Wednesday 23 May 2012
Getting the Energy Up for Another School Year If you’re a parent of a New York City School student and recognize the danger our children are in locked into a system where they’re required by law to attend schools whose failure is not based on test results but the growing threat on principals and...
Growing Genius In an ongoing search for ways for parents to use multiple intelligence theory to discover and unleash their child’s innate genius, I attended a screening of Independent Film New York (IFNY). The founder of IFNY, Attika Torrence, introduced the filmmakers for Q & A. I was moved by the synergy existing between...
Whether the topic is poor performance in school or juvenile crime, the issues of no father in the home, teenage mothers or grandparents or others as guardian immediately surface, the composition of today’s families become the focus rather than the needs of the child. The appearance of families documents the social revolution of this...
Nazim, my 10-year-old grandson asked why they didn’t want to show bin Laden’s pictures. This question led to my sharing my dismay with killing and revenge. While we both felt sympathy for the September 11th victims, we also sympathized with the countless victims of wars period, those in other countries. Nazim suggested the Armed...
Circling the Wagons – What do we as a people owe to and want for our children? The answers will probably differ from person to person. If we focus on the differences and insist one’s own answer is the correct one and the others are wrong – the result will be the continued quagmire...
SANKOFA The Education Debacle continues to teach. This current attack on teachers regardless of the tactic used amounts to elimination of rights and concentration of power. In New York City the catchphrase is “Merit not Seniority”. The million dollar question is “Who or what defines merit?” Considering past evidence, I’d say it would be...
Keeping the Spirit of Harriet Tubman Alive In an effort to get a sense of what our children were experiencing, I started looking at the practices of adults, looking for signs that we were preparing them to make this country value human life more than money. Holiday observations became suspect. I gave up...
September has been an emotionally charged month for me, beginning with my 70th birthday celebration hosted by my children and grandchildren. I was moved by the loving energy that existed in the space where people from many different sectors converged and I totally felt loved. I was especially moved by the words of my...
Power is synonymous with authority, control, influence, supremacy, clout or dominance. Gubernatorial candidate Charles Barron articulates the mission of the Freedom Party as accessing power for the masses of people. Gaining power on the political front will require unity and unity depends on individuals’ ability to exchange capitalist-honed values from “What’s in it for...
Sister’s Community Hardware, located at 990 Fulton Street between Washington and Waverly Avenues since 2002, attracts the attention of pedestrians and motorists during the day or night. The store’s front is all glass. By day, an artist’s rendition of a giant globe encircled by children of diverse ethnicities holding hands is easily visible. At...
