"When you really love people, you can't stand the fact that they are treated unjustly." --Dr. Cornell West (from a sermon at Howard University Andrew Rankin Chapel service--April 2010)
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Any relationship that's not built on truth is not a relationship. No exceptions.
People are not who you want them to be, they are who they are...
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Posted Thursday, April 29th 2010 at 6:42AM
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Thankful for the contribution and commitment of a multi-talented leader. Condolences to his wife of more than 50 years, Mrs. Frances Hooks, and daughter Patricia Gray.
"There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to s ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2010 at 8:13AM
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Celebrating the life, history, and legacy of one of the greatest leaders of this century, Ms. Dorothy Irene Height (1912-2010)
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Posted Thursday, April 22nd 2010 at 8:58AM
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One day as I stopped at a red light on a busy street, a middle aged man, a panhandler, approached my car holding a cup and asked for some money. I instinctively looked at his hands and fingers. They looked a little ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 8:20AM
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I have had some time to reflect on the previously posted Wall Street Journal (WSJ) articles on why women mistreat each other in the work place. If you missed the previous blog with the articles, please see the links at the end of this blog. When I th ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 6:28AM
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You were silent...Injustice metamorphose in silence. The unconscionable becomes not only justifiable, but allowable especially when the right price is paid for the silence.
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Posted Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 at 7:24AM
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When Elizabeth Cady married abolitionist Henry Brewster Stanton in 1840, she'd already observed enough about the legal relationships between men and women to insist that the word obey be dropped from the ceremony.
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Posted Friday, March 19th 2010 at 7:01AM
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While reading the online edition of the Wall Street Journal, I ran across two articles on how women mistreat each other in the workplace. I found myself questioning the reasons why women engaged in this behavior and how we can change the thinking th ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 6:39AM
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This is a sample spot (originally intended for radio) that Howard University alum Darryl Claggett and I put together several years to honor Dr. Charles Drew, a native Washingtonian. There is no affliation to the inter ...
Posted Saturday, February 6th 2010 at 9:59AM
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The other day, I had the opportunity to attend a number of hearings on Capitol Hill. It's only after I left that I began to reflect on what I had witnessed. It was ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 at 9:05AM
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Today I want to pay tribute to the first woman who showed me unconditional love. I grew up calling her Big Mama. Her name was Elmira Thompson. I was born in February of 1965 in Norman, Oklahoma and Big Mama took me in at four days old. She was about ...
Posted Saturday, January 30th 2010 at 10:24AM
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Dr. King was a great man, not a perfect man but a great man. He risked his life to change the situation of his fellow human beings, not only the ones who believed in his position, but also those who did not believe. Now mor ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 9:07AM
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To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., please post a favorite quote TODAY on your Facebook page. His words made Obama's historic election possible. ...
Posted Monday, January 18th 2010 at 7:25AM
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I am sharing these quotes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because they are still relevant today some 50 years after he spoke them.
Some philosophical sociologists suggest that morality is merely group consensus and that the folkways are ...
Posted Friday, January 15th 2010 at 8:25AM
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This blog is a tribute to my godson who turned 17 years old this week.
One day several years ago when my godson was about seven years old, I happen to be visiting his family's home. It was around dinner time and hi ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 10:32AM
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I grew up in church. In fact, you could say that I have been in church all my life. I remember back in the day when people would get up during the 'testimony service' and say, "...those who know the words of prayer, please pray for me." Then, we hear ...
Posted Friday, January 8th 2010 at 10:52AM
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People will try to limit you because they are limited. Don't allow it!
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
Affirmations from the Bible:
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Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 1:10PM
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