Express Yourself Democratically

by Patricia Britt


Once upon a time I had aspirations I might become a national journalist similar to Peter Jennings. Hope still breathes, and the dream still lives, however the media industry gets smaller every year as the power of the people asserts itself in blogs, and social media across many platforms as technology becomes more available to more people. Traditional outlets hire less people. And the people they do hire require more education.

The last article I wrote, published in hard copy was January 2009. I wrote one article about President Obama's win and the good will of the American public that gave him to us for 8 years. Another article was about Rev. Jeremiah Wright. He came to the church I attended and spoke a logical spiritual message with no inflammatory expressions, just a sermon some time after he mispoke about America in the heat of passion over the sorrow of a particular group?

However the editor I was grateful to that granted me the opportunity to write articles in his newspaper, the www.mibulletin.org where I reviewed concerts i.e. Kem, and John Legend near the start of their careers, and Howard Hewett, Surgeon General David Satcher, the 40th MLK Memorial in Memphis, Julianne Malveaux economist felt the need to insert lines in my article i.e. "The racist white media," that I did not approve. It probably regularly happens to writers / journalists even in national publications?

Since 2009 online media outlets have erupted with conservative, and inflammatory viewpoints from coast to coast around the globe, and I have to concede some do have racist viewpoints you can't overlook. However many positive outlets have blossomed as well such as the www.root.com. Traditional networks have other outlets www.thegrio.com www.politifact.com there are so many it's hard to track them, then that's the beauty of this country, and the cyberworld, a plurality of ideas. You can agree with your group, or disagree within your group, you can agree with those outside your group, or disagree with those ideas. Thought is free.

By the same token young writers should be prepared for projections steered towards them when they write about super heroes i.e. Pam Grier, Sonia Sanchez, and others in print, or online in their profession, the hopes to attain a job, or simply the desire for the world to be a better place through spin, or history.

To express yourself is a democratic principal. Express yourself democratically through your words, and example as an American.

I hope to write more interviews that lean toward love in 2018. We all need hope.

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Quote

Pericles Statesman of the 5th century BC "Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time."

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization's anchor. We are the compass for humanity's conscience. by Harry Belafonte

People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, ‘You’ve played so many strong men?’ by Meryl Streep

Songs

God My God by VaShawn Mitchell

Female by Keith Urban

Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen


 To love yourself is to know all you can to protect yourself.
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Book : A Well Experience

Boys & Girls Clubs Supplies

by Patricia Britt

Many ministers preach about brokenness because they know many have been broken, and could have been hurt deeply. Take it all with a spec of sand.

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Supplies

Mechanical Pencils
Strathmore sketch pads
Gum Erasers
Glow key chains

ipads
computers
printers

Bikes

If 12 service organizations stepped up each month, in each city where there is a Boys & Girls Club, and held a raffle that gave away 10 - 20 tech items per month traumatized children across the nation might feel real special.

When We Pray by Tauren Wells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YZZzgJB33E

Broken Wings by Mr. Mister
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Poem : My Lane Spins Crystals

by Patricia Britt

Poem : My Lane Spins Crystals

by Patricia Britt

Speak NO evil the record said.

Hear NO evil,

See NO evil,

Say it so!

See somethin,

Say somethin,

What was that!

Protect the protectors.

Love the sky.

Fly into fantasy.

Read the historical line of time.

Stand on the facts of the universe.

What does it tell you?

Holler back to the stars from whence we came.

Holler back to the shack,

To the mansion, 

And the street.

My lane spins quantum emotion that sheds logic that heals.

Lets bond with mankind's crystals in the lane of evolutionary love.

See the tangents, the rainbows, and solar awe.

Paint the sky with your vibrations of beauty.

Protect the dreamers who give our souls reason to love.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnaqHswjLjc Minister Joel Brooks

Quotes

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem. by Mrs. Coretta Scott King

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

God is protection. by Patricia Britt

Songs

Hills & Valleys by Tauren Wells
Inside My Dream by Maysa
Really Love by D'Angelo

Speak NO Evil by Wayne Shorter

Amen by Ulala Praise (Legendado)

God Will Get Me Thru by Wes Morgan
Whisper Your Name by Harry Connick Jr.

Poem : Love Loss

Poem : Love Loss

by Patricia Britt

I lost my love!

It shocks my heart.

It'll never go away!

Innocence corrupted.

Demons drain the sun,

Run baby run!

Lightning mourns the stars...

Spring snow oh no, no, no ...

The sunrise comes.

Then a new day is here.

We wrrite on the horizon of our hearts.

We see unity grow from rain.

Take away the painnnnnn!

Shake, shake, shake.

Shake it up!

Please love me now!

Time passes on.

You are the answer to my song.

The question is love?

Each one love one,

As we speak equations that shield the flowers of tomorrow.

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Quotes

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

Where love is God protects. by Patricia Britt

Songs 

Remember by Jennifer Hudson

It Must Be Love by The Latinos

Runaway Child Runnin Wild by the Temptations
Closer To My Dream by Goapele 

Permission by Ro James
Weakness by Melba Moore & Phil Perry

1000 X's O's by Prince