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Honduras, A Name Which Defines Our Current Situation

Photographs: Sean Hawkey. Honduras, A Name Which Defines Our Current Situation I beg that you must please put your hand on your hearts and minds to ponder. That you must think deeply and reflect with everlasting mercy that perhaps none of these people would ever rebuild nor recover. Honduras overall does not believe in nor […]

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“The image of the hand in the mud says it all.” Steve Elkins

“The image of the hand in the mud says it all.” Steve Elkins Photography credit goes to English photographer Sean Hawkey. This is how the vast majority of the Honduran people have been holding on for dare life since the 1970s while drowning in the mud of pain, starvation, desperation, and hopelessness. It was back

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Poor diet, lack of available knowledge, stressors, pharmaceuticals, and a mission

Although it seems like just yesterday, but It was way back around 1998-99 that mother was diagnosed with diabetes. Poor diet, lack of available knowledge, stressors, and pharmaceuticals, such as Gliburide, and later insulin to which she’d been diagnosed, precipitated her pancreatic cancer. This which took her away from us in the short, painful, agonizing five months that followed, and she was gone to rest by February 2001, at age 72.

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Somber, Sad Though Hopeful Uplifting Memories In Prayers

Somber, Sad Though Hopeful Uplifting Memories In Prayers My observations Throughout NYC, Following The 9/11/2001 attack on the WTC A few days later, perhaps indeed it might have been a couple of weeks, when I finally made it into New York City, on another prearrange business. This time, to conduct my very first book signing

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Thinking About How Victor Jara Died September 11, 1973

Thinking About How Victor Jara Died September 11, 1973 Although, Just As Importantly, About How He Sang His Very Last Song 9/11/73 Victor Jara, actually wrote his last song at the Chilean Stadium, in the midst of torture and mass slaughter. The very popular and beloved singer, songwriter, was arrested shortly after the Chilean coup

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My Memories of September Eleven. Today Sadly Will Forever Be Known As 911

My Memories of September Eleven. Today Sadly Will Forever Be Known As 911  Perhaps we’re all asking ourselves today “What can we do to help our beloved country move forward? How can we help those whom today still mourn the loss of their love ones in the face of such terrible tragedy?” The hallmark of

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Unity March for Puerto Rico

Dr. Rev. Damaris Whittaker made national history with this powerfully, and spiritually uplifting speech. Fortunate enough and rather blessed to have been able to be there and experience this piece of history.
Though I must tell you that she wrote this in its entirety, in about 15 minutes that morning, while still in bed! How do I know?
Well, I was there, I was rather shocked when she handed it over to me to proofread… and it was perfect. One of the best and fully contained prayers I’ve ever read. That morning she wrote two, one for the Lincoln Memorial a few minutes following… wait until you hear that one. Orgulloso Producto de la Escuela, Carlos Rivera Ufrete, de Humacao, Puerto Rico.

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