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  BUZZWORDS feat Lasana Hotep

  While visiting Arizona I sat down to talk to Lasana Hotep on the campus of Arizona State University. I gave him a few buzzwords and let him roll with it. Lasana Omar Hotep is a consultant, educator and researcher committed to providing insight and practical strategies in the arenas of community development, student engagement and organizational efficiency. Above that he is a man I deeply admire for his commitment towards building a strong sense of community while promoting healthy and more »

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  Black People & White People

  I’m one of those people that loves words, though I could not accept the title of a wordsmith, I am particular about words. I think about their meanings and the messages they convey. White People. & Black People. The “official terms” Black people and White people sound quite strange rolling off my tongue because they bear no literal resemblance to hue, thus it sounds funny. Also because if there are Black and White People there would also have to be more »

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• My Dad in the News

  Yesterday an article was published about my dad in the Arizona Republic. It not the first time we have been in the news, my sister Essence Farmer, has been in the news several time for changing AZ Law. Yesterday’s article entitled, “Fan turns Glendale gallery into Obama Central,” was about my father’s business and support of presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). My father’s enthusiastic support of Barack Obama took me by surprise because my father has always been very more »

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• Bookstore Nights

  The following is an archive blog that I never posted from October 2007. I just got back from a bookstore and It made me think about this entry: One of my favorite places to be is a bookstore. It’s like being in a world of ideas and creativity. Some of my favorite bookstores in Arizona are Crossroads Christian Bookstore at 67th & Peoria and the Borders Bookstore at 71st & Bell Rd. I have had patronage to Crossroads for a more »

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  WWKD-What Would King Do?

  I find it laughable that people like to align themselves with controversial people that have pass away like Jesus the Christ (before his resurrection) and MLK. Everyone seems to paint Jesus in their own image, imagining that if He was alive He would smoke a dubie with them or campaign with them for a war on terror…I could go on with a bunch of contradictory scenarios, but the point is people forget that Jesus had principles that he stood for more »

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• The Democratic Frontrunners

  So here I am writing on deadline once again. Tonight my constraints are self-inflicted. I have rice cooking and some tillapia on the stove. The sun room is usually my sanctuary/home office to get stuff done without being interrupted. I have just stepped out of Little Korea, where my roomates + 1 are watching a Korean television program. So last night I had to write a story for my press writing class, but for some reason I struggled to write more »

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• Last Sunday: Finding a church, meeting a presidential candidate

  I, I feel so alive/for the very first time/ I can’t deny you/ I feel so alive.-P.O.D. I am creatively engaged, and overall I have felt a greater sense of urgency since I have been in D.C. Maybe it’s because I know that my time here is short. Perhaps, I should look at my whole life from that perspective; I would certainly get a lot more done! In Arizona I felt so chill, but out here I’m making every minute more »

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