On August 31, 2026, I have the honor along with other male community leaders in Berkshire County to greet the students on their first day of school at one of the Pittsfield, MA elementary schools. This is a great honor for me because it is the opportunity to let the young students know in Berkshire CountyContinue reading “Dignity: Experience a Life of Hope, Success, and Dignity”
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Dignity: Could, Would, and Should.
Have you ever thought to yourself if I could go back in time and fix that one mistake I made how different my life would be. I think back on my life sometimes and I will often reflect on the mistakes I made and the pain I have caused and I would wish I could go backContinue reading “Dignity: Could, Would, and Should. “
Dignity: To Read is Freedom
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” Fredrick Douglass I recently saw a video that went viral. It was a teacher who was in tears because it was the second day of the new year, and he had seniors in his class that struggled to put their thoughts down on paper. TheyContinue reading “Dignity: To Read is Freedom”
Dignity: Bringing Us Together
“Being genius is not enough; it takes courage to change people’s hearts.”- From the movie Green Book The above quote is from the movie Green Book. It is the story of the 1962 tour in the Deep South by a Black pianist Dr. Don Shirley and an Italian bouncer from the Bronx Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga. It was an eight-week tourContinue reading “Dignity: Bringing Us Together”
Dignity: Finding Peace
“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problemsContinue reading “Dignity: Finding Peace”
Dignity: What Will Your Legacy Be.
This week is the British Open. If you are not a golfer, it is one of the four major goal tournaments that is played each year in July. Two of the top contenders for the open were asked if they needed to win this tournament to solidify their golf legacy. Both golfers said why would I care; I will be dead (to paraphrase). This gotContinue reading “Dignity: What Will Your Legacy Be.”
Dignity: What is Success?
The thing that was so amazing about my mother is that she always taught us to believe that we could be successful if we truly wanted to be. She didn’t measure success by how much money we would have but success in the kind of men we could be. I didn’t really understand that as a young child. We didn’t have much and I sawContinue reading “Dignity: What is Success?”
Dignity: My Self-Worth
I remember in high school we would be asked to write a paragraph introducing ourselves to the rest of the class then the teacher would read them and the class would try and guess who it was that wrote it. This was the type of assignment I did not care about. My handwriting was terrible and myContinue reading “Dignity: My Self-Worth “
Dignity: Happy Father’s Day: Open Letter to my Children
The running joke in my house is that the unofficial name for Father’s Day is National Socks, Ties, and Underwear Day, because that is what we get for fathers. You know it is true. Go into any Walmart or Target on the Saturday before Father’s Day and the long line of mothers and children with their carts fullContinue reading “Dignity: Happy Father’s Day: Open Letter to my Children”
Dignity: My Journal of My Journey
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.” Nelson Mandela IContinue reading “Dignity: My Journal of My Journey “
Dignity Freedom Fighter 