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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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Self Renewal

 

I have been recently un-hired.  Yes I was shocked and hurt & disrupted.  Eventually we get to the point of turning things into a positive, while taking full responsibility.  No more couda wouda shuda... or depression just get up and take and action go! go! go!

 

Here is the funny thing, when I was un-hired I never for a moment felt I lost a career.  I always felt that was a filler job.  My goals were to work with project management, marketing, something to keep my mind alive!

 Within this more alive and imagined version of myself I have always imagined more connection and skilled service to community.  I would be so bold as to imagine myself a renaissance man in my own right.  For this to happen I have to imagine myself as I have never been, and take actions on the regular basis that I have never taken.  With more imagination than budget and less than laser focus I must use my mind to create this new reality.

 

Here is the rub…I believe in meditation and visioning but not prayer.  I can respect those that do believe in prayer, but suspect my life will reflect what Fredrick Douglass said “I did not become free until I prayed with my feet” If prayers actually do lead to well being I’ve got that covered with my lottery tickets.  I am convinced that my action will lead to my economic emancipation. 

 

Soon I will unveil to the world the results of my focus

 

My higher self will have its revenge!  Here I want to jokingly insert a sinister laugh!!

 

I would love to meet up with others of no particular religious faith, that enjoy mixing meditation with motivation in group settings. 

 

Perhaps there is a group you could recommend for me in the Los Angeles area.