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Help Empower Y'our" Youth in Chicago

michelle@empowerachild.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Join Banner Schools

In our mission to Empower At-Risk Youth in the Chicagoland area with academic and behavioral management skills needed for success

We welcome applicants in the following areas:

certified secondary education teachers of core subject areas, English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studiesteachers with experience and expertise in music, art, foreign language, and physical education, vocational education teachers- inc [...]

Men Stepping Up to the Plate

michelle@empowerachild.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

I witnessed an exciting event yesterday! I was sitting in my car in my drive way meditating and just taking a breath of relief from a very hectic day. I often need to meditate for a moment after servicing y'our' youth at-risk. I like to make sure my mind is clear and my heart is relaxed, and there is a smile on my face before going in the house to deal with my own 3 teenagers. A young man whom I see walking the street daily [...]

Don't give up on them!

michelle@empowerachild.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

This blog is written in response to a recent coversation I had with a group of colleagues of mixed gender, age groups, and cultures. Y'our' children hold a very special place in my heart. They are a delight and it gives me great fulfillment to work with them. Each assignment which God gives me provides me with new insight into their development and their needs. My experiences with y'our' children provide for me reflective processes whic [...]

Whose Minding the Children?

michelle@empowerachild.com — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Innocence lost

and being ignored

sin

destroyed

sickness and little hope

confusion of mind

How can fathers detach so easily?

And who's minding the children?

Broken homes

absentee fathers

mothers abandoning them too

or too busy to care

child abuse and perversion

What happened to the fathers who say they are men?

And who's minding the children?

Taught to think of only self

gangs and bloodshe [...]

Who really cares?

michelle@empowerachild.com — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu0efgKBYVQ&eurl 320x240]

I live in the south suburban area of Chicago. I work on the southside of Chicago. The two areas are not different in any way. It sickens me to have to admit that this video clip resembles the life of many young people with whom I know and service. I was trying to get away from it. All I want to do is write. I hate to turn the news on at night for fear I will see a face of another youn [...]

March on Washington, 2007

michelle@empowerachild.com — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:11:14 +0100

The next display of protest being planned by Warren Ballentine, www.thetruthfighter.blogspot.com, is a March on Washington. The 2007 March on Washington is being planned and will take place on November 16, 2007. If you want to participate in the march and want to ride a bus with other protestors, call 877-626-4651. Remember that each generation must take a stance. Our children need to experience democracy at work. You can be a part of history. You can help to make a change.

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12 Days Til the BlackOut

michelle@empowerachild.com — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:33:56 +0100

I support Mr. Ballentine in his efforts. It is about time� someone took the initiave and took action.� I commend Mr. Ballentine for stepping up to the plate to not only talk about these issues, but to also take steps to do SOMETHING about it.� However, I think these are issues of great concern for not only African Americans but ALL America�s citizens, no matter the race, color, religion, or creed.�� They affect the civil rights of all of us, each American citizen.� The November 2, Blackout [...]

African American Postage Stamps At-Risk?

michelle@empowerachild.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:51:23 +0100

I was listening to Pastor John Hannah and his co-host Angela Martin on gospel radio am1390 this morning and heard this news.� According to them, the African American U.S. postage stamp series is in jeapordy of being discontinued by the end of the month.� The reason being, we are not purchasing them.��

Has anyone seen anything in writing, if�so,�please share any written information regarding this issue please share.� I did a brief search of the station from which I heard the new [...]

Are You Following Your Passion?

michelle@empowerachild.com — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:02:40 +0100

Passion is a person�s inner desire. Psalm 37 tells us not to fret. This advice tells us not to be nervous about what others do or think, rather trust in God, delight in Him, commit everything we do to Him, to that which is good be honest and walk in integrity, Then he will give us the desires of our hearts.

What is passion? What are desires? They are those good and righteous things that we are enthused about, the good things that bring excitement to our hearts, the good things [...]

The Student Loan Death Trap

michelle@empowerachild.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:30:44 +0100

5 tips to help relieve Student Loan stress

1. If you have a loan in default, simply begin to pay a small amount monthly. Pay the same amount for six consecutive months on the same day of the month and guess what, you will be able to get federal student grants again.

2. Volunteer 1700 hours for an approved nonprofit organization and receive up to $4,000 pay into your student loan account.

3. If you are an educator, you can apply for the teacher fo [...]

Persevere and be Thankful

michelle@empowerachild.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:26:20 +0100

In order to make your dreams come true it is important that you follow your passion. It is also important that you follow your passion having clear goals. Your goals will become a reality if you are willing and ready to work hard with perseverance.

Perseverance is striving and trying with unfailing acts of patient effort. It indicates that continuos toil, exertion, strain, drudgery, travail, and work be applied, activated, practiced, put use, and adjusted. To persevere means th [...]

It's Your Life

michelle@empowerachild.com — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:42:39 +0100

You were gifted this life by the creator.� It is yours to do with whatever you please.� You can choose good or bad.� You have the option to choose life or death.� You are able to decide what you do and what you accomplish.� It is even your option to decide to spend your gift doing absolutely nothing.� You are the only one who can decide to be happy, to be successful, to�remain depressed, or to be a failure.� You are in charge of being the victim or the victor.�

I challenge you t [...]

Debt Free - More Time With Children

michelle@empowerachild.com — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:36:38 +0100

Debt records� have reached an alarming rate. It is time for all of us to� re- evaluate our debt and plan ways to get rid of it. Millions of people have transformed their debt obligations into a learning experience, and have been successful at becoming� debt free. It is important to be debt free since severe debts might lead to lawsuits, loss of property, spoil your credit reports, and stressful family living.�

One reason our youth are in dire trouble is that we don't spend [...]

Building Your 'Own' Confidence

michelle@empowerachild.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:15:39 +0100

�� This article was written for the typical entrepreneur who desires success and needs to be encouraged in order �to increase their own self-confidence. �The person who is successful in owning and operating a business for him or herself understands that self-confidence and being a successful business person go hand in hand.� Do you know what self-confidence is?

�� It is the belief in you! It is the belief that you were created smart, capable, and beautiful. It is the b [...]

Here is Our Chance to Support Our Youth

michelle@empowerachild.com — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:54:14 +0100

Who Will Step up to the Plate?�

Eliayannah A. Yisrael, founder of Remaining Humble Productions, �is a 23 year old graduate student studying Film Directing at Loyola Marymount University in Las Angeles California.� She arrived home for the summer in time to hear the horrifying news about 28 high schools killed in school or on Chicago Transit Authority in route to or from school.� Troubled by the news, she decided to do her part to help.� Her goal is� to teach film to innercity y [...]

Vendors Needed in the Chicagoland Area

michelle@empowerachild.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:43:23 +0100

Good afternoon to all you powerful entrepreneurs.�

My awesome 23 year old daughter is making me proud.� She is organizing a youth conference for young people in our area.� My daughter is hosting a youth conference next month in the Chicago area.� If you live near us, this message is for you.�� I am her assistant this time, and proud of it.� �She was just telling me what else she needs and we were thinking about how to get it done.� I thought I would blast this email out to the [...]

My daddy was assassinated too

michelle@empowerachild.com — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:27:07 +0100

Early one morning long before the break of dawn, I woke up from a seemingly restful sleep.� I tossed and turned untl I was too irriated by my thougts to toss or turn again.� I was not willing to give up sleep to go to my computer and pour my thought onto the page.� Nevertheless, my thoughts forced me up, reluctantly, �and before I knew it, my fingers were pounding away at the keys.� This is what came out.

It was an era of assassinations. Black society was being assassinated. Th [...]

I want to write

michelle@empowerachild.com — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:00:31 +0100

In my reading this week, I read that Alex Haley fought depression so great that he contemplated suicide because he wasn't making a decent living doing what he did best....WRITE.

I have been unemployed for a year,� too long....to alleviate my growing despondecy and to make myself feel useful.� I poured my heart into a new website where I was supposed to be selling Nature Sunshine Products.� Today, I am not despondent.� I am encouraged by words I have read and words I have shared, th [...]

The Successful Entrepreneur

michelle@empowerachild.com — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:42:29 +0100

Success is to accomplish something that you desire or something you have tried or experienced. Success is a habit just as how you feel about yourself is also a habit. Learn to set goals. The ability to follow through and complete projects will help you reach your goals easier. Completing what you start, completing projects, and reaching goals also builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

These things remind you that you have some control of your life. Completing what you start al [...]

Separate But "Unequal"

michelle@empowerachild.com — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:45:40 +0100

It is times like this I wonder how many of us realize that we need God. For the past two weeks I have been disturbed by the June 28 decision by the Supreme Court. Instead of blogging on the topic as I wanted to so badly, I decided to just wait and see what community uproar would develop. I refrained from exploding and responding in my blogs in the emotional and passionate voice of a mad Black woman.

I am not at all discouraged by the minor community response this ruling create [...]