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Voices From The Future: Why I Matter with Aiden Haynes and Shannon Jackson

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

DJ KHALED, music industry megaproducer and recording artist was a part of your student group, he may take this young man out to lunch and remind him as well as all of us in his book The Keys, and I quote: “We The Best means exactly what it says. I didn’t say I’m the best. That’s an important distinction; I said we. That means me, Fan Luv, my team, and everybody who’s got love and positive energy. Let me ask you this: If somebody came up to you and asked, “Are you, the beat writer, chef, producer, director? What would……
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Voices From the Future with Sherrita Wilkins

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“FIRST, DON’T CALL THEM MILLENNIALS Wait, what? Let me explain. A study from Pew Research found that only 40 percent of millennials even identify with the word “millennial,” compared to nearly 80 percent of those aged 51 to 69 who consider themselves part of the Baby Boomer generation. I was actually surprised that almost half of millennials claimed to be comfortable with their generational moniker since I find that most of the young people, I meet prefer that their generation not have a title at all. I also find this generation to be more focused on describing themselves as individuals (hence the……
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Voices from the future with Jimmy and Sherry Grimes

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

What’s in a name? “Nexters” or Generation Z (born after 2000) composed another 3% of the global workforce, but they make up more of the global population (25%) than any other generation. By 2020, they will be out of school, making up 20% of the global workforce right behind Millennials.” This is a maker generation, a far more pragmatic and practical generation who must architect and build the future we are all trying to imagine living in. The world doesn’t need more foundational layers, it needs a generation to create. Meet Generation Next They use technology and the internet to connect……
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Stories you tell yourself when the White House calls with Ashwani Jain

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

This month’s theme, “Stories We Grew up with”, expands our appreciation of who we have become as a result of the stories we have been told and the ones we have told ourselves growing up. We look at how these stories have impacted our behavior, our thoughts, our dreams, Ultimately, I believe everyone not only has a story but also is a story. Author David Denborough, Ph.D. writes “Who we are and what we do are influenced by the stories that we tell ourselves…There are many different events in our lives, but only some of them get formed into the……
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Living in a space called dreams have hope with Chelsea Townsend

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

If by chance no one has told you that they love you today. I would be honored to be the first to say, I love you today! I love you because you are and have been so willing to grow. And my how you have grown! You have grown from struggling to searching. From “trying to” to “learning how to” . You’ve grown from fear to having faith, to demonstrating your courage. You have grown in many ways, consistently demonstrating your willingness and courage to take the next step —the step toward knowing more about yourself. That is exactly why……
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The legacy of woman of wonder Erni Sheperd

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Author Ms. Iyanla Vanzant says, “Life loves you enough to live as you, to breathe through you, to express itself as you. Life loves you so much, it does everything in its power to stay in you, to be with you and allow you to depend on it. Life is, at this very moment, totally and absolutely in love with you! Life wants to look like you, live like you, be like you, live as you because it respects and honors that you are. When life sees you coming, it gets excited! It can hardly contain itself! Life is ready……
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Be together, not the same. Inclusion and diversity with Ambreen Rizvi

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

When I walk daily, I intentionally “unplug”. There is nothing on my body to indicate how many steps I have taken during my four-mile walk. I listen to the birds singing and ducks honking as they make love to spring. I notice new flowers in bloom. I am at peace. Yet sometimes, today, for instance, unwanted thoughts insert themselves as a result of something I heard on the news. Today it was the concept of “Othering”. I don’t like it and I like even less the fact that it is being intentionally used in this season’s political lexicon. It is……
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Chocolates after midnight with Jaleh Moslehi and Tyra G

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Life is an ongoing process. It is not made up of one event. Every time it rains, it stops raining. Every time we get hurt, we heal. After darkness there is always light- we are reminded of this every morning, but still, we can forget, and instead choose to believe that the night will last forever. It won’t. Nothing lasts forever. I chose this month’s theme as Chocolates after Midnight, Midnight symbolizing the rain and chocolates symbolizing the rainbows in our lives. We are looking at ourselves and how we relate and respond to life’s seasons. Every week this month,……
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Sensitive Sountracks of Generation Z with Lucia Noto, Graham Skrtic, Veronica Jackson

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Our future is walking among us now. Those currently in high school will be overseeing our “aging-in-place” and other activities in the “December” of our lives. We need to connect with them, to know them, to respect who they are as the people they are. That is exactly what we are doing this month. All month we have heard from Millennials and Generation Z guests on what are hot topics to them. We continue this week with what we are calling Sensitive Soundtracks from Generation Z. Today you will be entertained, encouraged, and empowered by the gift of talent from……
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What we think we know with Bill Knopf, chef on Vision Quest Rehabilitation Wagon Train for troubled teens

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

This month’s introductory question: So, what do you want to be when you grow up? This is a question we ask children and adults. We grow up getting clues as to who we should be from significant others and multimedia images and stories. We begin in a once upon a time and have a goal of living happily ever after. Somewhere between the ages of three and ten, we seem to be drawn to the land of superheroes. If you doubt that we all arrive in this world with gifts and as a gift, pay attention to an infant or a……
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