And vague.

So more about the workbook.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesjoyceiii/p/i-made-you-a-workbook-heres-why-it?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4e4n6e

03/10/2026

New on Substack: I Made You a Workbook. Here's Why It Can't Replace the Conversation.

The Coffee With A Black Guy Self-Guided Workbook is available now — six modules of real questions and reflection space for anyone doing the personal work that structural change requires.

But read the post first. 👇🏾 The caveat is the point. ✊🏾☕

And why I want you to download it anyway.

03/10/2026

Just Released, The CWABG Self-Guided Workbook

Coffee With A Black Guy: The Self-Guided WorkbookA personal journey through race, identity, and honest conversation — at your own pace.Most people want to do better on race. They just don't know where to start.The Coffee With A Black Guy Self-Guided ...

03/05/2026

For nearly a decade, Coffee With A Black Guy has facilitated hundreds of authentic conversations about race, perspective, privilege, and belonging.
The CWABG approach and the lived experience during the arc of this work is distilled into a structured, modular learning journey — one that can be adapted for any organization, industry, or community setting.

Comment below 👇🏾: What happens when we choose growth over comfort?

03/02/2026

"Art is a weapon we need.
Not a weapon of destruction.
A weapon of construction.
I now have a deeper understanding of that:
Art disrupts erasure.
Art interrupts silence.
Art insists on presence —being seen and experienced.
When oppressive regimes and shifting systems narrow our humanity, art expands it.
When rhetoric, misinformation and lies flattens us, art adds texture.
When fear builds walls and drives chasms of divisiveness, art sketches doors and constructs bridges to greater understanding.
Black people have always understood this."

Art as Civic Infrastructure in a Contested Cultural Moment

10/17/2025

I’ve been in a season of pivot — sending resumes, making connections, and searching for the right place to bring value, purpose, and impact.

In the process, I find that I can become tattered by rejection letters.

I remind myself that they're not marks of failure — they’re reminders that purpose doesn’t quit.

This is the start of a series I’m calling Purpose Don't Quit — Because transparency inspires connection. And persistence reveals purpose.

09/24/2025

At Coffee with a Black Guy, we believe conversations can change culture.

The latest essay by founder James Joyce III takes on one word — one that carries centuries of weight, conflict, and complexity. It’s not about sensationalism; it’s about the realities we all live with, and the conversations educators, antiracists, and community builders need to keep having.

We invite you to read, reflect, and share your thoughts: https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesjoyceiii/p/this-n-word-over-here?r=4e4n6e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true