After President Barack Obama took the Oath of Office last Tuesday, I got the impression more Whites were going out of their way to say hello to me. While such treatment is refreshing, I wonder if these efforts on their part are sincere, or are they ...
Posted Monday, January 26th 2009 at 11:25AM
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I just revisited an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s book "Stride Toward Freedom". In this book, Dr. King wrote:
"It has always been the responsibility of the church to broaden hoizons, challenge the status quo, and break the mores whe ...
Posted Monday, January 26th 2009 at 10:53AM
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On Tuesday, January 20th, President Barack Obama encouraged Americans to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America. These words came from a bi-racial American who transcended personal trials and tribulatio ...
Posted Friday, January 23rd 2009 at 5:17PM
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Barack Obama is now the 44th President of the United States of America.
While I never thought such a feat was outside the realm of possibilities, I did think it would be more difficult, especially when one considers America's racist past. But I f ...
Posted Tuesday, January 20th 2009 at 11:24PM
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On the pulse of the morning I see a new dawn
A new new day has finally come on
I am so elated
I can hardly find words
I am crying this moment
I am indeed unnerved
Its a special time
Its a joyous hour
I cannot believe Barack Obama has been given this power
His wife is Michelle Wow ...
Posted Tuesday, January 20th 2009 at 11:06AM
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Last night on "FIRM...but fair" with Jeffery A. Faulkerson, I had a wonderful conversation with health expert and author Shawnte Wells and education consultant Okpara Nosaphasere. The question on the table was "Are educated, black professionals gett ...
Posted Monday, January 19th 2009 at 9:34AM
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I am Sun; (aka Sundra Michelle Smith), a school teacher and community worker with a desire to become an inspiring, famous and well sought after author, poet and journalist. I serve on the Greater Southwest Board of the Black Chamber of Commerce in ...
Posted Thursday, January 15th 2009 at 9:48PM
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An ex-coworker/friend of mine contacted me recently with a strange question. About 3 years ago I came to work with this book. She only read a couple of pages of it but she remembered it.
She contacted me today (by email) and asked me if I remembe ...
Posted Monday, January 12th 2009 at 9:27PM
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NOTE: From the weekly blog "The Purposeful Writer" (www.purposefulwriter.blogspot.com) by Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW
Have you ever wondered why we do the things we do?
I have.
Not because I want to make any major changes to the way I intera ...
Posted Monday, January 5th 2009 at 5:00PM
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Join host Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW, on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. (EST) as he explores propaganda and its impact on the American populace. Listeners will be introduced to Edward Bernays, nephew to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and inventor ...
Posted Saturday, January 3rd 2009 at 8:26PM
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Someone asked on a blog, "What holds teachers back from doing what's needed?" and I replied...
What holds us back from doing what's needed? US. In todays education system there is an emphasis on regulation, test scores and protocol. Some teachers kn ...
Posted Monday, December 29th 2008 at 2:43PM
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