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Continue reading →: Definition of a Dad
I don’t follow baseball, but this story caught my eye and pricked my heart. Daniel Murphy, Mets second baseman, was criticized in April for missing two games for the birth of his son. Radio show hosts and former athletes said the game is his priority with one stating that his wife…
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Continue reading →: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Did UNCF sell out? I say, Hell no!!!! Koch Industries, a conservative company with some albeit dispicable views, has pledged $25 million to UNCF for scholarships. UNCF has been getting heat since the announcement. I wonder how many of those who object to the endowment are donors… According to UNCF,…
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Continue reading →: DC Principal Shares His Pride
Wilson High School Principal, Pete Cahill, “came out” to students at the school’s Second Annual Pride Day in Northwest DC today. After remaining silent last year, I couldn’t tell them to be themselves- you are safe…I had to walk the walk. Shocked students yelled and cheered. DC Mayor Gray told…
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Continue reading →: Real Talk: Gun Violence Is a Public Health Issue
Today MomsRising visited Senate Offices on the Hill with over 220,000 petition signatures, urging for gun violence to be deemed a public health issue. Why not?!? Nothing else has worked. Not a classroom full of dead kindergarteners, not continued violence on inner city streets, not campus shootings and certainly not…
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Continue reading →: Phenomenal Woman
R.I.P. Maya Angelou April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014 Writer, poet, mother, performer, activist. You made many fall in love with themselves.
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Continue reading →: Thank You
To all of the women and men who have served in the armed forces and reserves to protect us, say thank you. For those families who have lived ones who continue to serve or will serve, we thank you. Such service is unfathomable to me but I am humbled but…
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Continue reading →: Chipotle Says No Guns
Correction: http://wp.me/pXGI7-Dg Chipotle bans guns in its eateries. Dammit! Don’t misunderstand- I’m all for it. But how did I eff that up?! And I thought I was that much safer (or perception of being) in Chick-fil-a.
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Continue reading →: Would You Like a Gun With That?
Chick-fil-a has instituted a no-gun policy for its chain of eating establishments. Other than law enforcement, you can not pack heat when you order the golden nuggets of goodness. You know I’m all for it! Last year, Starbucks instituted a similar policy.
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Continue reading →: 5000 Men for 500 Corners
Violence in Chicago has unfortunately risen again and my favorite Pastor, Corey Brooks, is doing something about it. Today is sign-up day for volunteers to “man” (pun intended) the hot spots in Chicago throughout the summer. Specifically, Brooks is asking men to commit to patrolling and serving as mentors as…
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- And we have normalized it
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
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