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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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220 Communications Presents "Sessions- The Men Who Write"

Men Who Write" Featured At Sessions June 9th"

 

"Sessions" at Hidden Pearl Café features "Men Who Write" Saturday June 9th from 2PM -5PM at ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />

1060 East 47th Street
, in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.  The event features readings, commentary and book signings by Chicago areas up and coming writers. Featuring author and entrepreneur  Carl West CEO of MIDWEST GAP Enterprise, a ten-year-old publishing and promotional company based in Chicago.  Tony Lindsay, Author of "One Dead Preacher", Poet Charles Miles, author of Verbal Fruit, and Robert Sells, author of  "Words of Inspiration: A Collection of Poems for the One You Love". Admission to Sessions is free.

 


Sessions is a monthly event targeting the arts. Each event will feature a different area ranging from art, books, music, fashion and film.  Each event features refreshments, samples from sponsors and a drawing for prizes. The event is Sponsors for this event include Little Black Pearl Art Design Center and  BUY220.com

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