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It saddens my heart to hear of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu today, Sunday, December 26, 2021. Let me give this tribute to the Archbishop who helped end apartheid in South Africa. Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa. This is my own personal story. Under the tutelage of journalist Adrienne Washington,...
I'm writing this series amidst what feels like the final phases of the world-wide pandemic. There are a small portion of our lives, seemingly coming back to a 'new' normal. This is the second article of about three or four weeks I will share with readers during this month, November, National Diabetes Month. It is posted to share with readers, three reasons: First, the sufferings from Type 2 Diabetes, the story of my Mother; secondly, this series shares what mother taught us prior to her illness...
When I was a young girl, butterflies were plentiful where I grew up, down south in Dover, North Carolina. In fact, our home was located on the Hill Farm, owned by my grandfather. During that time, butterflies were plentiful. However, according to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), over the last two decades, the Monarch Butterfly has been eliminated by 90 percent. We are grateful to Senator Klobuchar for calling for action to preserve the monarch butterfly, which my family and I enjoyed more...
Last year was a huge concern to the world when we experienced a modern day pandemic, named Covid 19. Our students had to leave school houses; colleges and universities emptied out, and we all went inside, shut the door and turned on our computers. No more face to face meetings, we became instant members of the Zoom family. In fact, there were telephone conference calls and zoom sessions going on at every level, you could hardly get in to your call because there were so many users, the line was...
One thing to consider is that we enter this world alone and we leave this world alone. Yes, family is usually around for births and deaths, but at birth you begin to breathe on your own then upon your death we stop breathing. What we do with our lives in between those two dates is what matters most. We lost yet another gem, Dr. Phyllis Temple Lewis Ponders. She made the most of her ninety-seven years of life; she experienced as much of the world as she could, beginning at an early age when her...
DETROIT – On August 25, 2021, at 11:00 am, there will be a Memorial Highway Sign Celebration to honor Dr. Violet T. Lewis'- founder of Lewis College of Business, a history making, non-profit college. The College for Creative Studies located at 201 E. Kirby Street, Detroit, Michigan is the venue for the celebration, at 11:00 AM, Eastern Time. Lewis College of Business was designated as Michigan's only HBCU, having done business for more than 80 years. State Senator Marshall Bullock (...
