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My Accidental Social Experiment With The Realities of The Trayvon Martin Experience: When Urban “Trife Life” and Urban Culture Becomes Urban Warfare- Part 1
A short while ago on a cool and drizzling October Saturday afternoon, I ventured into Center City to see a close associate who I was trying to help find new means of employment. Before I stopped by his job I figured I’d go … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Crime, Culture, Philadelphia, Race, Urban Initiative, Violence, Youth
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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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The First Week of School: “Teacher, Can You Marry My Mom So That You Can Be My Dad”?
It is official. The summer is definitely over as of September 4, 2012. However, for the professional educators, our summer will most likely have ended as of August 27th when all of us will be heading back to work for staff development, team … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolscent, Awareness, Childhood, Children, Classroom Management, Consciousness, Culture, Elementary School, Family, Father, Figure, Ghetto, Graduation, High School, Inner City, Lifestyle, Marriage, Middle School, New York, Philadelphia, Poverty, Pregnancy, Professional Development, Race, Relationships, School, School Police, Social Awareness, Social Change, social responsibility, Social Worker, Students, Teen, Truancy, Youth
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Why Is It That Joe “The Plummer”, Mike “The Mechanic”, and The Frumpy Looking Rap “Artist” Just Won’t Leave? (… Simple Acts of Class and Etiquette- Part 2)
With the summer season in full swing, many of us are ready to begin a season of much fun, plenty of sun, and(even) more fun with much more sun. Yes, summer can be the time of year that brings everyone out and … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Culture, Ghetto, Hip Hop, Lifestyle, Philadelphia, Race
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“Clarity” Part 1
A short while ago, I took some much deserved/undeserved backlash by a few clients of my son’s barber for my position and comments on Mr. “Hop-Hop’s Savior” May Owe Us A Few Favors parts 1 & 2. I kind of expected … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Black Star Album, Community, Consciousness, Culture, Education, Hip Hop, Humanity, Islam, Jay-Z, Mos Def, music, New York, Peace, Poetry, Politics, Poverty, Prison, Race, rap, Slavery, Social Change, society, Talib Kweli, Urban Initiative, Urban Planning, Youth
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Mr. “Hip-Hop’s Savior” May Owe Us A Few Favors (Part 2)
In the mid 90′s, Jay-Z arrived on the hip-hop scene with Foxy Brown on a debut solo from the “Nutty Professor” Soundtrack that did not appear in the film. A few late strings were pulled to get the release done … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Beyonce, Blue Ivy, Bun B, Culture, Economics, Education, Entertainment, Humanity, Jay-Z, Meek Mills, Money, music, New York, Peace, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, Philosophy, Poverty, Race, Relationships, Religon, Rice University, Social Awareness, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Media, social responsibility, society, Success, Temple University, University of Penn, Urban Initiative, Urban Planning, Violence, Women, Youth
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