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Why Are Politicians Ignoring This Solutions To Gun Violence?

On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton performed at President Obama’s Inauguration and on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, she was killed by gun fire while hanging out with friends at a park in Chicago, IL USA.  This story truly saddens me. Any unnecessary loss of life is a sad occasion.  I have been proposing a solutions to gun violence to political leaders, including The White House, yet they seem hell bent on playing political games with the National Rifle Association (NRA). 

We all know that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to

Black Men and Women Require a Systematic Marriage Training Program

 

When you want to create a societal change, it must be intentional and systematic.  Of course, Black Men need marriage!  Many just don't know it, due to lack of role models that don’t demonstrate the benefits of marriage.  I'm not just referring to the sex, and that's a major component of it.  I'm referring the physical, emotional and psychological health of connecting with the right person.  The pooling of two incomes in one house and the producing, nurturing and raising health productive children.  Our current education

Someone has to raise the issues that are hurting Black African American people.  We lack leadership at every level of our society, including politics.  I'm not interested in leadership that wants to fight or do battle.  I want them to solve problems.  I will not lower my standards to be a sideline cheerleader every two or four years, who need to be motivate to vote.  I'm engaged and demand accountability, transparency and solutions at every level.  However, a few of us, who are concerned about our people and the entire society can't be the only people awake and refusing to be used by both