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Educational Lecture Series

In the noun form the word ?GIFT? has at least two applications: 1. a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present or 2. a natural ability or talent. As related to Urban American youth, there are many gifts and talents that go... more
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More and more we hear of young males who go ballistic in their actions. Within them are built up aggressions and hostilities toward authority figures and society as a whole. The underlying factor is the lack of trust and confidence in self... more
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Our first encounter with life involved the challenge of someone having to push hard to bring us into this world. After birth many struggle to stay alive or maintain a certain quality of life. In the Urban American experience – certain... more
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There is power in CHANGE! It is amazing to know that our lives can be made better by our own efforts. The good news is that with a change in perspective there can be innovation that results in personal growth and success! Join... more
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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
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At the conclusion of our last episode a very significant question was raised… ?How do you get residents of urban neighborhoods to be unified?? The premise to the question is based in one of the six suggestions shared by the show's... more
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All across Urban America there is a socioeconomic tide looming. The nature of the tide is the gentrifying of Urban cities. Some people are benefitting from massive economic growth while others are going under. The old adage ?A... more
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During the last episode (April 10, 2018) of TALK-STRAIGHT we shared a background of the tragedy that hit the small size city of Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. As pointed out then there is now a brighter day and future for... more
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Often when the media, law enforcement, community activist and people in general speak of the tragedy that transpired in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, they tend to speak from the perspective of pain and loss. However, there is a more powerful... more
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Because it is vitally important that young people learn the difference between the destructive nature of a riot versus an organized protest, we pick up today's dialogue from the powerful discussion on the ?Holy Week Rising? of 1968 and... more
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