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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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Women on the Move and Making a Difference

After a successful weekend in Daytona Beach, the Boomer Diva Nation Tour will make it's next stop in Durham, North Carolina.  The date is August 9. 

Actress Bern Nadette Stanis ("Thelma" from Good Times) was our special celebrity baby boomer diva in Daytona Beach and boy, did we have fun!  She is a lovely woman---so down to earth and REAL.  She partied with us at the Over 40 Pa-jamming Party and even did some karaoke. 

Her speech was titled, "No Time to Waste" and she was right on the money when she talked about the issues that we, as middle aged women, hold on to that keep us from moving forward.  If you ever have the opportunity to meet Bern Nadette, please take advantage of it. 

S he will be joining us again in North Carolina.  There won't be a pajama party this time but there will be plenty of fun and networking.

Tickets for the North Carolina event will go on sale shortly.

One more thing....I thank God for connecting the dot.coms in my life.