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Haiti’s Story of Progress
“In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue”... so starts the song learned by every school child in America. What the song does not tell us is that he dropped off 40 European settlers in Haiti. They all died in one year but not before they claimed Haiti as European territory. In 1697 the French were given control of Haiti which was the western part of the Island called Hispanola. Over the years Haiti became an immensely wealthy French Colony, making
Who Will Finish the Unfinished Work?
As we began the decade that started with 2000, there was talk about a new millennium and whether the clocks and computers could tell us the time. That became the smallest of our problems as America elected a President who left us in debt, at war, and so terrorized that it was an adventure to get on an airplane.
Building Homeboys, Big Brothers, Big Sisters & Eagles to Replace Gangsters
2010 A Year to Celebrate Progress and Mourn the Lack
Pray for a Great Christmas Present: Equality of Opportunity
One of the first prayers that I learned as a child ended with the statement, "If I should die before I wake, God bless mother, father, my brother, my sisters", and whoever else I loved. Today we need to pray for equality, as a unique Christmas present.
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- Because He/She Looks Like Me!
- Accent on Self Help in Hard Times
- Stop Voting for Bonds That Don’t Benefit Us
- A Season of Thanksgiving In A Time of Need for Our Nation
- It’s Because We Can’t Forget?
- Twentieth Anniversary Celebration at Hand
- Men Need An Educational Health Conference Too!
- Vote Tuesday, November Third!
- Pasadena’s New Police Chief with the Reputation
- Our President, Lifting All Voices as a Beacon of Hope
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