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Understanding the effects of Trauma and Abuse

Understanding the effects of Trauma and Abuse

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

Laurell K Hamilton

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence says on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, which they say equals to 10 million men and women each year. You can actually ask women that you come…

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All Lives Matter, Except Black

All Lives Matter, Except Black

Recognize what this is,…..we are living in a moment……This is our Moment!

Hakim Crampton

2020 has been quite a remarkable year that will most definitely be written about in history books. In my 36 years living on this earth, I myself have never experienced anything close to what we are going through at this very moment. I have never seen so much love and unity amongst people from all walks of…

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Community Living Rooms

The Cure for loneliness

I was fortunate enough to be hired by Community Action Agency to be a part of something newly created called a community living room. In the beginning I had a rough idea of what I thought it would be, but after a year experiencing all that it has to offer I have found it to be so much more than what I imagined it to be. Funded by the State Innovation Model Grant…

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4 Tips To Defeat Depression

Here’s a show for you… 4 Tips to Defeating Depression Community Soldier https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wzvkfqYWLZPBqiJy4qkmk?si=pSqb0rniRyu8vlC7om1dGQ

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Corona Blues

Quarantine orders brought down high chains resonating loudest amongst the poor. The ones unable to stock up two weeks of supplies. Already living check to check. For them the idea of buying up two weeks worth of supplies is frightening and seemingly impossible. For one food stamps don’t hit until the 20th of the month and money don’t come until the 3rd of the month. What am I supposed to do in…

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America Not Ready For A Woman President

“Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.”

DaShanne Stokes

2020 makes 100 years since women in the United States were given the so called “right” to vote, African American women only 55 years. When I realized that it was only 20 years before I was born that women in my family were even allowed to walk up to the polls, it proved my feelings even more. It’s really sad that after…

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Community Soldiers on the Frontlines

Last wednesday I had a wonderful opportunity to assist Radiant Church, Beacon Church, and Jackson Housing Commission on a mission to feed 300 people in Reed Manor Apartments. One of the hardest things about being on this lockdown is I really miss our residents. The hardest thing to deal with during this covid 19 epidemic is being able to identify who’s sick and who’s not. I myself do not worry…

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Phones Update More Than Schools

The nation’s school system did not suddenly decline. Imagine a golden age of schooling, perhaps the 1950s. The highest test scores of that period would be inadequate for the present.

Arthur Levine

I’ve always argued our school systems grading system. I would constantly get in trouble for bringing home C’s and D’s. I would explain to my dad that this only meant that I was average. Also meaning…

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I Had COVID 19 And Recovered

*Disclaimer: I have not been tested for Coronavirus COVID19*

I know this article looks like click bait, but please hear me out for a bit. Never would I have made a thought like this public, but I have talked to many people here in Michigan that feel the same way I do about this. At first, like everyone else, I thought this virus was some government scam. Some type of conspiracy, especially…

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Officially Counted

Understanding the importance of being counted

Are we really going to sit back and ignore the Census? Why do I need to fill this out? Doesn’t the government already know all they need to know about me? Do I really need to give them all my personal information? What will this do for me and my family?

I will be the first to admit that many of these questions came out of my mouth in the past.…

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A Fresh Look At Ebonics: How Are Contemporary Educators Dealing With Black Vernacular English in Today’s Schools

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Mind Over Depression

Nobody said life would be easy. They only said it would be hard. I don’t quite remember where I heard this, maybe it was a song, but I say it all the time. I say it so much that I pretty much coined, and rebranded the phrase. When it comes to depression I’ve come to realize that sadness is just, a state of mind. We are the only ones who can determine what’s happiness, and further what’s sadness.…

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Building Bridges

This picture is absolutely one of my wife’s favorite pictures of me. She says it makes her cry sometimes when she looks at it. For the longest of time I couldn’t understand why this picture would make her cry. It was one of the happiest moments in my life. To give you some context allow me to first give you some background on my story. This way you can see the connection the way I see it.

I…

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Fear Or Information

“Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.”

Douglas MacArthurhttps://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/douglas_macarthur_169261?src=t_hysteria

While this last week has spun our great country into a whirlwind of emotions. We find ourselves asking ourselves many questions. Some simple as, is this real?…

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The Prison City

Jackson Michigan. A place where we have more bars than schools, literally. We have bars that create cells, and we have bars to eat. We have bars to drink, and even bars where women dance with little to no clothes on. My city is filled with corner stores which sucks every single resource away from the under privileged. Leaving them worse for wear. My city has seen many tears shed from bullets that…

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