In 2010, I was quoted in Forbes Woman in response to the question: Does motherhood decrease happiness? At the time, I was parenting three young daughters while launching/running my business; beginning of a journey I now understand as "legacy-building". Today, those same three daughters reflect the very heart of that legacy and are still my biggest reason "why". My eldest, who was just eleven then, is now a graduate student who completed her undergraduate studies early and wi

Legacy is the through-line of my life. It began long before I was old enough to name it.   My grandmother, Evelyn G. Anderson , and my mother, Gayle Alexis Smith Lacy , co-founded Alexis Temporaries, Inc . in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s. They created opportunity where there was none, hired with integrity, and showed me that work can be both ministry and movement. ​I can still see myself as a child in those spaces of home-business work... sitting in innocent awe, surroun

A Signature Story by Alexis J. Smith, Founder of Safe Space Strategies, LLC ​ ​ The Green Book is a Safe Space Strategy like no other. ​ Here in October 2025, as we join Creative Suitland in a moment of pause, reflection, and celebration, the truth of the Green Book (both then and now) has deeply permeated the Safe Space Strategies ecosystem. We welcome the steeping. ​ The Green Book, as far as I can recall, was first introduced to me by Mrs. Diana Daniels, Board Member of th

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Balancing Everything Toward Total Abundance: A 5-part "Short Answer" Series for Black Women In today's fast-paced world, achieving a...

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Balancing Everything Toward Total Abundance: A 5-part "Short Answer" Series for Black Women In today's fast-paced world, achieving a...

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