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Us. We are the reason that things we said we wanted were not actualized.   I wish I had reached out to his campaign folk after his inauguration with the iPromise campaign so that people could really GET this line that went out in a campaign e-mail from his folks yesterday: "From the very start this has been an experiment in our political process, testing whether ordinary people really can

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I get into debates - mostly with men - about why it's always a good time to mentor. What I usually get is: "I'm not where I need to be." "I don't have time." "I'm no authority on anything." "What do I have to offer?" "I'm still f*cked up in the game." They base whether or not they should mentor on where they believe they are in their American Dream. Often, their fantastical American Dreaming

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From Dekalb to Canal 47 people 18 headphones 16 men 6 books/magazines open 1 observant person - me!

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MVMT's New Years Guide 2012 BurnBright's Strategizing for Success Workbook Scott Dinsmore's 2012 Goal Setting and Action Workbook iBe 2012 Edition by The Future Project With these, my vision board, and my mobile calendar - I AM A SPIRIT LIVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE. (creation is the most spiritual thing we can do; hence, declaration gets the party started and action gets the angels amped.

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I had people share one goal they hope to accomplish in 2012 at my Kwanzaa celebration (Kujichagulia - Self-Determination). Here you have it:

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Who knew that my most viewed blog would be the one I posted sharing my Statement of Purpose (aka admissions essay) to Gallatin?!  I want to share two short stories about how my posting the statement has impacted myself and others. First, anyone reading this should know that I believe my purpose in life is to enrich and enable the best capabilities for all people.  It is fascinating how

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I am inspired by Will Smith for his: Openness in interviews about his beliefs, his relationships, and his journey Artistry Commitment to excellence Acceptance & welcoming of the title "Role Model" Example of what it takes to be successful (in all areas, but specifically in entertainment) Demonstration of what it means to be a husband and father Willingness to take great risks and look bad

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It’s been a long time since I’ve written a poem There have been new babies, and old loves There have been plenty miracles, & tragedies executions and Nobel Prizes for three brown women Thousands of girls have been sold into lives of sex & servitude Emcees have brilliantly stood on the shoulders of Angela Y. Davis and Nana Yaa Asantewaa with rhymes I want to whisper like lullabies to my

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What multi-tasking in September looks like. I've come a long way. (Click to enlarge)

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My heart goes out to the family that lost their son decades ago. I pray that you offer children everywhere an example of what it looks like to admit when you are wrong, to be humble, to be moved by your own humanity. I want for you, and for myself, the ability the sleep without doubt, to die without regret, to have lived a life guided by love. Read about the Troy Davis Case and support efforts

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The areas of my life that aren't the way I'd like them to be are the areas where I refuse to do "the work." And it got me thinking... If your body isn't as you'd like it to be, do the work. If your career isn't reaping the rewards you thought they would, do the work. If your relationship with your parents is strained or non-existent, you've got to do some work. If your home

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I am a believer in numerology. So many things have opened up for me because I am willing to consider that there are various "channels" we can tune into at any given moment. My first use of this one website - What Your Name Means - was for myself. It was amazingly on point. Not too long ago I looked up Brooklyn USA. Whoa! My crew spends a lot of time in Connecticut Muffin. The coffeeshop/

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I heard two people say that an introduction to the Landmark Forum scared them because "everyone" was smiling. I thought, "Damn, you DON'T want to participate in something that appears to help people access their Happy?!" Then I remembered that people fear what they don't know or understand. See, when an entire family is smiling while looking at a new baby in a nursery, or a huge audience is

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In keeping with "It Ain't So Bad to Join a Team of Losers."

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(click to enlarge) Today's message from the self-love jar: "I bring fabulous things to fruition."

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My girl, Miss Alicia Boone - The Culture Connector, asked me how I fill my creative think tank.  I started to e-mail her and thought, I should share this info with my networks!  Enjoy. I hope you get as much out of them as I do.

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I am presently in the Self-Love: Reloaded Challenge led by my girl, Akua Soadwa. One of the tasks (we take one action each day to express/experience self-love) was to write 20 things I have done to inspire or activate someone else to be their higher self. I want to start by recognizing that at some Divine moment in all of existence, I chose the reciprocal enlightening... When I was five, I

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There's a Science to This: A STEM Campaign Brought to you by PlanIt Brooklyn See more Ads for the campaign HERE.

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POINTS OF REFERENCEOrigins of STEM - Dr. Reagan FlowersNational Push towards STEM Education in schoolsWhat I'm Working on around STEM in HarlemMusic Engineers & MathMae Jemison's TED TalkSTEM & STEAM

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(click image to enlarge) I was doing pretty good with my multi-tasking.  I was down to 11 projects to manage in the month of March.  And instead of bringing that number down, I added the Self-Love Challenge and the I Love My Life Tour for a whopping 13 projects/initiatives I am working on simultaneously!   The key to this is going to be to get the other projects so far along that all I have to do

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(click to enlarge) I create these flowcharts to keep myself on track. This is what my life is looking like now. Surprisingly, this is smaller than it was before. I want to get it to the point where there's 3 or less things in any given "arm" - for a total of 9 maximum things I've given my word to. I'm at 11. I can delete one if I got busy today. I could delete 2 total by April 1st if I

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Sometimes the gift we need is one we've always had. (Found on the inside cover of India.arie’s Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship) To My Dear, Dear Listener, I give praise to God for every manifestation of love in the universe. I honor my Angels and Ancestors, spirit guides, spirit teachers and loved ones in spirit because these songs do not come FROM me but THROUGH me; for the sheer and

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Thank you Lauryn Hill for this reminder.

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Together Apart presents The Live Convo #14 Romance & Finance: Credit Scores, Child Support & Spending Habits A Convo Exploring How Money Affects Relationships Are you in a relationship with a starving artist, shopaholic, penny pincher, wannabe “baller,” or someone who has to put their phone in your name? Join financial advisers, tax consultants, and wealth managers to discuss how matters of

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7 Billion: Are You Typical? — National Geographic Magazine I love digital infographics!

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My friend Akua "The Activator" Soadwa created a 30-day Self-Love Challenge.  Day One we had to create a self-love jar with 20 things we're grateful for about ourselves inside.  Here's mine. Join us!

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PlanIt Brooklyn has been producing these swaps as fundraisers for the Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit. Today I rocked a full-on swap outfit. And I felt amazing. I spent less than a dollar (yes pocketchange) for brand new heels, a rocking plaid skirt, and a bag. I love my life. (photo courtesy of Stefany Fontela)

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Just a bit of inspiration.

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Together Apart presents "Making Ish Happen" Start the year off powerfully as an all-star panel addresses the biggest challenges in making ideas happen and the best strategies to overcome them. Are you trying to get into grad school, lose weight, start a business or organization, get a grant, produce an event, change jobs, find a mate, write a book or record an album? This event will help

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Mawi Asgedom gives us guideposts to up our human capital. In A Note to any Student who wants a Job Someday, Asgedom says: The Alternative GPA™ measures your Human Capital in four key areas that don’t have much to do with your grades: Solution Capital: Your ability to solve problems. Social Capital: Your ability to create a powerful network. Adaptability Capital: Your ability to adjust to

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In response to my friend refusing to write her little brother who is incarcerated. My cousin is locked up right now. He has spent more than half of his 23 years in some cage or another. He's 7 years younger than me and his entire life I was the only one telling him he was a beautiful boy, brilliant, creative, capable, generous - because he was. But I was the only one. And I was 2,000 mi away in

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(click image to enlarge) My dear friend Jullien "PurposeFinder" Gordon just put me on through Facebook.  As a CA to NY transplant, I have found it hard to explain my attraction to this place.  New Yorkers want to know why I'd leave the ocean and the chill vibe of Cali for the hustle and bustle of NY.  I feel like there are so many similarities that get overlooked.  But who knew there was some

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A dear friend of mine wrote: "[My] emotional state is open in all ways, but that tends to mean I am easily wounded." My response: "Remain open. And allow yourself to have love guide you. I find that when love guides you can see beauty where others see tragedy, you can feel joy when others feel nothing but pain, you can be grateful when others want to curse the heavens, you can be

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Register to hear Jullien Gordon, Ngozi Odita, Gabrielle Bernstein and more offer all they've got to helping you take a crack at that bucket list.  MMXI may just be the beginning of all your wildest dreams coming true!

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Tues., 12/14 Sallomé Hralima It Ain't So Bad to Join a Team of Losers Sallomé Hralima is the author of It Is, It Ain’t, It Be, and It Works and co-founder of PlanIt Brooklyn, the sole creative consulting company in New York City that focuses on fashioning ground-breaking ways to grow start-ups, emerging leaders, and small institutions. In 2007, Hralima co-created Fastgirls – a national program

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I am reading an old issue of Oprah Magazine (June 2010), and there's a one-pager of "My Best Life: Patricia Field." Patricia Field is the inventor of Carrie Bradshaw's look. When asked "Best Motivational Music" she answered: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind.""I'm New York born and bred, and this song says it all."Go figure!

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If I somehow make it to The Top, it will because I don't hold back acknowledgment, congratulations, compliments, or gratitude. I welcome my natural inclination to be an outpouring of these things.In the Fastgirls Challenge - Be the Expert - we were charged with expressing our thanks for experiences with excellent customer service. I had the BEST customer service rep at GoDaddy.com. Want to get

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A salute to Daniel Pink, author of DRIVE. In a GOOD Education article entitled, "WaPo Columnists Debate Teach for America," Education Blogger Nikhil Swaminathan asked readers: How else besides [Teach for America] would you attract the best and brightest coming out of our colleges and universities to the profession? My answer.

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(click on the image to enlarge)Read more about Power-Up: A Fastgirls Tele-Seminar Series.

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I just want to preface this by saying I DID NOT MAKE THIS UP MYSELF. Though, the truth is scary, generated by a computer program...Brooklyn USAThere are 11 letters in your name.Those 11 letters total to 45.There are 4 vowels and 7 consonants in your name.What your first name means: English Female Water; stream.Your number is: 9The characteristics of #9 are: Humanitarian, giving nature,

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The day I read about Ji Lee, I believed I was seriously seeing my own reflection. Yeah, I know, I know, he's Chinese. I spent the first years of my life in Chinatown. One of my closest friends on the planet is Chinese. My father speaks Mandarin. I love Jet Li. And maybe, I too was Chinese - perhaps during the Tang dynasty, when culture in China was at its peak.Whatever the case, we are

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"You can’t stop history. You can’t stop a determined soul, a determined spirit really aimed at being a source of good in the world for himself or herself & others. You can’t stop that. So don’t waste your time, because you don’t want to be on the wrong side of history. You don’t want to be on the side of history that holds the opposition to those spirits. You want to be on the side of history

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Two things. I will approach anyone. And I LOVE letting people know when I'm moved by them or am impressed by some aspect of their character, words or deeds. When I was in elementary school, I wrote to Essence Magazine (after reading about Tracy Reese) asking if someone could suggest how a young Black girl should go about building a career in fashion. Julia Chance wrote back and I've had a

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Reflect on what you set out to do this year. Celebrate your wins, take stock of where you fell short. Really celebrate in whatever way lights you up, and if it is fitting, invite others to join you!Find one thing that you promised to accomplish this year – that can be completed in the next 3 weeks – and get it done. Then you can add it to your “wins” to celebrate.Set aside a few hours and write

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(click image to enlarge)I have been hosting Kwanzaa celebrations for four years in Brooklyn. I have been celebrating Kwanzaa since I was writing on brown paper with blue lines. And I enjoy introducing people to my favorite holiday. We have so much fun that people come back year after year.This year I'm hosting Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics). RSVP at sallomazing@gmail.com to get the location.

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I wanted to share how Jullien PurposeFinder Gordon's 30 Day Do It Movement (started for us in Nov 2009) has impacted some Brooklyn girls.The Mastermind Group has had 11 women participate in creating 30 Day Do Its - goals that we promise to fulfill within 30 days. We've set our meetings to every 3rd or 4th Sunday for a year now. This November was our 1 year anniversary.The following are some of

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In January, I charged friends, family, and strangers with creating a promise that they'd fulfill by the end of this year. It was born out of my frustration around people thinking that electing President Obama was going to result in the change we wanted to see. I am clear (as was he in his inaugural speech everyone seems to forget) that it takes many.iPromise is an online video campaign to

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My sleep pattern is off. I sleep from 7am EST to 3PM EST and am up through the night. These days I pick up Making Ideas Happen. Today, I flipped through channels. I land on a channel with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. speaking. I pause. Info appears at the bottom of the screen: "Genealogy, Genetics and African American History; October 18, 2010." The talk was at UC San Diego.For

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In 2008 I reached out to married couples I knew and asked them 10 questions. Responders included a couple married for nearly ten years, another married a few years, and a couple who had ink still drying on their marriage certificate.I believe in partnership. I believe that all relationships have agreements - formalized or not. I believe in ceremony and ritual. Nevertheless, my opinion,

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Dreams and Purpose are as different as Goals and Vision.You can have dreams and goals that are not necessarily aligned with your purpose or vision. Gaining mastery in achieving your goals and dreams will be the winning ingredient to fulfilling your purpose or vision.So, practice, Practice, PRACTICE!A great resource for being a master at achievement is Making Ideas Happen: overcoming the obstacles

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The process of making Phefeni bibs - Babble-On includes traditional textiles from other parts of the globe. The Phly Collection includes fabric worn in West African countries.The raw materials. Prepping to cut.Ready to match with a backing.Selected pairing.Gathering labels.Sewing labels and closures.Completed bib.A completed set.Packaging is a reusable mesh bag.Ready for a Phefeni child.Wanna

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The Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit Coordinating Committee is posting our videos for the teens to see before coming in March 2011. The theme for this year is Unraveling Stories, Creating New Possibilities. The video above features my fake outtakes. (I actually did it in one shoot; but you've gotta have outtakes, so I made some up.)See the official submission HERE.

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The Dandy Lion exhibit in Harlem got me thinking. The fellas photographed are PHLY! And anyone who saw them on the street would turn their head - man or woman. Any time I see a man looking that phly, I let 'em know."Excuse me, Sir. I just wanted you to know you look amazing today.""Excuse me. I just wanted to tell you that that color looks great on you.""Brothaaaaa (gotta hold the "a" based

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I do not know the true history behind the Native American Ten Commandments. And I am fully aware of the romanticizing of Indigenous people ("Yeah, I'm part Black, part Indian, part Irish." "Ooooh girl, you got nice cheekbones; you must got Indian in yo' fam'ly." "Her hair grows like that because she's part Indian.")Though many in these varied nations identify as American Indian, I do not. It

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Not too long ago I tweeted: Social innovators, Entrepreneurs, Non-profit Leaders: with all of the free technology and services avail, pls get your branding weight up.I figured I'd be the change I'd like to see. I'm giving you my favs.Checking your ImpactTwittercounter.comGoogleanalytics.comThe Look Blogger.comTumblr.comWordpress.comMysocialbuttons.comVeer.comColourlovers.comDreamstime.comShow

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My Statement of Purpose for Admission to Grad School is the most visited blog I've posted. It may be because people search for this as a term in Google's Search box. It may be because people actually want to read mine. Whatever the case, it is. I got an e-mail from the supa dupa fly Geneva Thomas of Clutch Magazine, and she asked if I got in (she is a Gallatin/NYU alum). It never dawned on

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There are two phrases I find myself using lately: Dreams Affirmed, and the tagline in my blog header By Any Dreams Necessary.I have been working to fulfill my own dreams and attempting to aid others in supporting their dreams since I was - hell! In the womb. I sent out a newsletter entitled: I pray our work is not empty. In it I listed the ways I believed I've been living the life of a Dream

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I wrote, not too long ago, that one of my biggest dreams is to speak at a TED Conference. Because of the fabulous Challenge that the Fastgirls are in right now (Be the Expert), I am entering a contest to win an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for TEDWomen. I encourage all of the fabulous women I know to enter since you only have to provide your contact info and a 500 chars submission for

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It is indeed a magical season for Black Girls to strut their beautiful "stuff".Ava DuVernay, directed "My Mic Sounds Nice" - a DOPE one-hour BET special focusing on women in hip hop.Gabby Sidibe graced the cover of Elle Magazine.Joey Mazzarino's song for his little girl became the Sesame Street hit "I Love My Hair."Willow Smith came out with the Beyonce-esque banger "Whip My Hair."(THE MASHUP

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On November 1st I happened to be watching Jimmy Fallon when Russell Simmons was on. He did a headstand. I remembered why I love Russell Simmons.On November 2nd, while on my Jet Blue flight to San Jose, I decided I was going to purchase Russell Simmons' Super Rich and read it before THX GVG.On November 13th I told Syreeta that we should have Russell Simmons (the Why) or Will Smith (the Why)

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I am often going on about what I would do if I had a school. It's 2010 and there are now schools that include each of the things I list below.Philosophy - Exposure Practice – Hatha yoga, Transcendental Meditation, Tai Chi, martial arts (sport & dance)Weekly Creative Professionals TalksTravel abroad program (one summer or winter break is mandatory)Inspire Learning program – teaching youth about

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I'll be honest. I hadn't a clue about - and very little interest in - the "No Child Left Behind Act." It has been the butt of so many jokes, that I had to very recently have my first experience with reading policy. (OMG! I NEVER want to write policy. How brutal.)The short.Act: No Child Left BehindTitle: Improving the Academic Achievement of the DisadvantagedThe Statement of Purpose: to ensure

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I have my Smith Family moments. Those are the times I go online and watch interviews with Will, Jada, Willow or Jaden on Youtube clips. They are the most inspiring family to me, outside of maybe the Obamas (if Sasha or Melia started a non-profit or business while young, they'd be on the level of a Willow or Jaden and I'd be their biggest fan). One night I go to my bestie's house and torture

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I spend hours at a time teaching myself how to use iMovie. It's still a work in progress.Then my beloved friend Micah posts this video on Facebook and I'm floored. Simply put: EXTRAORDINARILY BRILLIANT.This is a video Khameleon808 made, inspired by the band The Glitch MobPrograms used: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 / After Effects CS5Khamelion808's Disclaimer: It is not intended to tell a story. I

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“Pitch of the Month” winner; Sallomé Hralima, with (seated, l to r) Pitches for Breakfast judge, Rashad Bilal, vice president, Bilal Group; Pitches for Breakfast keynote, Shawn Outler, group vice president of multicultural merchandising and vendor development, Macy's, Inc.; and Pitches for Breakfast judge, Erik Cliette, co-owner, Maid BrigadeHarlem, NY - October 9, 2010, Dwyer Cultural Center“

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Being a boarding school kid, I left home at 13 and didn't go through much of the teenage angst, the mother-daughter drama of those young adult years.My mom is ALWAYS glad to have me in California. She wants to talk, cook together, shop together, exercise together, watch television together. I have to remind myself that she missed out on the five years most parents have with their children.

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Honoree on Black Girls Rock!Speaker at TED ConferenceInvitee at Oprah's next Legends BallBook hits #1 on NYT Best Sellers ListOn the cover of Fast Company

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A Great Day in Brooklyn

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Saturday Sessions - bring Brooklyn people to speak to Frederick Douglass Academy IV kids for an hour at Brooklyn cafe(s) with recording and picturesWhat happened to Teen Summit?Call it The Stoop.

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Website for us to get kickbacks by shopping at our favorite stores. All money is given to growing a business and another half to build a school. An affiliate program.For example: GAP online, Travelocity, Delta/JetBlue/Virgin, Amazon, Ebay, Apple, etc.

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(Kari Fulton, M.A.D. Awardee at 2010 Black Girls Rock)Directory of solar powered and energy efficient brick & mortar enterprises in New York, Boston, LA, SF, Chicago and DC (i.e. schools, restaurants, lounges/clubs/bars, etc)Have a high school, junior high & elementary school in each city do the research and link with an eco organization in those areas.

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Church - a show (or party) that touches, moves & inspires; healing, reconciliation, celebration-terms to use: revelations, fire & brimstone, tithing, baptism, sermon, choir, testify, sunday school, "let the church say 'amen'"-have: fans, red wine, organist, tithing plate, libations, call & response, dj mix house & old negro spirituals, images of ritualized scenes

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.Spike Lee Tribute

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Movie Themed Partiese.g. "Wish it was a Spike Lee Joint""Wish it was an Angelina Jolie...""Wish it was a Matrix..."::trivia, promotions, merchandising, ways to get in free, video/photographyBAM Spike Lee TributeNight of BluesNight of HeadlinerNight of Hip HopPanel w/ discussion of Spike Lee's influence in culture (film, art, music, race, HBCUs, politics, history, poetry)Poetic tributeDusk 'til

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Create high school and college film festivals; perhaps a Monterey Peninsula School District Film Festival.Potential movies include No!, Supersize Me, Invisible Children, Rize, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, Ethnic Notions, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Color of Fear, Hoop Dreams, Boys of Baraka, Born into Brothels

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Create a documentary that highlights the forced sterilization of women of color.DID YOU KNOW?Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, has the highest percentage of sterilized women in the entire world. (Source: libertadlatina.org)The U.S. Supreme Court, in the landmark case Buck v. Bell (1927), ruled 8-1 to uphold the sterilization of a Virginia teen on the grounds she was a "deficient" mother. And in

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I am rarely immersed in a conversation that forces me to use the left side of my brain. I'm a right-brained chick. But a good friend of mine consistently pulls me into exciting dialogue that challenges my opinions and beliefs.Tonight's conversation? Tyler Perry and his films. My perspective: We have far more people who feel fit to critique, and far less who focus their energy on being creative

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I am guilty of disappearing for days at a time. There are times when I'm completely overwhelmed with sadness (usually over a love lost). But largely, my "getting ghost" has to do with a passion for what I'm doing that is so great, I do not want to stop... for anything. This has been the source of many of those failed relationships - giving myself over more readily to the ecstasy I feel when

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In February of 2002, Mae Jemison gave a TED Talk about the importance of teaching the arts and sciences together. She started with three quotes. The one that caught my attention was by Zora Neale Hurston from IN DUST TRACKS ON A ROAD: "Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with purpose."Four years later, Tony Robbins gave a talk at TED looking at why we do what we do. In

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"America will not remain true to its highest ideals—and America's place as a global economic leader will be put at risk...if we don't do a far better job than we've been doing of educating our sons and daughters; unless we give them the knowledge and skills they need in this new and changing world." -President Barack Obama, March 10, 2009The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or

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A good friend of mine Antoine Kinch, who is actively working to ensure that Caribbean musicians receive the monetary rewards for their international influence, recently posted a status update on Facebook. He was listening to Pandora and saddened by what he feels is a missing in music today. His post quickly became a plea for arts in schools. In a comment he wrote: "How did they have money for

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In this RSA animation "The Secret Powers of Time," Professor Philip Zimbardo breaks down the impact our varied perspectives on Time have on our way of life. Through his analysis, he is able to articulate what is required for us to educate 21st Century children."By the time a boy is 21 years old, he has spent 10,000 hours playing video games alone...it means that they live in a world that they

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I had a conversation with Kahlil Almustafa years ago about the difference in education from elementary school through graduate levels. We agreed that:- K-5 should lay a foundation for all forms of education to be received - Junior high or middle school should begin providing content and largely encourage critical thinking - High school should inspire youth to begin creating their own styles of

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I am focused on ensuring there is a life coach in every public school in America. I believe that every American should be given the opportunity to consider what contribution they want to offer the world, the chance to be self-directed in their pursuit of education and fulfillment, and the tools and skills to go after any dream they have throughout their lifetime.Seth Godin is one of those people

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I recently read Daniel Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. I found it at a cab stand and purchased it for a dollar. After reading Seth Godin's Linchpin, I dusted Pink's book off and began to read. I, for the first time since college, busted out index cards and began making flash cards from the goldmine of information in the book. It was the perfect book to begin

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At the 18th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2005, Will Smith received the award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie in Shark Tale. His "The Key to Life: Running & Reading" Speech (remixed and posted on YouTube by TeamJonny5) is an inspiration for children and adults alike."...young I realized that the person that works the hardest wins." - Will SmithTweet

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Why, when asked, “What do you want to do or be when you grow up,” do so many young people respond with, “I don’t know”?Because we don’t. A lot of us want the pipe dream, but because we don’t think it will happen we don’t say. Like, I know a kid that really wants to be a basketball player, but he won’t say it because people say “Do you know how many people want to be basketball players; it’s not

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If you don't know about Larry, you playin' games.He is THE Man. Oh... You still trying to figure out?Cornbread, Earl and Me (as Wilford Robinson)The Cotton Club (as Bumpy Rhodes)The Color Purple (as Swain)Pee-Wee's Playhouse (as Cowboy Curtis)School Daze (as Dap)King of New York (as Jimmy Jump)Boyz n the Hood (as Furious Styles)Deep Cover (as Russell Stevens Jr/John Hull)What's Love Got to Do

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I had a heated FB dialogue via chat a few months ago. He was upset that his niece did not know how to spell tongue. Though I cannot remember the conversation word for word (and FB chat doesn’t have anything on gchat), I remember the key points I brought up for him to consider.Him: I’m not one of her friends. She’s not going to be texting to me in that broken English, like I’m one of her

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It’s been said that America’s greatest commodities are cultural – hip hop, Disneyland, McDonald’s. However, far more money is spent attempting to live out or experience the American Dream than are buying Biggie albums or taking pictures with Minnie Mouse.Emigration points to this fact. People are not continuing to risk their lives to enter onto US soil in an effort to buy more “stuff.” They

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I have a dream. It’s a dream deeply rooted in my mom’s passions. I am realizing the more and more I pursue what I feel is my purpose, that its source can be linked to what I saw my mother do in my childhood. She advocated for my brother and I and plenty of other children in the school whose parents were either not as brazen, educated, or available as my mother. She organized Juneteenth and

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I produced an event in the middle of October – Fall for Fall: a clothing swap for the temperature drop. Somewhere in the middle of a woman’s dream - basically bring $5 and leave with whatever you can fit into your bag - two girls entered with their aunt to swap.Meet Tijera (10, on the left above) and Trinity (9, on the right above).“Shop ‘til you drop, or can’t carry any more!” I told them as

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How many times have you been on the train, train platform, bus or bus stop and been disgusted by the language or conversation of teenagers? Now, there are also times where adults piss me off with their outrageous phone conversations, verbally abuse, and obnoxious smartphone deejay selections. But when groups of teens are going in in public spaces, it makes me feel sick.I always look first to

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Children do as you do, not as you say. If they are exhibiting behavior you do not like, consider it is their interpretation of something you are doing.Your Problem: Your teenager comes home with cell phone in hand talking to someone, drops bag on the floor, and turns on the television. You look in their room; it’s a mess. You ask if they’ve done their homework, they grumble something about not

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Join us in a good 'ole fashioned CHALLEEEEEEENGE!October 30, 2:00-6:00PMCommon Grounds 376 Tompkins Ave (bet Jefferson & Putnam)$5 per personPairs compete for half of the total admission collectedProceeds will benefit the 4th Annual Sista-2-Sista Youth SummitTrivia topics include Literature, Pop Culture, World History, the Human Body, Elementary School Knowledge, Economics, Fine Arts, Headline

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It was our first date. Alfred and I had just entered the movie theater and my heart was pounding so hard that I didn't hold his hand, afraid that he'd feel my heartbeat in my palm. I jumped. Kelis's "Bossy" started playing and my Blackberry was vibrating inside of my right pants pocket. My mom's ring. She'd called three times earlier that day and I knew a fourth missed call would result in

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