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10 Things That Still May or May Not Matter, Change in Phila. for 2013 (Part 4)
Finally… 1) “Me and mines (i.e. “casual sex partner”, girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, “baby muh-vuh”, wife, mistress, ex-wife) don’t really get down like that, so we ain’t gotta really worry and stress about no AIDS and any ovah kinda STD’s like that”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, Community, Consciousness, Culture, Education, Family, HIV/AIDS in Phila., Philadelphia, Philly, Prison, Social Change, social responsibility, Urban Initiative
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Five Things The Newly Elected President Still Is Unable To Do, Be, or Fulfill The Requests/Demands Of
With election day here, and people placing high hopes and faith on the newly elected president to improve the health care system, create more jobs with higher salaries, reduce government spending, as well as lower taxes for the poor and middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Community, Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Philadelphia, Race, Social Change, social responsibility
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For The Love of Hip-Hop: Why/How Is It That The Devout, Orthodox, Faithful, Blind Following, (Idol) Worshippers of the “Religion” of Hip-Hop Could Care Less About Social Responsibility?
“YEP”! It is happening all over again. It is happening all over again, and this time the message is even louder, and even more clear. People are starting to take notice and question the stagnant maturation process of their peers and those whom their peers adore and … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Awareness, Children, Community, Consciousness, Crime, Culture, Entertainment, Ghetto, Inner City, Jay-Z, Lifestyle, New York, Philadelphia, Social Awareness, social responsibility
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The Regrettable, Unbearable Fear of Fauilure That Motivates The Relentless Courage To Succeed: An Educator’s Emotional Epiphany
As we move closer and closer to the first day of school, I couldn’t help but to think about some of those colleagues that I may possibly see, and those of whom I most certainly will not. Obviously the ones that you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Community, Crime, Drugs, Family, Federal Prison, Firearm, Gun, High School, Incarceration, Inner City, Lifestyle, Middle School, New York, Peace, Philadelphia, Police, Politics, Poverty, Poverty Rate, Prison, School, Social Change, State Prison, Urban Initiative, Youth
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From Hoodwinked Hypocrite to Stand Your Ground “Shook One” (Perspectives On The Modernization For Abolishing Societal Standards and Values)
As an educator of young children, teens, and young adults, there are often times when one is asked to describe how life was for them at that age. Sometimes this is simply a trick for a young person to see just … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, College, Community, Consciousness, Culture, Family, Lifestyle, music, New York, Peace, Philadelphia, Social Change, social responsibility, Violence, Youth
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Once the Public Trust Has Been Broken….
While we are a little more than a week removed from the NCAA devastating, unprecedented sanctions placed upon Penn State, most of us have finally come to grips that we will have to accept the penalties and punishment for the university’s neglect to react … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, College, Community, Family, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Philadelphia, social responsibility, Youth
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The Innocent Victims and Survivors of Fatherless Homes (“…Til Marriage Does Us Apart”- Part 2)
When a child is welcomed into the world by its parents, there are so many things to anticipate, appreciate, and discover. There is always much to do in order to make sure that a child has a very good upbringing that … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Community, Consciousness, Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Marriage, New York, Philadelphia, Poverty, Relationships, Social Change, social responsibility
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“…. Til Marriage Does Us Apart” (Part 1)
A short while ago I saw something that I haven’t seen since I was in my late teens. While dropping family members off at my grandmother’s house one night, I noticed a woman in her mid to late thirties across the … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, Community, Culture, Divorce, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyle, Marriage, Philadelphia, Relationships, Social Awareness, Social Change, social responsibility
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Hire Education
As we close out the first half of 2012 with (very much) the same dilapidated job market, the terrifying reality that most of us will be without some of the sweetest pleasures, joys, and necessities in/of life hovers over us like a storm shadow. … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, College, Community, Consciousness, Philadelphia, School, Social Change, Temple University, Urban Initiative, Youth
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The Last of the Socially Cognizant (“Clarity” Part 3)
It is now time to finally put this issue/topic to rest. Hopefully by now the message has been loud and clear. If there still remains doubt, confusion, or lack of clarity from these posts, I have indeed been unsuccessful in trying to make people realize … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Community, Consciousness, Crime, Culture, De La Soul, Economics, Entertainment, Ghetto, Humanity, Islam, Mos Def, New York, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, Politics, Poverty, rap, Social Awareness, Social Change, social responsibility, Urban Initiative, Violence, Youth
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