Marselas Owens (of Seattle)  and President Obama Signing the Health Care Bill Keeping informed and informing others is a key pa...

Aaje at 13 years old For Aaje and Qimmah November is Epilepsy Awareness Month and I dedicate this blog entry to my goddaughter Qimmah...

I tutor a 2nd grade boy in the home of his Somalian family of 5 children.  They are Muslims and though I know many Somalian parents and Mu...

In Support of I-1240 - Public Charter Schools Eliminating One Status Quo I put my name and the trust many have in me behind public char...

Governor Chris Gregoire throughout her life has had a problem including African Americans in her rise to lead the State of WA. Even as she p...

Parents of students at the Martin Luther King Saturday School in Moses Lake, WA. It is an education and culture enrichment progra...

Yesterday, Tuesday June 19 was a great day. Education of African American children as well as brown and poor children reigned. Reporting B...

As summer approaches we will be hearing more and more about a few very important elections. In January we will have a new Governor. There ...

Grateful for the Gift of Longevity, Good Health and Energy Today's Elders who are retired have what elders in times past did not have. ...

This week Mayor Mike McGinn brought Chief Harry Bailey out of retirement to help with the mess that Seattle is in with communities and the D...

I spend considerable time on issues associated with parent involvement in education through Parents for Student Success, a non profit I c...

Living in Seattle Washington as an African American means that much of what occurs in daily life is not about me. As African American, my ex...

This Reflection on President Obama's announcement that he supports same sex marriage was sent by the named author into African Americ...