General rule for understanding #Racism in Language: If a word has been used to exert violence and cause death, do not rely on that word.

The words are too many and too well known to require any sort of specific enunciation by this writer. However, this writer has seen such proliferation of demonstrations of ignorance of language in online posts […]

Star Wars, my friend,

My close acquaintances know of my detailed knowledge and opinions of the Star Wars saga films (the 9, for those counting). I approach the films as I do to Homer’s Iliad: With utmost respect. Despite […]

When searching for a pendulum tricycle I was left to draw my own,

I am sure someone much smarter has already created such and improved upon such, let alone scribbled it down. It is a fun hobby to imagine what types of technology could still work if it […]

I asked for your vote today four months ago. Everything has changed. Except our resolve.

I asked you stand with me today, four months ago, and vote to re-elect me. Today, we are an election apart, and yet we still stand together. Thank you. I still have not received direction […]

Typewriter Thought The Twentieth of the Fourth of the Twentieth of the Twentieth

The news. It is always the same but it never gets old. Beyond that, I’d rather not comment.

Qualitative and Quantitative: Cook County Foreclosure Mediation Program in 2010

It was an extreme privilege to land an internship in Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer’s office at the start of my career. The topic was of utmost priority: Cook County was being ravaged by the […]

Typewriter Thought four sixteen twenty

I joined this debate of definition: Democracy is the culmination of all our greatest efforts of equitable participation summarized into the expression of a vote. I feel our disservice to ourselves is that we see […]

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Reading. Learning.
And Doing
Good. A Grant Writing Exercise.

It was actually a good idea. Here’s how I would start it:

Typewriter Thought Too Early To Type on Four Thirteen

Typewriters are fun because you can’t hit the delete key. They are also loud. cLick cLickcLick. So, here’s a thought, sans the typewriter. Democracy is Humanity’s Rarest Invention. In all of their 5,000 years of […]

Throw Back Thursday: Illinois Non Profit Legislative Policy Brief of April 2013, including $15 per hour, an Elected School Board, and Tenants at Foreclosure

Illinois Legislative Briefs of April 2013 from ANI

Trying to Track Time Every 1/10 an Hour? Free Time Tracking Template I designed for Legal or Consulting Professionals!

I drafted this idea while attending Loyola University Chicago Institute for Paralegal Studies. We were being trained on how best to keep time for legal billing purposes. A few of my classmates asked for copies. […]

Serving on Local School Councils, I have always counted on you.

I have always counted on you. My greatest hope is that I have proven: You Can Count On Me, too. The current crisis definitive of our lives is of life and death. Your health is […]

Mindfulness. Here’s the secret easiest way to practice mindfulness even while you can’t help but freak out while watching the 24 hour news…

Be where you watch the News. Have the screen off. Take a breath. It is how you breathe. They are both different, yet entirely the same. Breathe a breath. Hey did you know that “fight […]

Thank You Representative La Shawn K. Ford: We Agree. We Need Us All.

When I was hired during the last housing crisis through an Obama administration relief effort, it was clear to all of us involved: it was way too little, way too late. Imagine median rent at […]