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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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Obama vs. McCain -- 58 days to go. Get involved in your neighborhood.

My wife and I spent this weekend knocking on the doors of 85 of our neighbors, encouraging them to support Barack Obama.  Mostly, people didn't answer their doos, and we left literature about Obama positions.  Some of those answering the doors had not made up thir minds. We encountered more Obama supporters than McCain supporters -- IN A TRADITIONALLY REPUBLICAN COMMUNITY!

This past week at the Republican convention, John McCain and his surrogates attacked Barack Obama and mocked the power of community organizing.  They sneered at the idea that people like you can play a crucial role in turning this country around.

The Republicans just don't get it. Our movement was built by ordinary people working together in their communities -- and that's how we're going to win on Election Day.

There is a new tool at the Obama website called NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR that makes it easier than ever to connect with potential supporters in your community. It allows you to reach out to your fellow voters by making phone calls or knocking on doors -- the choice is yours.

Learn more and start making a difference in your neighborhood right now.
http://my.barackobama.com/modules/votercontact/login_signup.php

Neighbor to Neighbor:
Now you can have an even greater impact on your community. Start today by logging in to our new voter contact tool to find voters near you to reach out to. You can go door to door or make calls at any time that's convenient for you. There's no one who knows your community better than you do, so help us build support for Barack Obama and this movement for change by beginning in your own neighborhood.

When you log in you'll see that we've prepared all the resources that you need, including:
- A list of voters in your neighborhood who we need to reach out to
- A script you can use in your conversations
- A customized flyer you can distribute
- Easy interfaces to report back the results of your efforts to the campaign
- Support and training to answer any questions along the way

If you are an Obama supporter, this is how we are going to win this election. We all know how hard it is fora Black man to succeed in this country.  So, we need to get busy working as hard as we know how to help him win.  No excuses.  No regrets. No stone left unturned.  Failure is not an option.