<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[GROW UP PROUD ]]></title><description><![CDATA[GUP CULTURE KEEPER NETWORK ]]></description><link>https://www.culturekeepernetwork.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:25:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.culturekeepernetwork.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[We Changed Direction. Here's Why That's Good News.]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the Founder 3 min read If you read our earlier posts, this one is for you. If you've been following Grow Up Proud for a while, you may have come across earlier posts that described something different from what you see today. We were building a marketplace — a platform designed to connect Black parents to products, services, and resources for their families. That was the original idea, and we believed in it. But the more we built, the more we kept circling back to a harder question: what...]]></description><link>https://www.culturekeepernetwork.com/post/we-changed-direction-here-s-why-that-s-good-news</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ec9d9fb87f097906a2334</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:25:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19a6ad9c9910494196fd1917555a15f5.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lucy Holifield</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenting While Black in February—and Every Other Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me tell you what Black History Month looks like for Black parents. Their child comes home with a worksheet about Rosa Parks. Beautiful. Important. Necessary. Then, two weeks later, a teacher calls their daughter's natural hair "distracting." Or their son gets suspended for behavior that got his white classmate a warning. Or their kid asks why they're always the only one in their honors class who looks like them. And they realize: we teach children about the kings and queens of the past,...]]></description><link>https://www.culturekeepernetwork.com/post/parenting-while-black-in-february-and-every-other-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ec9d9fb87f097906a2337</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:23:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c015d8_d7eeafc90a104984949053a1e7432a83~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_631,h_631,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lucy Holifield</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Museum Exhibit to Movement: Why I'm Returning to My Life's Work After 30 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Lucy Holifield  January 24 2026 Last month, I got a call that stopped me in my tracks! The Strong National  Museum of Play wanted to include my work in their permanent collection. Not my recent work. My work from 30 years ago ! In 1994, I founded Identity Toys—a company dedicated to creating products that helped Black children grow up proud. We made games, puzzles, flashcards, coloring books,  and educational materials that centered Black identity, culture, and excellence at a time when...]]></description><link>https://www.culturekeepernetwork.com/post/from-museum-exhibit-to-movement-why-i-m-returning-to-my-life-s-work-after-30-years</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ec9d9fb87f097906a2333</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:23:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c015d8_5c16804d7d854821838b487474fcf601~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_482,h_619,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lucy Holifield</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>