“Economic crisis a good time to reestablish real priorities” New York Daily News, March 3, 2009 (Brooklyn Edition, Page 6) Nearly 2.6 million people nationwide loss their jobs in 2008. Roughly, that’s equivalent to every man, woman, and child in Brooklyn. In this economic crisis, people are losing more than their ability to make ends […]
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This image has been circulating around the Internet. I saw it on Facebook this weekend and I got it twice this morning. Rightfully so, there is a call for a boycott of this bookstore. The claim is that this picture was taken at a Barnes & Noble in Florida and that we should boycott all
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Remember Richard Pryor’s classic piece about his children lying? (see Jan. 13 entry or go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x541sggu4x4 Well, that’s how I felt about previous announcements about me re-launching my blog. I’ve had my blog for years. My interest in “blogging” would shift as easily as my moods, but I’d always encourage my clients: You just
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“You’re closer to your goal today then you were yesterday, baby.” That’s what my loving father used to say as words of encouragement to his weary daughter trying to get through college. Thank you, daddy. That helped more than you know.
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I was on a panel with Playthell Benjamin and Mele Mell yesterday at LIU. The topic was THE DILEMMA OF BLACK LEADERSHIP IN THE OBAM ERA. I was invited by my friend Curtis Stephen, a distinguished journalist and former student there. It’s been a long time since I’ve been around people and immediately wanted to
That’s what one of my mentorstold me upon seeing this photo: “It’s the boots.” she said. I hollered! It’s a different look for me, yes (for those who don’t know me, I’m a jeans and tee-shirt kind of woman). But hoochie mama…don’t think so. In fact, only two women that I know objected to this
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This morning, Ariel “Asho” Fernandez sent me a link to the New York Post cartoon. I saw it and was like, “Oh My God! What the hell….?” I was speechless and hurt…and pissed off! Then I came to my senses and all I could yell was “It’s The New York Post! What can we expect?!?!”
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“You can’t say you love me and *?@! me over at the same time.” “Call it crazy when you see crazy coming!” “You have to deal with some people with a long-laddled spoon so they won’t bite your finger.” Jenny B. on the finer things in life: One day I’d asked my mother about the
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i just can’t get enough of this picture!
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“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (aka Mahatma Gandhi)
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