Post Traumatic Race Discrimination Stress Syndrome

I would indeed hope that in light of the Uvalde shooting that immediate action would be taken. The Federal government cannot tackle this gun violence problem alone. It's going to take everbody, from voters, to city, municiple, county, and state officials to enact a plan to boost security in our schools. This is a dire emergency. We must act fast, but local communities in remote areas need Federal assistance. This is an idea that I brainstormed and then l created a scripted scene: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS JULY 20th, 2022 From the White House briefing: President Biden announces nationwide vigil for mass shootings; enlists congressional submitee to structure a plan to demand all public schools have security lock systems, bulletproof windows and security checkpoints. A tidbit of this imagined conversation: "As l have stepped up to the podium to address this gut-wrenching challenge of facing our nation's worst epidemic, gun violence, l first of all, plead Americans to t...

 In light of yesterday's heatwave, on July 19, 2022, which was devastating, people who question global warming may really need to redress their reasoning. In England and across Europe temperatutes reached unprecedented levels. The death toll in Great Britain was over 1,500 causualties as a result of temperatures climbed above 104°. Across portions of the South, into the Midwest temperatures were in the triple digits. 112° was reported in Little Rock, Arkansas. Scientists say that the U.S. is expected to experience these summer mega-heatwaves more frequently. I won't forget the heatwave here in Georgia in 2012. It official temperature broke the 1980 record of 105° by a degree. I worked as bike security, monitoring vehicles on a parking deck at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta. I worked the top deck which was outdoors, exposed to the hot sun. Our supervisor gave us stern warnings regarding the heat and staff members were to hunker down in air-conditioned offices between twi...

I first met Robert back in the spring of 1999. I had attended several bi-nature support groups with Barry and Sherry who co-facilitated at the First E building in the fall of 1998. Both were UU followers who strongly encouraged me to attend a Sunday Celebration of Life. I was a member of an LGBT affirming Christian Church and while l was curious, l had mixed feelings about attending a non-Christian church. Upon entering the building, guess who was the first to greet me? Robert. Then later Betsy Henderson and Cindy Lou Who greeted me with that wholesome handshake. Robert facilitated countless COL's, sent e-blasts for last-minute announcements; tirelessly sent "First Existentialist This Sunday" and " First Existentialist This Past Sunday", EVERY WEEK without skipping a beat. I felt at home hearing that smooth, calming Southern drawl from his mid-Alabama roots. Robert came from a Baptist upbringing, was a left-leaning Republican (not many of those around) who had a...

  June 18th. 2022 I have been waiting all my life for this. I couldn't have picked a better day to March on this day than this. A cool front wind, blue skies with intermittent clouds, I mean it was heaven. It's been over two years since I traveled out of the state of Georgia. The Georgia Poor People's Campaign contingency all wore brightly yellow-colored t-shirts, as I have shown in the photos. I ran into folks from the DC area, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio and Michigan. The theme of our March is WE WON'T BE SILENT. No, we won't be silent, no longer. Yes, indeed there was chanting and yes, the singing uplifted the weary souls! TWO STEPS FORWARD, NO STEP BACK! Reverend Barber was the main speaker. The main topic rested on the Third Reconstruction and the 7 Steps to follow for this Moral Revival.  This drive was his urgency in getting out the vote an...

 LET'S GET ZEN My, what a blow to humankind June 24, 2022 Will forever Go down in Infamy Our own U.S. government Federal, of all the nobility Attacked more than 51% Americans Yes, Americans Many that felt that tragedy Felt the end of the world This will be trauma to so many Unthinkable suicide attempts Has the Supreme Court Gone mad Or lost its sense of balance When 3 unqualified  Candidates for SCOTUS The highest honor Were appointed By a rogue man With a fake personality I won't say his name For fear I'll  vomit He has a rat in his brain And it is eating it away So why? Because he lied Said the wise blind man So while the women Were dancing, deciding Driving, doodling Ordering, Observing Planning, playtime A missle of shock And devestation struck No more Roe To protect us  Was the cry But Roe NEVER DIED WE WILL MARCH WE WILL FIGHT SUPREME COURT JUST YOU WAIT A TSUNAMI IS ABOUT TO BREAK FORTH JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL  AMEN And now that We rallied Screamed Cried Hug...

This is a continuation of my last blog. The decision of the 5 to 4 Roe vs Wade decision was made in January of 1973. I was a teenager, restless and easily distracted, and was aware of the decision, but felt at the time a topic unrelated to my day to day life... ...as long as I minded my p's and q's... ..which I  did. My fellow church mates at the local Baptist church never brought up the topic. Perhaps too egregious of a discussion to be brought up in Sunday School. In the later years, abortion became a very hot topic. Anti-abortion protests erupted. Abortion doctors were murdered and death threats to healthcare providers were prevalent.  Even if l felt sad or angry of a child being yanked away from natural life l failed to realize at the time the dire and devastating consequnce of an unwanted pregnancies that women face. That persuasion allowed me to see the while picture. As I said in my last blog, this recent overturn of Roe will put a vast population of Americans in a ment...

This is going to be a long, but necessary debate, but without unnecessary rebuttals. My first observation is that the "pro-lifers" are elated over the decision by the Supreme Court. Their religious valuing of life is well-meaning but but misguided and dangerous. While this debate rages on, women across America are dying. Lack of access to natal care will become more prominent if we don't reach out to these targeted communities, often in rural, small town and Indigenous communities. The decision to turn down Row will have far-reaching consequences: the disappearance of pre-natal and post-natal care facilities in rural and remote communities. First of all we must talk about birth control, BEFORE bringing up the topic of abortion. The far right wants easy answers to fit their insightless agenda. There are no easy solutions. However, l haven't seen anyone that supports anti-abortion discuss the fact that men play a role in this. Way too many women are being impregnated by...