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    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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HAS KATRINA TAUGHT US ANYTHING?

 

HAS KATRINA TAUGHT US ANYTHING?

 

 

Greetings & Salutations My Brothers & Sisters!

My name is Debbie Simon and I am a 52 year old

Media Rep...(Hosted  and Produced TV & Radio Talk Shows) in

New York City and Hartford, Connecticut, Acted on

Off Broadway, Inspirational Speaker and now:

I AM SO PLEASED AND BLESSED TO HAVE BECOME A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST and MENTOR:

TO MY YOUNG, BLACK SISTERS AND BROTHERS,

WHO SO DESPERATELY WANT TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE HOOD TO FIND A BETTER LIFE FOR TEMSELVES.

 

Having an illness called LUPUS for the last 27 years,

Cancer twice, Bi-lateral Hip Replacements, my

Wrist attached, the loss of my Baby Boy...because of my having LUPUS...

SHOWS ME...THERE IS A GOD AND HE IS MY FRIEND AND HAS WORK FOR ME TO DO FOR OTHERS!!!

 

IT WAS NOT MY PHYSICIANS AND MEDICATIONS THAT KEPT ME ALIVE...IT WAS MY HEAVENLY FATHER.

OH YES...HE IS ALIVE AND WELL PEOPLE.

 

To be 52...I can pass for being in my 30's.

 

YOU SEE...GOD HAS A DESTINY FOR ME AND THAT

IS TO HELP "OUR " PEOPLE!

THAT IS WHY I AM STILL ALIVE AND WELL.

 

I'VE LEARNED THAT MATERIAL THINGS MEAN

NOT A THING...IF YOU GET IT BY STEPPING OVER YOUR BROTHERS

AND SISTERS ...TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

 

RIGHT NOW I AM TRYING TO GET A "GRANT" TO MAKE A

FILM ABOUT OUR YOUTH.

MY YOUTH ASKED ME TO DO THIS AS A GIFT TO THEM TO SHOW THEM THAT AT LEAST SOMEONE LOVED THEM.

I GAVE THEM "MY PROMISE" AND I WILL GET THIS MOVIE MADE IF IT'S THELAST THING I DO!

AFTER WORKING IN CORPORATE AMERICA FOR SO MANY YEARS, I QUIT AND WENT TO BROADCASTING SCHOOL AND LEARNED THAT THAT WAS THE GIFT....GOD HAD PLACED INSIDE MY HEART

 

I HAVE SPOKEN AND TALKED TO OUR SO CALLED "GANG-BANGER" BROTHERS AND THEY TOLD ME ALL THEY WANT IS LOVE AND TO BE EMBRACED.

I FILMED THME SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD THEM ON MY TV SHOW.

LAST YEAR I GAVE THEM MY LAST $30,000 FROM A LAWSUIT I HAD AND WON AND THAT WAS THE GREATEST FEELING MY HEART HAS EVER FELT.

I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER TO TRY TO FIND SPONSORS OR HUGE CORPORATIONS TO HELP ME IN MY QUEST TO LET THESE BEAUTIFUL BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND PUT DOWN THE GUNS AND PICK UP A PEN AND WRITE THEIR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS DOWN ON PAPER AND WATCH THOSE DREAMS COME ALIVE!

 

WE ARE ALL FAMILY AND WHEN ONE BROTHER MAKES IT TO THE TOP...SHOULD HE NOT REACH DOWN AND GRAB THE HANDS OF A FEW MORE BROTHERS AND SISTERS?

 

I CAN'T DO IT ALL BY MYSELF!

 

IF I END UP SAVING ONE LIFE... FROM ALL THAT I AM TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH...THEN MY WORK IS DONE HERE ON "THIS" PLANET!

 

FOR ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ME AT:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

AND AGAIN:  MY NAME IS DEB SIMON...

"SEEKER OF LOVE AND TRUTH!"

 

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GRANT EACH AND EVERY  SWEET HEARTED SOUL... THAT HAS READ MY WORDS...

GRANT "YOU" EVERY SECRET DESIRE OF YOUR HEARTS...

LOVE 7 PEACE TO YOU FOREVER MORE!