Sep 20, 2021Allyship MattersGood Afternoon Good People: Here’s a #mondaymotivationalquotes Post, highlighted by this short but mighty and succinct statement… ALLYSHIP MATTERS Last year, Hollywood Actors Blake Lovely and her husband Ryan Reynolds contributed $200,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. during the summer after America was experiencing a crippling pandemic. No…3 min read3 min read
Apr 21, 2021Introducing…The Two Fifths InstituteThis week, in 1787, the first Articles of Confederation were introduced during the United States Constitutional Convention to determine the slave states population, electoral votes and tax structure as it pertains to black people. …2 min read2 min read
Jun 8, 2020Just Say Black…African Ameri… just say Black People of Col… just say Black Underserved Commu… just say Black Divers…just say Black You see where I’m going here? No? Let me explain… I recently traced my family roots back to the 1700s. That Ancestry DNA Kit stayed on top of my fridge for…Economics10 min readEconomics10 min read
May 12, 2020Obama, Harlem and Crab Fritters!Obama, Harlem and Crab Fritters! Scene: Harlem, New York Date: November 4th, 2008 Event: Barack Obama elected at the 44th President Of The United States. That event changed my life. I was a young Investment Advisor, with wavy hair, a killer wardrobe much better than my Boss and a penchant…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Feb 24, 2020The Mamba In You…I can start now… Intentionally, I waited 24 minutes after the watching the Celebration Of Life For Kobe and Gianna Bryant ended. I needed those visuals. It still hadn’t seemed real until then. I wanted to share my thought many times, I just couldn’t find the words. I wasn’t ready…Kobe Bryant5 min readKobe Bryant5 min read
Sep 11, 2019Eighteen Years After ArmageddonBefore I became enthralled with Politics… Before I ever picked up a clipboard or rang a doorbell for a candidate… Before that audacious Senator from Illinois (by way of Hawaii) ever thought about running for President, thereby changing the course of my career… I worked on Wall Street… Just like…September 115 min readSeptember 115 min read
Jan 8, 2019Today, the Will of the People Wins“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth” — Abraham Lincoln And so it begins… The long awaited return to citizenship for many Floridians who were casted aside by an archaic system steeped in the historic revisionism of the Jim Crow Era. …Politics8 min readPolitics8 min read
Dec 27, 2018Fumbling On The Goal Line…We had it… We really did. I had my Touchdown Celebration ready. I had my dancing shoes polished so well you could see my reflection in them. I’m speaking metaphorically, of course, but anyone with a pulse who paid attention in the State of Florida during the General Election for…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
