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Culture is defined as the wife of life for a people. There are many cultural expressions that define and distinguish various lifestyles. One major cultural trait is music. For people whose lives have been shaped by the Urban American... more

July 13, 2018 ?OPEN MIC? with 2018 Senate District 19 Candidate RUEBEN DOCKERY Topic: How to Survive Nashville's Rising Economic Tide! Not too long ago, during our May 1-2, 2010 Flood, Nashville received more than 13 inches... more

While in a Birmingham, Alabama jail cell, in 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., pinned a historical letter. He entitled it ?Why We Can't Wait?? Motivated by the national presence of social economic inequity and oppression all across... more

Perhaps one of the most important conditions to maintaining unity of a group of people is ?Trust?. However, in order for trust to exist there must be instructions in common identity, vision and prosperity. The latter is best achieved via cultural... more

As social beings we learn most of our behaviors from observing others. Sometime the lesson is totally unconscious in nature. When the young are poised to trust the old, they have the best chances of avoiding past pitfalls. However, when the... more

We talk a lot about making things different in our lives. For many the idea of making a transition to something new is frightening and the fear factor keeps them from taking action or following through on plans! Any plan without action is... more

Over the last eighty plus years, the issues and conditions of Urban America have evolved into what they are today. They began with socioeconomic strain and continue with the same today. Because the same people repeat the same habits... more

Like a train that has become derailed from its tracks while in motion, the young mind that lacks pro-social guidance is prone to cause catastrophic damage to everything in its path. There are many who profess to know how to get... more

Last week we discussed the challenges that come with trying to keep up with the expectations of a competition created, controlled and scored by someone else. At the conclusion of the discussion, it was clear that not only is it possible but... more

Navigating the struggles and disappointments of typical life in Urban America in many ways is like playing a game. As with any game the most successful participants are those who master the rules of the competition, play by them... more

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