Calling his two week suspension “appropriate”, Imus’ voice will be silenced after a racially-charged comment about the Rutgers University female basketball team which played in the Women’s NCAA Championship Game against Tennessee. (Despite their loss, the Rutgers team played extremely well. They sparked my interest in female college ball.) After the game, Imus –...
“Think Globally – Act Locally” That’s the motto I live by when it comes to my personal activism and advocacy involvement. Many of you know that I have been raising my voice for the protection of the people of Darfur since learning what was going on a couple of years back. I’ve attended rallies...
I read Dan Rodericks’ lastest piece in The Baltimore Sun and I had to stop. Dan wrote about Christopher Clarke – an 18 year old senior at Patterson Senior High School who was caught between a gun battle and shot in my old neighborhood. Police found his body under a car. Chris wasn’t a drug...
Ron Cassie, The Examiner Mar 23, 2007 3:00 AM (7 hrs ago) Current rank: # 56 of 24,176 BALTIMORE – Chanting “No education, no life”, more than 100 city students from more than a dozen Baltimore high schools demonstrated at a “die-in” in front of Baltimore City public school headquarters Thursday morning. Falling to...
Joe Madison is testifying for the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. He drops stats, facts, and figures left and right. While half of my brain is listening to him – the other half is trying to organize my thoughts and sound half way intelligent while testifying. Madison is done and Walter Fauntroy goes next. ...
I have always been a proponent of Faith leaders getting involved in political issues in such a way that holds elected officials accountable and encourages the wider community to get politically active. While there are those that disagree with pastors being politically involved, the reality is that in the African American community the Black...
While violence between Israel and Hezbollah was unfolding I was vigorously reaching out to my elected officials and all others who would listen about the root causes to the violence and the unjust policies enacted by Israel that subjects their neighbors to stifling occupation. One day I turned on the television and started watching...
June 8, 2006 Mr. Victor Starr Program Director WERQ 92Q Jams 1705 Whitehead Road Baltimore, MD 21207 Dear Mr. Starr, I appreciate your timely and thoughtful response to my May 2 letter. In addition, I am glad that you agree with me that the “Big Phat Wire†segment was inappropriate. As it pertains to the...
May 2, 2006 Mr. Victor Starr Program Director WERQ 92Q Jams 1705 Whitehead Road Baltimore, MD 21207 Dear Mr. Starr, While riding to work this morning, I was flipping through the channels and landed on 92.3FM. At the time, an interview or prank phone call of some sort was playing. A woman and a...
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