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Reader Mail: We Have The Right To Forgive Ourselves

Hello Te-Erika,

My name is Rev. Brenita Mitchell. I am a workshop specialist currently working with men and women with HIV/AIDS and recovering substance abusers. I recently facilitated a workshop with women living with the virus.

I created a role-play with a court scene that features a women named beautiful who was accused of having unprotected sex and costing the state and tax payers money. She plead guilty, and awaited her sentence. Finally, the jurors gave Beautiful a sentence of "forgiveness."



I wrote out the words to your self-forgiveness meditation on youtube (I cited your information) and had the women playing Beautiful read it when the judge asked her was there something she wanted to say. Well, the women playing Beautiful could hardly get through it without other participants holding her up. I just want to tell you that the words, deeply blessed all the women in the workshop, and tears poured out as Beautiful read them.

Thank you for writing such inspirational words. Funny, you just never know what God will use to bless, and God used your gift of words to bless a group of women that needed to know they have the right to forgive themselves and live a life free from shame, guilt and self-disgust. Thank you for sharing your gift for writing, and may God continue to bless and shine God's light on the work of your hands.

Blessings and Peace,

Rev. Brenita

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From The Publisher: Help Stop SOPA

If you visited our site yesterday, January 18th you may have been surprised to notice that our url redirected you toa website that shared information about a bill that is in front of Congress called SOPA. SOPA is an acronym for Stop Internet Piracy Act and on the surface it seems to be a good idea for those who create movies, music and other intellectual property because it would protect them from thieves who steal their creative work and profit from it.

However, the details of this plan move beyond the protection of intellectual and creative property. The details of this proposed bill call for any website that could possibly allow the infringement of a copyright to be closed down. This means that any website, including our favorite sites like Youtube, could be permanently shut down simply for creating the space that may possibly allow someone to infringe on someone else's copyright.

This hurts the dissemination of information and creativity that the internet thrives on. Just imagine how our advances in communication will be reverted back in time. We have all learned to adjust to the changes that the internet brought into our lives and many have learned to profit from them. If this bill passes, we will all have to go back to reading newspapers and waiting for someone to tell us the world news instead of watching and reading as our internet friends report it as it happens.

To help stop this bill you can visit AmericanCensorship.Org.

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Te-Erika's Blog: The Internet Is In My Hand

Ooooh Weeeee!!

My phone died this weekend.

RIP. =(

I was soo sad because my phone was the ish, baby! I have Metro PCS and I love it because it's only $40 a month and whenever my phone dropped and broke into pieces all I had to do was put it back together again and it worked! I loved my phone!

But I guess its true that nothing is permanent so after a year of having the BEST PHONE EVER I had to buy a new phone and I decided to go ahead and buy my very first smart phone.

$50 a month! Geesh! That's a bit much but guess what? It is sooo worth it because I now have THE INTERNET IN MY HAND.

Wooooow!

Like, they might just have to fire me at work because the internet AKA my BFF for life is right in my hands and I can't stop checking it.

I can watch Youtube videos!

I can check ALL my email accounts!

I can actually SEE the pictures people send me!

I can't believe I have been missing out for so long. I'm in love all over again.

I have the Samsung Admire. Ok, I know it's not the iPhone but hold up, I am an entrepreneur and I invest my money wisely so whatever, but THIS phone. OMG! I can do everything!

Now, if only it came with a pair of strong hands to rub on me and a vibrator.

A girl can only wish!

LOVE IT!

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EDITORIAL: I Have A Dream Too

By Christina Fermin
Politics & Society Columnist

Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a revolutionary of his time. Dr. King is famous for his well known ‘I have a dream’ speech that spoke of equality and justice. If you have not heard his speech or do not know more than that famous line, I suggest you take 15 minutes and listen to his visionary speech (here). During that time Dr. King was fighting against oppression, intolerance and hate against blacks. Today we live his dream and we can celebrate equality amongst minorities, especially blacks. While we today live closer to Dr. King’s dream than we did in 1963, we still have ceilings to break and hurdles to go through.

Today I have a new dream that I would like to share with you. A dream that I hope will stir something deep inside of you and open you up to the possibilities. I dream that we the people will stand to rise against the machine that represses us. I dream of equality amongst all people in the world to rise and stand up against injustice, repression and intolerance. I dream that the people will stand up to corporations that the supreme court has judged to be people. I dream that the banks will be brought to their knees and the people will gain their homes back and the illegal debt that we are held to will be deemed illegal and unconstitutional and all debt will be wiped clean.

I have a vision, that one day free energy will be released and the truth about life outside of planet Earth will be revealed. In this vision I see a world that cooperates rather than competes with one another. I see the drums of war being retired and all our children returning home to their moms, dads, husband, wives and children. I envision an age of peace, cooperation and joy. One day there will no longer be separation of classes, capitalism will deemed unsustainable and money will be seen as a means of oppression. Rather than work to stay alive, people will be allowed to live and dream and let live. Freedom will reign throughout the Earth and our age of glory will finally arrive.

In this vision, I see technology and the people cleaning up the Earth, restoring the forests and wetlands. Replenishing the oceans and renewing our drinking water. I see a century of destruction being reversed as best we can and the power of real technology being released, not to help us destroy the Earth, but the help in curbing climate change and greenhouse gases. I envision all of us to treat one another and all the species of this great planet with respect, love and equality. I envision starvation and human suffering to be unacceptable and something of the past. One day the truth about the few who rule will be brought to light and the robber-barons will be brought to justice.

I envision this dream everyday. I pray that the people will wake up and realize who the oppressors are. One day it will be realized that the American dream isn’t really a dream, its a fantasy that plays on capitalism surviving. The real dream lies within the individual to realize their potential in carrying out this dream. I dream that one day, televisions will be shut off, people will one day not go to work and instead, the people will go marching. Marching straight to the White House, Parliament, the Castles and corporate headquarters and shout: Your time is finished, we are here to establish peace, tranquility, equality, justice and the rights that you have denied. Will you take part in this dream?


About the Columnist
With a bachelors degree in political science from Florida Atlantic University, Christina Fermin has always cultivated her love for history, politics, sociology, ancient knowledge and teachings, the outdoors, the ocean and the environment. Christina strives to make our world better by helping us all create a new reality and understanding of all taking place here and now.

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