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Black Progressive

by Charles Cole on Aug 07, 2012

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Discusses my personal journey to becoming a progressive.

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Charles Cole, Bay Area Program Director at Juma @ah_livia No problem. Glad you enjoyed it. 9 months ago
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ah_livia @charlescoleiii WOAH!!!! I checked out your presentation again with the new understanding you provided & I love it 100%!! Excellent presentation!! Thank you for taking time out to explain :) 9 months ago
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Charles Cole, Bay Area Program Director at Juma Hey Livia, basically the presentation was about messaging and how we don't allow people to get a sense of who we are or where we come from. I explain where I came from and how I essentially became who I am today. The other point I made during the presentation was to get away from labels. So you'll notice that in the 3/4 slides. It's hard to get the true essence without me giving the presentation. 9 months ago
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ah_livia Very nice imagery! The images you used were SO strong and crisp they told 99% of the story! Good job! ...but...I really didn't understand what exactly made you a black progressive? Do you mind explaining? Thanks 9 months ago
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Charles Cole, Bay Area Program Director at Juma Amen. 9 months ago
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Troy Person, CEO at Reliant In-Home Care We all do better when we give a hand up to the most vulnerable among us. I've seen on a rare occasion someone lift themselves up by their boot straps and on both occasions it was during a Cirque du Soleil show. Power to the Progressive that brought women, black/minorities the right to vote, safety and democracy in the workplace (OSHA & labor unions), protect public health, (FDA, EPA,) poverty insurance for our elderly (Social Security) and now a step towards universal healthcare/Obamacare, and yes he does care :) 9 months ago
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Before I start, every put your phones, ipads, etc. in the air. This is gonna be a social presentation...\n\nOne reason we are losing in the eyes of the public is our inability to connect with folks-to tell a story. Well, I want to do just that. Let me tell you a story...\n
I’m from Chicago but before we even get there we have to discuss the era...\n
A lot of political change in the 80’s\n-Reagan had a defined platform. Undo the crime of the 70s and heroine. Be tough on crime and criminals. (Reference Iran-Contra) \n-The 80’s birthed me\n
And to crack...\n
Not this crack...\n\nThat crack...\n
And my parents were drawn to that flame. To support that habit we moved around a lot and one of those locations would be to Paducah, Ky where my maternal grandmother lived. \n
Who knows where this is? \n\nYou may know Kentucky more for this though...\n
Values\nWent to Church. The Jesus I was introduced to taught me to \nBe earnest; Be humble; Work hard; Accepting of others despite differences: Duty to others \nShe always stressed being well put together\n\nBut all in all we were pretty poor. We survived on 3 things: Grandmother’s Social Security, Food Stamps and the Food Truck\n\n
Food Stamps...\n
And Paducah’s parks and rec department...\n
Paducah Parks and Recs. Someone please tell me what these three things have in common...\n(They were provided by some form of government)\n
Paducah Parks and Recs. Someone please tell me what these three things have in common...\n(They were provided by some form of government)\n\nMy grandmother took great care of us but because she was so reliable w/me, my parents were able to fall deeper into their respective addictions. Going back and forth to jail. It was like a game of dysfunctional tag. \n
Off to college. Without aide from the government there’s NO way I could have gone. \n
I was a very happy child...\n
But as my southern folks in the room would say, the Good Lord called her home. And while that was a very sad day for my parents it was also their “oh shit” moment...\n
Between my parents there was a collective “Oh Shit!” \n
So we moved to CA on greyhound. Nice little 3 day trip. We lived with family for a while. Lived in a few shelters before settling into...\n
It was crazy learning about the Great Depression in school. In high school I identified far too much with the Grapes of Wrath. After spending some time hopping between Bay Area shelters we eventually settled in Oakland. \n
Parents starting working to get clean w/the help of local gov’t. Some other services that helped us survive were: \n
Went to rehab w/my mother. Heard some amazing stories and realized all of these folks had stories. I learned very valuable lessons about people at a very young age. I also learned that jail sentences for addicts rarely help and true rehabilitation is possible. I learned that all life is precious. \n
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So now my parents are clean, I make it through high school...\nI ended up graduating high in my class, I won a state championship in Debate my Junior Year of HS and I was the captain of my basketball team...\n
Don’t worry if you can’t find it, you’re not racist, we actually did look alike... Here I am\n
...and for the record, I could ball.\n
Then it was off to college and I would have never gotten there without my government...\n
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And what is it that we are asking for as progressives when it’s all said and done. An equal playing field:\nWe want everyone to pay their fair share of taxes\nWe want interracial, straight and gay couples to have equal marriage rights\nWe want schools in poor neighborhoods to be as good as those in rich ones\nWe want a poor kid from the slums to have the same playing field as someone from the palace \n
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...College Grad\n
...Political Activist\n
Nah...\n
The reiterate what I said earlier, one reason we are losing in the eyes of the public is our inability to connect with folks-to tell a story. Well, I want to do just that. Let me tell you a story...\n
Can you tell me why you are you? Why you have these values? If not, GET OFF THE DAMN MIC. GET FROM BEING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. FIGURE THAT OUT FIRST AND IT NEEDS TO BE DEEPLY PERSONAL. PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS VOTE ISSUES, THEY VOTE PEOPLE.\n
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Black Progressive Presentation Transcript

WHY I’M A BLACKPROGRESSIVE I’m @ccoleiii #NLCRetreat
Chicago
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street crack
actual crack
UK
We have a duty,both as people and as agovernment, to help those inneed. Especially the innocent.
Picture of people playing tag
Grandmother’s Grave
Home Alone Picture
Greyhound
Their 1929... ...my 1992
Welcome to Oakland Welcome to Oakland
We don’t want favor...
We don’t want favor... We want an equal opportunity
Someone’s always going to be richer, stronger or faster ... but there’s never a reason to be Text outworked!
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...as the kid in the Palace.
WHY I’M A BLACKPROGRESSIVE
WHY I’M A BLACK PROGRESSIVECOLLEGE GRAD
WHY I’M A BLACK PROGRESSIVECOLLEGE GRAD POLITICAL ACTIVIST
WHY I’M A BLACK PROGRESSIVECOLLEGE GRAD POLITICAL ACTIVIST
WhyI’m Me
Twitter: @ccoleiiiFacebook: charlescoleiii ccoleiii@gmail.com Thank You

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