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What Was the Cost Civil Rights?It seems so wonderful to be able to sit at

the same coffee counters and use the samebathrooms as White Americans today.

But after 50 years of integration, it seems thatall of the progress we have made as BlackAmericans is coming back to haunt us. InSoutheast San Diego alone, Black males areunemployed to the tune of 30-40%. Thebreadwinner in many of our homes is the wife– but how long will that last? Last week wespoke of an article that claims the Black mid-dle class has declined seriously during thisrecession. The article also stated that if wethink it is difficult now, just wait and see whatwill happen in the next year. That story wasdisturbing to me, because we Blacks are at thebottom of the barrel already, where else isthere to go? We have the largest sum total ofpeople in the homeless food line. We arealready the last to be hired and the first to befired, and now it seems like we are the first tolose our homes.

Leaders in the economic community claimthat the real estate turn down ended up beingthe fault of Black Americans because theybought houses they couldn’t afford, and that’swhy the country is in the mess it is in today.Now we know the economic turn down is not

We have the largest sum total of people in thehomeless food line.We are already the last to behired and the first to be fired, and now it seemslike we are the first to lose our homes.

By Barry PollardI know that many of you

are busy and really don’thave the time to review someof the issues that may impactyou directly or indirectly. Ihave taken the opportunity tohighlight a few of the issuesat the federal, state and locallevel that may be of interestto you, even if it is not inter-esting to you this helps usbecome better informed.

#1 Rising of theNational Debt Ceiling: TheNational Debt is the sum ofall outstanding debts owedby the Federal Government. The debit ceiling isa statutory limit on amount of federal debt thegovernment can incur. It became law in 1917with the passage of the Second Liberty BondAct, which helped finance, the United States inWorld I. The Federal Government currently hasa debt of over 14 trillion dollars. The debt limitmust be raised if the government can’t meet itsobligations. Only Congress can raise debt ceil-ing.

How will this action affect you? If ourelected officials cannot reach agreement thenthey won’t be able to pay their bills.Approximately 40 % of the federal governmentactivities including Social Security payments,military operations, Medicare and unemploy-ment insurance would have to cease. It isimportant that our elected officials reach agree-ment in the next week.

#2 Redistricting as required by theFederal Voting Rights Act and the CaliforniaVoting Rights Act: the 1965 Voting Rights Actbans racial discrimination in voting practices atthe federal, state and local levels. Most electedoffices are subject to the Voting Rights Act,Senate, Congress, and State office holders, CityCouncil, Board of Supervisors, Board ofEducation and Community College Board ofTrustees.

The Census, which is a counting of the pop-ulation of the United States, is taken every 10years. This information once collected is uti-lized in the drawing up of the various districtmaps utilized to elect our representatives.

How will this affect you? The voting pro-cess is one of the few areas that we can control.By that I mean we can either vote or choose notto vote. If you don’t vote it is difficult for youto complain. Many people sacrificed to ensure

that the right to vote is avail-able to all citizens and thatthe opportunity exist forracial and ethnic diversity inthat representation. Theredistricting process is theopportunity to review thecurrent and historic informa-tion and have input into anychanges required to reflectshifting demographics. At aminimum, try to get involvedby reviewing the maps pro-duced by the variousCommittees and/or commis-sions established to under-take the official review. If

you have the time submit you name for consid-eration to serve on a redistricting commission.Oh yes and please remember to participate inthe 2020 Census.

#3 The Memorandum of Understandingbetween the City of San Diego and the Plazade Panama Committee: Recently, the SanDiego City Council approved a Memorandumof Understanding (MOU) with the Plaza dePanama Committee which would reviewreturning a portion of the park (Plaza dePanama) to park area that is limited to pedestri-an use. The proposed project will also createadditional parking. The Chairman of the Plazade Panama Committee is Qualcomm founder,Irwin Jacobs. He will spearhead the privatefundraising necessary for the 40 million dollarproject.

How does this project affect you? TheCity Council action opened the door for the firststep in the process, the preparation of anEnvironmental Impact Report (EIR). This pro-cess will evaluate the plan proposed by thePlaza de Panama Committee as well as severalalternative plans brought forth by other inter-ested groups/residents. This beautiful park isimportant to all of us and the EIR process is anopportunity to get involved in the process. If orwhen a final plan is approved it is an opportu-nity for an improved park and contractingopportunities for local businesses. Please getinvolved. Check the City’s web site for infor-mation on the process and future opportunitiesfor your input. (Our Council President Mr.Young voted for this project to move forward)

SEDC and Redevelopment is a subject thatmay require it’s own article so we will be keep-ing an eye on what is happening in the redevel-opment arena, so stay tuned!

A few Issues that may

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our fault, but the fault of bad decisions madeby our national leaders. We have spent toomuch at the top, not in the Black ghettos ofAmerica. What about the trillions of dollarsthat we have spent on fighting two wars?Now Blacks are on the outside looking in. Weare the last to be hired and the first to be fired,and now we are the first to be retired, whichonly compounds the problem. The foodavailable in the homeless line is worthless.It’s the same old bread and other food thatcannot be sold in stores. Some people call itsoul food, but many people call it slave food.

I was speaking with a gentleman in Detroitthat what happens in San Diego is nothingcompared to what goes on in the major Blackcities such as Detroit or Philadelphia. Sowhatever problems Black folks are having insmaller cities, it’s only multiplied in majorcities. The same can be said for the job mar-ket, the education market, and so forth and so

on. Where do we go from here BlackAmericans? What do we do now? We sat in,we slept in, we’ve prayed – nothing is gettingany better. Yes, we can point toward a collegeprofessor or a lawyer here and a businessmanover there, but you can count them on onehand in both small cities and major cities.Success is few and far between in the Blackcommunity.

We were successful when we lived togeth-er, slept together, and worked together in theBlack areas with no hope of integrating intoWhite society. Today we can’t work togetheror do anything together but sing in the choir.Maybe integration was the worst thing to hap-pen us.

I’d like to remind you of how well Blackfolks once did. When Black people cametogether in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they created aWall Street for themselves. They had theirown lawyers, bankers, contractors, teachers,accountants – everything.

They were successful because they had tobe. They had nowhere to turn to. Winningwasn’t the thing of the day but the only thing.

Winning was what Black folks had to do toget the victory. The only way White Americacould bring them down was to burn themdown. Black people today seem to be burntout. If they can’t easily obtain access to WhiteAmerica they won’t work for it or make sac-rifices for it. You will never have it until youpay the cost to be the boss.

Until Next Week,Willie Morrow


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Fay Elementary School – Modify for K-2 2nd Floor Conditions $200K - $1M No

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Jefferson Elementary School: K-2 2nd Floor Exiting Improvements $200K - $1M No

Washington Elementary School: K-2 2nd Floor Exiting Improvements $200K - $1M No

Stevenson Elementary School – ADA Work $1 - $5 M No

Mead Elementary School HVAC Project $1 - $5 M Yes

University City High School: Lighting & Scoreboard $1 - $5 M Yes

Millennial Tech: Phase V Bus Turnaround – Athletic Fields $1 - $5 M Yes

Creative Performing Media Arts: WSM $1 - $5 M Yes

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Language Academy: New Classroom Building Project $5 - $10 M Yes

Encanto Elementary School: New Classroom Building $5 - $10 M Yes

Data Center at Serra High School $5 - $10 M Yes

Euclid Elementary School: New Classroom Building Project $5 - $10 M Yes

Creative Performing Media Arts: New Building Project $5 - $10 M Yes

Zamorano Elementary School: New Classroom Building $5 - $10 M Yes

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The Nehemiah Project – Part 4Connect Create CollaborateBuilding Brick Walls

This principle of LOVE must be the foundation for building institutions for our community –Spirituality is the WHY of our existence. Economics is the WHAT of our existence. Politics

is the HOW of our existence. We are all involved in all of these all of the time. Our survivaldepends on it.

Every human body needs air, water, food, clothing and shelter to survive. As long as theseare near, abundant, accessible and free, or if I am the only person on the planet, life is relative-ly easy. When any of these conditions changes, things can get complicated. Life is hard. Don’tget mad. That’s just the way it is. Deal with it. Don’t hate the player. DON’T HATE THEGAME! LEARN HOW TO PLAY!!!

For a community to be self-sufficient and self-determined, we have to create/build institu-tions that meet our basic needs. In addition to the items listed above, San Diego’s AfricanAmerican community must also have institutions that meet our communication, information,transportation and “vacation” (stress reduction) needs. These must be family businesses thatare owned and operated by community people we know, trust and can hold accountable. Aninstitution owns the land on which it sits, the building in which it sits, the enterprise in which itis engaged, serves it’s own people and has the capacity to serve others.

So who do we people of African descent know who own institutions that can provide ourcommunity with pure, clean water; fresh, healthy food; inexpensive quality clothing and whocan build and finance our homes? Who do we know who own and operate transportation com-panies, cell phone stores, internet and computer businesses and…well, what do we like to do forstress reduction that is legal, good for us and community building? We have to get rid of the drugand alcohol abuse, promiscuous sex, violence and other negative behaviors we engage in to de-stress. Soap operas and reality shows and stuff like that just add to drama. Professional sportsdon’t seem to add much to our community development either. What can you think of? Whatcan you do?

And if we cannot find someone in our community who is doing any, or some, or all of thesethings, then we have to create these institutions – build the wall – for our own sake and for thesake of our children. Starting August 9th, 2011 at 6:00 p.m., I will begin teaching (free) class-es at the San Diego Urban League that will lay the foundations for building the walls. I will belooking for some SERIOUS people of African descent to help me. If you are serious about com-munity development, I’ll see you there. Bring a friend! J

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NEW YORK - The memorabilia collection ofcivil rights icon Rosa Parks - medals, papers,even the hat she wore on her historic bus ride - isin the hands of a New York auction house, itsownership in limbo, with a value once pegged at$US10 million.

Rosa Parks Black News, African AmericanNews, Minority News, Civil Rights News,Discrimination, Racism, Racial Equality, Bias,Equality, Afro American NewsHer estate, valuedat $US372,000 at the time of her death, is mostlygone - eaten up by lawyers' fees. But the coat MrsParks wore on the day she made civil rights his-tory in December 1955 is missing, news sourcesreport.

When Mrs Parks's 13 nieces and nephewssigned a 2007 legal agreement to settle a disputeover their aunt's estate, they promised to con-tribute the coat to her memorabilia collection.

But they never turned it over, Steve Cohen,attorney for the Rosa and Raymond ParksInstitute for Self Development, said in court fil-ings.

The relatives' lawyer, Lawrence Pepper, saysthe coat is gone. He said Mrs Parks gave it to oneof her nieces who was attending college in the'60s or '70s and she wore it and eventually got ridof it.

''She didn't realise it had any value,'' MrPepper said, adding that the niece submitted acourt affidavit to that effect.

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for

Self Development is fighting to hold on to thecollection.

''Since Mrs Parks's death in 2005, the courtsystem of her adopted city [Detroit] hasembarked on a course to destroy her legacy,bankrupt her institute, shred her estate plan andsteal her very name,'' Mr Cohen said.

Mrs Parks died in October 2005 at the age of92. Her nephew, William McCauley, petitionedthe court to be named personal representative ofhis aunt's estate, claiming her long-time friendElaine Steele had tricked her into signing a willthat cut her 13 nieces and nephews out of anydecision-making about how her likeness wouldbe used and any profit derived from the licensingof her name and image.

As well as a friend, Ms Steele was Mrs Parks'spersonal assistant and co-founder of the institute,which the pair created in 1987 to teach youngpeople about the civil rights struggle and helpthem achieve their potential.

Guernsey's Auctions in New York is trying tosell the memorabilia. Its president, Arlan Ettinger,said the auction house wanted to sell the entirecollection to an institution that could care for anduse it to educate and inspire future generations.

''In difficult economic times, very few muse-ums are sitting around with huge bank accountsready to spend,'' Mr Ettinger said. ''That's whythis has been a long haul. In the end, I feel thiswill come to a happy conclusion that will makeeveryone proud.''

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UNVEILING THE MASK OF “REALPOLITIK:” “THE DEBT CEILING CRISIS PT. II”

Four months after our potential threat of a governmen-tal shutdown, Congress has not yet found commonground of a plan to reduce our trillion dollar deficit

budget, and the deadline is less than two weeks away (Aug.2). Are they really “fighting” over principles or themselves?Even though our country experienced a similar recessionduring the Clinton administration, I am surprised that therewas bipartisanship amongst our distinguished parties ofpower. Is this, what we are seeing now, “politics?”—con-fined to squabbling. Or, merely a mask of an underlying goalthat is waiting to be unveiled? The politics that we are seeingis something that I would like to call realpolitik.

Politics is defined as an art of influence—to competewith competing interests and attain control of government.Realpolitik is a form of that, but with a more aggressiveapproach. The interpretation of it is “to each his own” (grant-ing myself immunity), however it primarily focuses on “theconsiderations of power, not ideals, morals or principles.”What we are seeing in Congress is not just squabbles andpointing fingers, but an opportunity to seize power. Whoevercontrols the House and Senate controls Congress. The Senatetoday is controlled by the Democrats, while the House iscontrolled by the Republicans. For any bills (or budget plans)to be passed into law—bills proposed from the President ormembers of Congress—there must be a two-thirds majorityvote from both the House and Senate. If not, Congress willblock the bill and delay until further notice. And it is theHouse (controlled by the Republicans) that is preventing ourcountry to recover from our budget deficit.

For the first time in our political era, we are seeingunyielding compromise and power from one sector of theHouse: the House Conservatives. They wish to seek cuts ingovernment spending (entitlement benefits, etc.) and lowertaxes. And leading this brigade is House Speaker JohnBoehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. The impor-tant figure here is Eric Cantor, who holds control over theRepublicans in the House. They hold strong allegianceamongst themselves. However, what it is the issue that iscausing so much frustration? The issue is raising our$14.3 trillion deficit by $2.5 trillion on August 2nd. (CNN)Raising debt ceiling will allow our country to pay off its debtfrom foreign loans (China) but still suffer a deficit. However,in order to do so the President and Congress must create a

budget plan to reducethe deficit by August2nd. And in doing so,they have come up withtwo possible plans(bills): the McConnell-Reid plan and the new“Gang Six” plan. Theseare the main plans(constructed andapproved by theSenate) that are causingtoo much debacle inCongress, particularlytowards the HouseConservatives.

The McConnell-Reid plan, better known as the “JustBorrow More Plan,” would give the authority to raise thedebt ceiling—without the approval of Congress—and cre-ate a special committee to resolve ways to reduce thedeficit. However the House Conservatives disapproves thisbecause it does not seek cut any government spending, butmore importantly it allows the President to raise the debtceiling. However, President Obama said he would use it asa last resort. (WSJ) The irony is that Sen. McConnell, aranking leader of the Republican Party and creator of thisplan, supports the philosophy of “wasteful governmentspending” by the House Conservatives. On the other handthe “Gang of Six” (constructed by six Senate Democratsand Republicans) budget plan seeks to reduce our budgetdeficit by $4 trillion over 10 years by cutting spending andreforming taxes—a plan that is similar to Republicanbacked plans, which House GOP aides have acknowledged.However, the House Conservatives disapproves it becauseagain it will indefinitely allow the President to raise thedebt ceiling.

Ideally, what may happen is that President Obama willagree to extend the deadline before raising the debt ceiling,allowing Congress more time to create a new significantdebt reduction plan, but still see a significant increase inpower vested in the House Conservatives. This use ofrealpolitik (unyielding compromise and power) has made thePresident unbalanced-their underlying goal of realpolitik.

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This week in San Diego historyToday's this week in history features tragedy, baseball, music and more.July 18: In 1984 a gunman kills 21 and injures 19 before police shoot

him at a San Ysidro McDonald's restaurant. Relive a horrible day here.July 19: In 1982 Tony Gwynn makes his major league debut with the

Padres in center field against the Phillies. He goes 2-for-4 with an eighth-inning double and a ninth-inning single. Who knew then there'd be 3,139more? Check out his incredible statistics here.

July 20: In 1991 the Lollapalooza tour comes to Southwestern College'sDevore Stadium as X-Fest IV. The show includes Siouxsie & the Banshees,Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T, Living Colour, Henry Rollins and of course, head-liners, Jane's Addiction. Relive a good day here.

July 21: In 1998 the $20 million Coors Amphitheatre in Chula Vistaopens with a concert by Chicago and Hall & Oates. Oh, Coors Amp. Aninside joke here.

July 22: In 1889 the San Diego Cable Railway incorporated. Mustacheswere all the rage then. Check it out here.

July 23: In: 2004 the Ronald Reagan cruises into San Diego Bay to thecheers of thousands who welcomed the 1,092-foot-long carrier to its newberth at North Island Naval Air Station. Find out its motto and more here.

July 24: In 1984 160 runners carry the Olympic Torch from San DiegoCounty's hills to its coastline en route to the Olympic Games in LosAngeles.

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Charlie Joiner Celebrity Golf and Winning Spirit Awards DinnerPhotos and Article by Rochelle Porter /Peache’ Photo Memories

On June 23-24th several celebrities,friends and sponsors participated in the22nd Annual Charlie Joiner Celebrity

Invitational Golf Tournament which was held aMaderas Golf Club in Poway, CA. Just toname a few of the celebrities in attendance wehad Larry Wells of the Toby Wells Foundation,Hall of Famer Mr. Charlie Joiner, Actor LouisGossett Jr., Keith Davis President/FounderSkills Centers of America (www.skillcenter.org) Mo William L.A. Clippers, David Justice,Hall of Famer Ted Hendricks, Paul Warfield,Lorenzo Neal SD Chargers, Wes Chandler SDChargers, Mike Merriweahter PittsburghSteelers, Baseball Hall of Famer Randy JonesPadres “ Randy Jones All American SportsGrill, Gary Garrison, 5 Times Heavy WeightChamp “Real Deal” Evander Holyfield andRob Burstein amongst others.

25 Scholarships were awarded to deservingHigh School Students at the Charlie Joiner 9thAnnual Winning Sprit Awards DinnerSponsored by Skill Centers Of AmericaCollege, The 22nd Annual Charlie JoinerCelebrity Invitational Golf Tournament andThe Toby Wells Foundation.

The 4 Awardees of the Charlie JoinerWinning Spirit Awards were none other thanLouis Gossett Jr. Oscar Winning Actor,Founder Eracism Foundation and autobio-graphical book, An Actor and a Gentleman.

Randy Jones 1976 National League CyYoung Award, Former San Diego Padres, cur-rently works with SD Padres organization andHosts the “BP’ Radio Show and the RandyJones on Baseball show on WSRadio.com.

Brian Maienschein San DiegoCommissioner On Homelessness. In January 09Brian was selected as the first commissioner ofthe Plan to End Chronic Homelessness byUnited Way of San Diego. Maienschein is cur-rently teaching a course on Election Law at theUniversity of San Diego Law School andCalifornia Western School of Law.

Lorenzo ‘’Lo” Neal former San DiegoChargers Best Ever Blocking Fullback. LoNeal is currently working as the ChiefOperating offices for the Fresno-based foodcompany, Fan Foods, Inc. Lorenzo Nealrecently hosted a football camp at SDSU formore than 80 kids. He was very happy to havehimself and staff work with the campers for 4days since this was his first official LorenzoNeal camp. Lorenzo is hope to have at least

150 kids sign up for next years camp and haveseveral sponsors come aboard to make thisdream happen. Lorenzo is hosting 7 footballcamps across the county this year.

Charlie Joiner, Larry Wells and Keith Daviswould to invite everyone to come out and sup-port the 23 Annual Charlie Joiner CelebrityGolf Tournament and Winning spirit AwardsDinner.


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SDMN: How important is beauty on the stage?

LG: In my opinion, it is very important. With all of our

senses, sight can be very dangerous if it is not done right. Sight

is the first connecting force we put to words and feelings.

Beauty is one of those things that if not done right, it throws

everything off. Because I started in the salon business I styled

my clients to their personality and their most beautiful fea-

tures. Beauty is a healer. My part on this world stage, is to

allow my clients to play their roll in their lives and be the best

they can be. People depend on looking and feeling their best.

SDMN: For an aspiring hairstylist, what should they

focus on first?

LG: You should be able to research a particular time peri-

ods. Know about more than the time period you grew up in. I

live by perfection, that’s it for me, period. The very reason why

in certain industries like fashion for instance, people start look-

ing the same. That is because artist don’t developed unique-

ness. That is one thing I would say to focus on first. Be differ-

ent so your work stands out in the crowd.

SDMN: What is the difference between theater, video or

television where creativity is concern?

LG: There is no difference for me, maybe more or less dra-

matic according to the roll, but I bring the same intensity to the

stage or the set. I’m in a mode of perfection all of the time. It

prepares me to be on the top of my game all the time. This is

where most professionals fall short. I make sure I stand out

with my work ethics.

SDMN: They say most hair specialist are always

looking at people’s hair, what does hair say about a per-

son?

LG: Well that’s true. I’m always looking at hair. I have to

be conscious of people’s mistakes or when a person is looking

really great. Just like music changes the vibe in a room, a beau-

tiful person who has taken the extra time with her outfit or a

man that has carefully chosen his fragrance or polished his

shoes; it’s noticeable. Take for instance; a beautiful woman

with thinning hair; it ages her. Fullness returns her youthful-

ness and vitality back to her as well as confidence. Sometimes

it is the little things. Beauty really changes how a person inter-

acts with you. So it is very very important that our First Lady

looks beautiful; you don’t have to be high profile or a celebri-

ty; always look your best, go the extra mile for yourself.

SDMN: I’m very familiar with your work on the

Storyville piece, how do you separate the creativity and

how do you stay fresh?

LG: I’m going to make this short and sweet...I love and

enjoy what I do. That’s what it takes.

SDMN: When did you know you were ready for the big

jobs?

LG: In my mind they were never a so-called “ Big Jobs” or

a such thing as the big time.

I made up my mind that I wanted to do something differ-

ent than just be a salon owner. So I did the jobs like the

Oscars, BET awards, music videos and CD covers. I wanted

my work on the red carpet all across the nation. I knew I

could take a famous person and re-brand them into a better

version of themselves. I just made up my mind, and when I

did, I chose show business. That’s it. I knew that people

needed me and my art so I gave it to them, I had to work

hard, it was a lot of traveling but if you want something you

have to be prepared to go all out to get it. Before you start

KNOW you can do the things you want to do.

SDMN: Did owning your own salon down-town for

years prepare you for Hollywood?

LG: Everything prepared me, my fashion experience, my

salon experience, not one thing is minute in my life. I pull

from every moment of my life in my work. In order to be the

best at what you do your skills must have a wide range. And

just think I’m still learning.

SDMN: Because I know you can turn an actor or

actress into any character you want, do you do

makeovers?

LG: Yes I do. I feel in my profession my work is for the

everyday woman. That’s where I get the most satisfaction

actually. It comes with the territory. Transformation is power-

ful. A hair cut or new lip color can drive a person to do any-

thing they thought they couldn’t do before. Feeling beautiful

is the key.

SDMN: What would you like to see more here in San

Diego?

LG: I would like people to stop saying what’s not here

and create it. San Diego is my favorite town, it’s my home.

There is nothing like

and when I did, I chose show business. That’s it. I knew

that people needed me and my art so I gave it to them, I had

to work hard, it was a lot of traveling but if you want some-

thing you have to be prepared to go all out to get it. Before

you start KNOW you can do the things you want to do.

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Like I said before beauty is a healer. I really enjoy this

part of my career, it’s really fulfilling.

SDMN: Everyone said you left them when you left

downtown to move up north, are you back home or are

you still jet-setting around?

LG: I never left my client base, I just moved to another

area. I really didn’t know how important an African

American woman owned business was to the Gaslamp dis-

trict of San Diego until I look back on it now. It was really

groundbreaking and brave of me. I had a great time and so

many good memories. Now that I’m in Solana Beach my

clients can enjoy the drive to north county; a place they never

rarely travel to. It’s good for me because it cuts my drive

time to and from LA. You can enjoy highway 101 (Pacific

Coast Highway) it’s so beautiful and scenic. We really don’t

appreciate our pacific ocean enough. There’s great shopping

along the highway, just driving up the coast is mentally heal-

ing. See there’s that beauty healer saying again, I really and

truly believe the ocean can make you more beautiful.

SDMN: What can we expect from you next?

LG: A Multitude of projects. However, I’m pacing

myself. There’s a lot of things I have in the works. But I’m

leaning more into my mantra of beauty as a healer and

focusing on the wholeness of a person. You just have to wait

and see. CM

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We dealt with the issue of “choices” and the consequenceslives out of control. While everything stated in the article hasvalidity, today is a new day. We must pledge together, today thatwe will forget those things that are behind and set our sights onthe things in front of us. Do not take the forgetting to incorporatefailing to learn from the things behind. Whatever has happened inthe past is just that - the past. Yes there are choices made that havefuture ramifications but the regret, the remorse, the condemnationand the like must be eliminated from your current consciousnessand you must allow the healing process to move you into a realmthat attempts, no I submit succeeds, to better your current cir-cumstances. We must learn how to effectively navigate this thingcalled “life”. The most difficult aspect to moving forward is ourfailure to disallow those things from entering into our psyche that

keep us in a state of limbo. Here’s what I’m talking about.Something has occurred in your life that was hurtful and evenharmful. “It” whatever “it” is has been successful at robbing youof your joy. And some well -meaning friend always brings upTOXIC reminders that are not germane to your progress. Trustme nothing toxic is germane to your progress.

Here are few examples:You break up with your companion (spouse or the person

you’re dating) every time your well-meaning friends see you theytell you how they saw that person and who that person was with.WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? How in the world can that help youmove on and heal? Someone is probably saying that it lets you really know it’s over so you canmove on. I beg to differ. I believe it fuels the anger, hate, and pain that you’ve felt, only prolong-ing your ability to heal and move on. You see reminders such as this only drudge up the good andthe bad times. It keeps you in limbo.

Someone has said harmful and hateful things about you. Your well-meaning friend is alwaysletting you know that they saw that person and brings tales of other things that’s been said aboutyou. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? How in the world is that helpful? IT’S TOXIC! It is meant to fuelthe anger, disbelief, and hurt. I ask you why did your well-meaning friend stand around and listento the mess? In order for mess to be shared it takes two parties, even the silence of one, by default,allows the fueling of the fire and the acceptance of the dialogue.

You’ve made some mistakes and you’ve apologized but those who you’ve harmed continue tobring up what you did? While there are some people who need time to heal, you may need to givethem the space they need to heal and remove yourself from their space. You cannot and should notspend a life time apologizing. What’s happened has happened and the bell can’t be unrung neithercan the tooth paste be put back in the bottle.

Prior to being saved you lived a questionable life. As you attempt to make permanent changeyou have those who are constantly reminding you of how you used to be? WHY? WHAT IS THATABOUT? There are people we need to eliminate from our lives who are not about bringing posi-tive energy into our lives. People who are not interested in seeing and acknowledging your phe-nomenal transformation.

So I say today is a new day and we must embrace it! And remember strive to make the mostof each day given to you.

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