I had a great Thanksgiving meal with friends, family and lots of food–I still had leftovers a week later! But not everyone’s Thanksgiving was as happy as mine. Because of the economy many families are going hungry. One of the biggest calamities of our economic downtown is that funding for nonprofit organizations [...]
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It’s been a long, long journey making the film A GOOD DAY TO BE BLACK & SEXY. Personally, 4 long years of my life. There was a point, actually, several points in the journey that I was going to give up. I was my own worst enemy. Me. Life. If you [...]
Give thanks in all circumstances…(1 Thessalonians 5:18)
Greeting UTC readers!!
It’s been three weeks since my last entry, and I’ve missed our weekly online dialogue. I’ve been riding the wave of excitement since the election of President Barack Obama, and planning with friends our trip to be in Washington on January 20th and simply [...]
“ROSA SAT, SO MARTIN COULD WALK, MARTIN WALKED SO OBAMA COULD RUN, OBAMA [WON] SO OUR CHILDREN COULD FLY!”—Daily Kos
I don’t know who originated this quote but it has made the rounds both before and after the election. What does it really mean and is there any truth to it?
The quote argues [...]
Jamiel Shaw, the seventeen year old African-American high school football star murdered on March 2nd, allegedly at the hands of 19 year-old Pedro Espinoza (an illegal immigrant and member of 18th street gang, one of the largest Latino street gangs in Los Angeles County), is a murder case that has garnered national headlines. [...]