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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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    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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    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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    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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O.L.O.R.U.N./HBCUE Strategic Alliance Partnership

O.L.O.R.U.N. Entertainment and HBCUEntrepreneurs.com Sign A New Strategic Alliance

June 16th, 2007 · No Comments

(Miami, FL) June 12, 2007O.L.O.R.U.N. Entertainment (“Our Love Of Rap Unites Nations”) http://www.youtube.com/AAOlorun signed a five year strategic Alliance with HBCU Entrepreneurs.com http://www.HBCUEntrepreneurs.com on June 11, 2007. The first ever of its kind within the leading edge Hip Hop Economy. The two organizations are pioneering the latest evolution of the Hip Hop Economy by joining vast virtual networks in the Web 2.0 Marketspace connecting the streets, artists, entrepreneurs, historically black colleges, and global activists in African centered organizations.

The timing is remarkable considering that Dr Benjamin F. Chavis Muhammad recently took control of the first publicly traded Hip Hop company on June 7, 2007 -H3 Enterprises, Inc. http://www.h3inc.com (OTCBB: “HTRE“), which announced the unanimous decision of its Board of Directors to appoint Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). These emerging businesses will have a ground breaking and progressive impact on the way entrepreneurs in the African Diaspora and International Hip Hop community do business globally. These alliances will form a complete cycle of money from venture capital being invested into new businesses by young black entrepreneurs and revenues being reinvested back into Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Eventually more publicly traded Hip Hop companies will emerge. Such prosperity reinforces self-esteem, brilliance, and aspiration in youth of low income communities.

Imagine getting your higher education at your favorite HBCU Florida A&M University http://www.famu.edu hanging out at the Hip Hop Soda Shop http://www.hiphopsodashop.com investing your hard earned money back into the places you chill, eat, and have fun all while watching your http://www.h3inc.com stock investments go up in value day by day. Then, in addition to those luxuries, in between classes, you’re reading or listening to “The Hiphop Driven Life: A Genius Liberation Handbook on your ipod or PDA/cell phone. http://www.thehiphopdrivenlife.wordpress.com on your way to a Hip Hop studies class.

…Whose world is this? The world is yours.