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Posts from the ‘Artistic Expressions’ Category

23
Feb

Jay”O” Speaks – Album release party Friday 2/25/11

 My non-profit organization,
Black Family United Publishing
is releasing our first Christian Poet
 Come hang out with me and meet the Poet himself
 Mr. Jay’O Speaks
“POETIC PRECAUTIONS”
this Friday February 25,  9:30pm
M Bar – 1253 North Vine St. Los Angeles, CA 90038

I survived to tell the story, but really I died to be revived for his glory…

His will be done in the midst of pain suffering and crying.

You see, Jesus teaches us the final lesson before dying.

 

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28
Oct

Roses Are Red – Add your own poem

red-rosesRoses are red and Violets are blue
This may be common but what does it mean to you
To break it down it is to appreciate the simple things
Beauty of life’s vibrant colors, sweet smells, the way birds sing
The evolution of the living to survive
The borne desire within us to strive
The love that we receive from our mother
The warmth created by being close to one another
No matter the complexities of the cards you are handed
To not enjoy the simple beauties of the world is not recommended
The intensity of the life you live
Is in direct accord to the effort you give
So live every moment with a vigorous passion
Be blessed with every bloom, sunset, and personal interaction
Some Roses are red and few Violets are blue
So take the time to notice them and to your self be true

30
Sep

Please Be a Mentor

20
Apr

Ms. DOROTHY HEIGHT – 1912 – 2010

DO!

15
Mar

100% College-bound

She stared down at a muddle of D’s and F’s on his eighth-grade report card and threatened to kick him out. He had barely passed elementary school, and high school wasn’t even on his radar.

“Something just clicked,” Alexander, now 18, said. “I knew I had to do something.”

On Friday, Alexander proudly swapped his high school’s red uniform tie for a striped red and gold one — the ritual at Englewood’s Urban Prep Academy for Young Men that signifies a student has been accepted into college.  100 percent of its first senior class has been accepted to four-year colleges.  What an accomplishment, this is something all parents and teachers must demand from all educational institutions. 

When a teacher friend of mine fought the LAUSD for a Black male program to separate and focus on the the particular issues this demographic faces, he was denied due to a perception of inequitable “reverse discrimination”.  

Do you think an all male classroom setting with a strong recruitment of African American male teachers with shared and practiced values and expectations can make a difference in the lives of urban Black males who are dropping out of high school at a faster rate than graduating?

28
Feb

We were sent here to serve our citizens not our ambitions

Our fierce leader and most committed Public Servant Heroobamarwbs

The first, but not the last, African American President, Barrack Obama.

 

26
Feb

Buffalo-Tuskegee-General-Hero

It is Heroic to fight for a country that you love, even when the country sometimes doesn’t love you.

24
Feb

Ursula Burns – Bravo

Ursula Burns, a native New Yorker who grew up in the lower East Side housing projects has risen to become the first African American CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Xerox.
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The 50-year-old boss started with Xerox in 1980 as a summer mechanical engineering intern.  She worked her way up the corporate ladder from there and work for the company in product development and planning. From 1992 through 2000, she led several business teams including the office color and fax business and office network printing business. In 2000, she was named senior vice president, Corporate Strategic Services, heading up manufacturing and supply chain operations. the CEO position. She has also been a member of the board of directors since 2007.

A graduate of Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Burns also holds a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. She serves on several professional and community boards, including American Express, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, MIT, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the University of Rochester.

What an example…bravo

22
Feb

My God

jesus-carriesI define religion as mans interpretation of divine existence.  This is a way for man to get comfortable with living with the unknown.  The alternative is living in fear.  God heals fear.  While you walk through the valley of death, you will fear not.  As you lay on your death bed, you will fear not.  For God is your answer…beholden unto peace.

Regardless of if you pray to Saints, Jesus or Allah; if it brings you peace at heart and harmony with nature, it is complete.

17
Feb

Four little girls

 

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On September 15, 1963, Addie Mae Collins- 14, Carole Robertson-14, Cynthia Wesley-14, and Denise McNair-11,  were in the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. They were preparing for the 11:00am service when a dynamite bomb exploded, killing them and injuring other members of the church.

Sacrifices can be honored or ignored.  Prices where paid, we must remember and push towards national, cultural  and inner peace.