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Continue reading →: Raise the Roof
Chicago pastor, Corey Brooks, has been living on the roof of an abandoned hotel to raise awareness to the gun violence that is claiming the lives of youth on the Southside. Brooks planned to remain on the roof until the remainder of the money was raised.Today was day number 94.…
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Continue reading →: I Will Always Love You
The music industry is hemorrhaging right now. The loss of a voice and talent like Whitney Houston is indescribeable. And unfortunately, she is not the only loss. Within the last five years, music has lost artists who changed the paradigm with their unique sound and left an indellible mark. Let’s review: Michael Jackson…
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Continue reading →: 10 Reasons Why I Hate Valentine’s Day
(Ok, I really don’t hate it, but “don’t like” is not as provocative…) 10. It is a commercial holiday. 9. It makes the lonely, lonelier. 8. People feel an enormous amount of pressure to please their significant other. 7. It’s a day that people who have effed up use to excuse poor…
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Continue reading →: New Rules for Women in Combat
Interesting… Not sure how I feel about it yet, but interesting. On staff with a previous employer, I did a lot of work about and on behalf of female soldiers and veterans, waaaay before anybody was talking about it. I raise my eyebrows now at all the attention that they…
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Continue reading →: An America Built to Last
POTUS Maximus used the phrase “an America built to last” repeatedly reminding us of the post-war economic boom which he recalled to discuss a unified America. It also put me in mind of the U.S. automobile industry which built this country…brilliant. After opening with a salute to our vets, he implored Congress and the…
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Continue reading →: MLK 2.0
This past Sunday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 83 years old. Around the world, people remembered him and the legacy that seems to still elude us. I recently heard a commentary during which the question was asked, “if MLK were alive today, would he have embraced technology?” Would…
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Continue reading →: Move That Bus!
Over the past nine years, Extreme Home Makeover: Home Edition has traveled the country rebuilding homes for families who rebuild their communities. They have found the most deserving people who give back regardless of the hardships that they have experienced or continue to experience in their own lives: veterans, teachers,…
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Continue reading →: Hazing: A Black Eye on U.S. Campuses
Robert Champion died in November as a result of injuries sustained during a hazing incident on a bus following a band performance. Champion was a member of Florida A&M’s (FAMU) renowned marching band, The Marching 100. Many band members have been hazed and have participated in hazing, a practice that…
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Continue reading →: Courage Has No Color
Through Adversity to the Stars…WE FIGHT, WE FIGHT, WE FIGHT! My ardent support for soldiers aside, I have strong feelings about the military. Especially when the country for which you are fighting to protect, does not have your best interest in mind or have it even as a blip on…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 Reasons 2011 Rocked
10. Went into business for ME. 9. Spent more time with the kids. 8. Met awesome people. 7. Prayed more. 6. Wrote for me (just not enough). 5. Gained a phenomenal client. 4. Read more books. 3. Practiced forgiveness. 2. Assisted a few people with their new business ventures. Another…
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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.”
