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Celerbrate Dr. King's Birthday

Celebrating Dr. King’s Birthday: Inspiring Words and a Game Board

This year for Dr. King's Birthday, I want to share two things with you. A speech, and a Jeopardy game board.  The speech is "Give Us the Ballot".  I listen to it every election year and I'll share a quote to show you why I listen to it. Over 30...

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Happy New Year – Stepping into 2024

Happy New Year!   I think I have been making New Year’s Resolutions for over 30 years. On New Year’s Day, I would write down everything I hoped to do, from finding a guy, to cruising through Europe, to buying a house, to publishing my stories, to losing 100 lbs.  At...

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Ujamaa is Cooperative Economics

Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics and the Key to Thriving Black Communities

Every day of Kwanzaa provides deep meaning, an opportunity to explore an aspect of our essence  that is necessary for us to thrive as individuals and a community. But for some reason, Ujamaa is my favorite. I think that cooperative economics, the start, the growth, and the support of...

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Whose Day Was It?

Columbus Day is a big holiday in many American cities with a huge number of Italian Americans. They even have parades. When a movement was put in motion to get rid of the holiday, the Italian-American community was infuriated. So, some cities still have Columbus Day. However, the exploits...

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Christmas

For most of my adult life, I have watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" every December. Strangely enough, I do not know the words to any of the songs. You would think, after allllllllllllllll these years, I would know more than "You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch...." Yup, that’s...

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