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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Has it been this long?

Wow! It has been since July that I have written on Izania! I can't believe it. That must mean that business is doing good or I don't have a life.

 I must say that I have been working diligently with a local women's ministry and trying to get past my church's women's day event. (which is this weekend) Ladies and gentlemen, I am wore out.

So to play catch up:

My oldest son start high school at one of the IB schools (preparing for college schools) they are strict on who gets in. So, he's there and playing football AGAIN. We have been a football family with him since he was 6.

My youngest started school at one of the better suburban public schools and it is fantastic. I love it.  Everyone is on key.

My eldest daughter returned to the local technical college in the pre-nursing program.

Can I slip a little prayer request in here? As a family we keep moving, but it has been a struggle.

 In the middle of all this, I have been pushing/marketing/blogging/advertising my businesses in a big way. In a way, where I can seriously help people to get to where they need to be and what they want to see.

I have been focusing on being God centered; being where HE wants me to be and doing what HE wants me to do. I'm reading more spiritual books that are enlightening me on the rest of my journey as we get closer to end times.

I praise God that we have avenues like Izania to keep us focused and on track!

God bless.....