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Jill Scott’s Blues Babe Foundation Celebrates its 16th Anniversary of Giving Back to the Community… The Real Thing!

      On a cool star-studded evening at the Arden Theater Company, one of Philadelphia’s premier theaters, hosted the Blues Babe 16th Foundation Anniversary.  The Blues Babe Foundations (BBF) is the brainchild of soulful sultry (sensuous) singer / poet, Jill Scott.  The life she has lived has inspired her to help young children make dreams happen through education and the arts. […]

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Republicans’ Cultural War- Pro-life, Pro- Death & Anti – LGBTQ

Republicans and their base of white Nationalists appear to have infused their white supremacy morality-ideology with  an element  from the witchcraft trials of the 16th Century. Their divisive social weapons, which included pro-life and guns, have now become even more sinister. Their sense of  morality has become as vilifying as a Shakespearean  tragedy. It should be labeled  “Republicans’ Cultural  Wars,”  with the addition of Pro-death and “Don’t say Gay or Trans Laws (LBGTQ). […]

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Business Advice: Do you own you?

     As the largest Black-owned bank in America and first Black-owned digital bank, OneUnited wants to make sure our community owns the brands we build. Many times, we do not take the necessary steps to secure the ownership of our name. Let’s say you have a great business and a great name. Do you own it? And what does “owning” mean? […]

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Conservative Groups Don’t Speak for All Moms 

     As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I’ve been thinking about moms and honoring motherhood. I’ve written before about how my mom instilled values in me, including respect for everyone’s rights – not just my own.  Mom also worked multiple jobs to support our family through some very hard times. She represents my ideal of what a mother should be, without a doubt.  […]