W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Triumph BEyond MEasure: ‪#‎HillaryClinton‬'s Dress Designer, #MarthaDixon, INcredible Story!!!~11/18/2011

    

 

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Triumph BEyond MEasure: ‪Hillary Clinton‬'s Dress Designer's, Martha Dixon, INcredible Story!!!

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"Martha Dixon is wonderful, wise, gifted, and tough-an amazing woman with an awe-inspiring story. This is a book any person of any age will learn from and enjoy. After you read it, you'll find it harder to feel sorry for yourself, easier to get on with your life and go after your dreams and impossible not to be grateful that Martha shared her story with you. She has been a blessing to Hillary and me, and she will be to you."
~William Jefferson Clinton, Former U.S. President

About Triumph Beyond Measure
From the backbreaking work of picking cotton in the hot Arkansas sun, the daughter of a poor sharecropper, to the dressmaker for the First Lady of the United States, Martha Dixon's story is uniquely American. Starting with nothing but an entrepreneurial drive, Ms. Dixon rose to the peak of her profession. Triumph Beyond Measure is an impossible story that became possible. A tale of a woman who believed in herself and set her sights high. Inspirational, motivational, and steeped in lessons learned along the way. Triumph Beyond Measure will leave you cheering. "They said you need to crawl before you can walk," writes Ms. Dixon, "but I didn't want to walk. Nor did I want to run. I wanted to fly." Rags to riches. From the poorhouse to the White House. Triumph Beyond Measure is a story everyone should read.

About Sis. Martha Dixon
Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Women of Arkansas" by Arkansas Business Magazine, and the recipient of numerous awards for her entrepreneurship, political work, and community service, Martha Dixon rose from abject poverty to the height of her profession. Founder of Dixon Manufacturing, as well as other successful enterprises, Ms. Dixon's meteoric career took her all the way from the cotton fields of Arkansas to the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House and beyond. Dress designer for First Lady Hillary Clinton (her presidential Gala gown remains on display at the Truman Library), Ms. Dixon's stellar reputation and entrepreneurial spirit combined for one of the great success stories of our time. One of twenty siblings born and reared in rural Arkansas, near a place called Hope, she overcame early hardship to become an accomplished businessworman and state political party leader, a friend of a future President, William Jefferson Clinton, and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State & 2016 U.S. Presidential Hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton. This is her story.

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http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Beyond-Measure-An-Autobiography/dp/1463430442

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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: "Confessions Of A Thought Provocateur: Bro. Dick Gregory LIVE!!!" (Sun. 11/17/2013 @ 4pm e/3pm c/1pm p)

    

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio:"Confessions Of A Thought Provocateur: Bro. Dick Gregory LIVE!!!"

 W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: Resurrecting Black Radio one podcast at a time!!!

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Dick Gregory Gone Wild I Mean Viral…

'Nigger' Happened!!!~Bro. Dick Gregory

 

In January 2013, an interview W.E. A.L.L. B.E. did with venerable comic legend, author, nutritional guru and civil rights activist Bro. Dick Gregory went viral…The interview, which was uploaded on the W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV YouTube channel deals with his endorsement of the controversial award winning film “Django Unchained” and his criticisms of Spike Lee as ‘a punk’ and ‘a thug’ for offering a negative review of the film without even seeing it…My video has caused a firestorm of controversy, debate and was even picked up by respected and popular national media outlets such as The Huffington Post, Bossip, NewsOne, The Root, and Black Enterprise magazine just to name a few…The comments made on the YouTube video range from the profane to the profound…I also enjoy reading the insightful comments and blog posts it has generated on social media forums and other internet outlets…I have also received phone calls from folks all over the USA thanking me for the video and sharing their own insights on why hearing the interview was such an affirming learning experience for them…The literally tens of thousands of responses it generated could actually probably make for a great foundation for a decent dissertation on the topic…I was glad that the moment W.E. A.L.L. B.E. captured and shared for posterity also became a true teaching moment for the rest of the world too…

You can view the actual interview and video that I created at the following link:

 W.E. A.L.L. B.E.: Bro. Dick Gregory On 'Django Unchained': "Spike Lee Is A Thug & A Punk." (1/13/2013)

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As a matter of fact the first 6 full interviews the master teacher did with W.E. A.L.L. B.E. this year have gone viral!!! Please listen and/or view at your leisure via the following links...And remember to share with your networks:

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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Bro. Dick Gregory Unchained Part 1 (1/13/2013)
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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Bro. Dick Gregory Unchained Part 2 (1/16/2013)
http://youtu.be/jCpmwm8TmFY

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Bro. Dick Gregory Unchained Part 3 (2/22/2013)
http://youtu.be/c165Gj_rGgQ


W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Bro. Dick Gregory Unchained Part 4 (4/14/2013)

http://youtu.be/KCEtvgglFiw

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Bro. Dick Gregory Make It Plain 2013 (5/16/2013)
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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: "Beyond the Hoodie: Bro. Dick Gregory Speaks!!!" 8/11/2013
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Jack Burgess: Food Stamps, Yes!

“It always amazes me how rich men, given so much by their families and their circumstances, believe assistance will hurt other people.”

a burgess bulletin – september, 2013

Food Stamps, Yes!

A column appearing in Ohio newspapers

by Jack Burgess

If you’re reading this column, you probably don’t participate in a government program such as SNAP, to help provide food for your family.  If you can afford to have a newspaper delivered to your home, or if you have a computer and an internet connection so you can read online, you may have more than enough money for food. But millions of good Americans, many in Ohio, don’t have enough to feed their families, and without the assistance of folks like us, they’d starve, or turn to looting for food.

Unfortunately, some of us don’t want to help those who need it.  We believe—or say we believe—folks who are poor brought it on themselves.  Say they’re lazy, or substance addicted, or don’t handle their money wisely.  Mostly, that’s not true.  Some of that thinking is based on the old survival of the fittest mentality, which says if you can’t make it, tough.  It’s your own fault.  Some of it is convoluted Christianity, that those who are successful are God’s chosen, that they’re being rewarded in this life, that the poor are being punished.  Far be it from me to tell anyone what to believe, but Jesus was about “feeding the multitudes,” and caring for children--half of the people on food assistance programs are children.  They can’t work.  They go to bed hungry, wake up hungry, and go to school hungry.  Thankfully, we still have school breakfast and lunch programs, or some of these kids would rarely get a good meal.

This is the United States of America we’re talking about—the richest nation in the history of the world.  We can afford to feed the children, and the disabled and the aged who make up most of the rest of the recipients of government assistance.  And let’s not forget that many of those receiving assistance are working, but their jobs don’t pay enough to feed a family.

Some in the Congress, and in Ohio’s government, want to end food assistance, or cut it way back.  Of course, none of them need assistance.  We pay them well and most of them come from privileged homes.  Many of them got more from government than they will own up to. Republican Congressional leader Ryan, for instance, received Social Security assistance as a young man, which helped him toward his own prosperity.  Some of the political rhetoric on this harks back to President Reagan’s words, “Government is the problem.”  But even Reagan, who benefited from government in many ways, spoke about the need to maintain “a social safety net.”  He didn’t really believe in starving people or eliminating government.  And he raised taxes when needed.

It always amazes me that rich men, given so much by their families and their circumstances, believe assistance will hurt other people. The evidence is mostly to the contrary. Millions who have had help in dealing with poverty have turned their lives around.  And it’s good economics, as every $1spent on food assistance generates $1.80 in economic activity, benefiting everyone.

If we really wanted to get people off food assistance, we’d start by raising the minimum wage to a point where people could earn enough by working to feed a family.  We’d give more honest counseling to young people regarding birth control---as sex is here to stay and today’s young people, like our generations, will mostly not practice abstinence.  We’d also strengthen our schools by cutting back on the massive waste of the standardized testing nonsense and invest in counseling, after school programs, and school to work programs.  We’d ask our corporations to do more, as they do in some other countries, to train workers on the job.  Sending every young person to college will not solve the problem.  Income levels, adjusted for inflation, have mostly been falling since the 1970’s, and more college degrees might mean more underpaid or unemployed college graduates.

Where will the money come from?  It will have to come from where it’s gone.  The super wealthy of this nation have seen their wealth expand by leaps and bounds, and it’s time for them to give back in small measure to the nation that has rewarded them so well.

Jack Burgess is a retired teacher of American & Global Studies. He’s also served as board president of the Godman Guild Settlement House in Columbus.