Dignity: Teachers the Cultivators of Dignity

All too often when we talk about our education system you hear the negative. Now, do we have work to do to improve how we educate our children, YES! But that is always ongoing work we must evaluate and improve. Today will not be the day I will discuss that. Today I want to saluteContinue reading “Dignity: Teachers the Cultivators of Dignity”

Dignity: Portrait of a Graduate and Leader

It is difficult today to get my thoughts together because it is an emotional day, but I am going to do my best.  On June 1, 2025, my son Anthony will be graduating from high school and moving on to the next journey in his life. As a father you hope that your children willContinue reading “Dignity: Portrait of a Graduate and Leader”

Dignity: This is Me 

“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out This is brave, this is bruised This is who I’m meant to be, this is me  Look out cause here I come And I’m marching on to the beat I drum I’m not scared to be seen  I make no apologies, this isContinue reading “Dignity: This is Me “

Dignity: We Have Had Enough 

At a high school basketball game, a player spit on a player from the opposing team and the crowd was heard shouting racial slurs. A medical provider is asked not to treat a patient by his family because of where he comes from. A person hides their identity because of the fear that they mightContinue reading “Dignity: We Have Had Enough “