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Educators, Scandal, Convicted, Racketeering: A loaded Color-Blind Vocabulary Lesson
Atlanta schools cheating scandal: 11 educators convicted of racketeering One of the largest school cheating trials in U.S. history drew to a dramatic close Wednesday with a jury finding 11 Atlanta elementary school teachers and administrators guilty of taking part in a racketeering conspiracy to illegally boost….” latimes.com There are many angles to this unfortunate…
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Happy New Year: Thank Your For Your Contribution to The Lessons of My Life
Please accept my sincerest wishes for an eventful, productive and meaningful 2015. I wish you all the health and prosperity that you may wish for yourself. It is also my hope that as you reach out for a brand new canvas of life’s experiences in 2015, you will not neglect to include in your supplies…
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Revving Up and Getting Back on Track
Revving Up Since I haven’t quite decided on a suitable term to adequately capture how I feel, I will settle for one that conveys the most predominant feeling right now. It is with humility that I embrace this time of my life, to reconnect with the world, and make a deliberate and significant stride toward normalcy since the recent passing…
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Parenting 101: Counting My Mommy Blessings One Occurrence at a Time
Most people will tell you they do not need to be told how to parent their children. While that may be the case, it is not unusual to find that these same parents have been wired to respond, more so, to the negative or destructive behaviors of their children than to the positives. What is…
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Upcoming Event: Celebrating the Creativity of our Youth Gala
You may have heard about Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. and asked what they were all about. You have a chance to find out by attending their first major fundraising gala and wearable art presentation. Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc., a New York State registered non-profit organization, will launch its 1st major fundraising…
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When Regifting Is Acceptable
You are that spark that makes the fire rise. A crown of jewels will rest upon your head for you are God’s child that has been truly blessed! Amen These are sentiments I received a moment ago from a kindred spirit. I know she would not mind me regifting these empowering words to all who come across…
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Smile For Me: How We Do It
9 years ago, as my father walked me down the aisle, my then soon-to-be husband serenaded me with the song he had written for the occasion, “SMILE FOR ME”. That, I must say, was a brilliant response to the creative use of the arts that really resonated with me. For, I have not once found…
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Spotlight: A Friend to Youth and Parents
Congratulations to Devon Harris, motivational speaker, author and founder of the Keep On Pushing Foundation, on being honored for his community service by New York’s Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano at the Caribbean American Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Mr. Harris, also of Jamaican Bobsled fame, has for the past two years been an…
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The Brightest and Best
Some of the Brightest and Best students from a total of 15 long Island area schools, were inducted into the National Achievers Society at the Huntington Hilton on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Thanks to the Urban League of Long Island Young Professionals for spearheading this annual event and giving Long Islanders the opportunity to sponsor…
My Time 4 Talk by Madona Cole-Lacy
Commentary and dialogue on current news items, art activities, personal development, cultural diversity, family life, parenting, and education
My Time 4 Talk by Madona Cole-Lacy 