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Writing for Change: What’s at Stake!!!
By John Burl Smith, author of “Archangel: A Hip Hop Vision of Love and the Battle of Good Verses Evil!!!
“Archangel’s plot line is drawn from the last days of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s efforts to breathe life into his “Poor People’s Campaign.” He came to town to support the striking Memphis garbage workers (1968), “the poorest of the poor!” However, most commentators point to the “March on Washington (1963) and his “I Have A Dream” speech to avoid the implications of him coming together with black powers advocates—the Invaders—minutes before he was assassinated. The Iconic battle between police and the Invaders on Beale Street (3-28-1968), I project as part of “Archangel’s climax.” The idea is to present Archangel” as an alternative future, projected to show young people today the level of focus, determination, persistence, and political savvy that will be required of them to defeat the old white men working to kill their future hopes. More directly, “Writing for Change” is about saving America from itself, which is why the task may seem so daunting to high school seniors. However, high schoolers were the foot soldiers in the Invaders’ support during the Memphis sanitation strike. The older generation of slavery’s descendants back then, as today, were “too afraid of losing their “good jobs” to fight for the poor, as Dr. King. Today, young Americans are gazing into a similar void, as we faced when the older generation believed every word that came out of Richard Nixon’s mouth, and not what they saw with their own eyes!!! So, the Invaders and other young progressives rolled the dice for American democracy and began pushing the “26th Amendment,” rather than guns and violence.
“Archangel” and writing for change reflect my efforts over the years to point out the glaring disparities descendants of American slavery endured daily, which most white people disregard as factual. White people substitute their made-up beliefs (anti-woke), which are based on their slave-master’s mindset. Continuing to perpetuate their racism is the aim of America’s Judeo-Christian white man’s made-up history, young Americans must defeat to have a real future for themselves. “Archangel’s” storyline places corporate America squarely on the side of insurrectionists trying to kill American democracy, which sets up the dichotomy of today. However, like the 26th Amendment, Amazon through its Publishing arm, which will release the third book in the “Archangel” 4-book-box set, can become a beacon of opportunity by charting a new and different course of inclusion that fully incentivizes partnering with a Black entrepreneurial effort. My point here is highlighted in an article “HBCUs Look to Use March on Washington’s Anniversary to Highlight New Threats!” by Colbert I. King. HBCU students are taking on the role activists played in the 1960s and white college students would do well to follow their example. I find there are two issues young “wannabe” entrepreneurs are most concerned about, which are education and a lifestyle that includes work but does not dominate their lives to the detriment of their social and home life. Young Americans want to be successful but have a life too!!
During my young Invader days, “Blowing in the wind!” Bob Dylan, the iconic “Sound of Silence!” by Paul Simon and later echoed through the 1960s and later “My President Sang Amazing Grace!” by Join Biez brought the nation into the 2000s. Once there, their beats were picked up by Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin, while new voices like Queen Latifah called for “Unity,” followed by Alicia Keys’ “Perfect Way to Die!” Activists rode these beats and arrived in 2020 facing a new reality, where the 26th Amendment became the beacon that put Joe Biden in the spotlight, as the only Presidential candidate willing to strap on the helmet of defiance, pick up the shield of determination, while banishing the sword of righteousness and holding high the scale of justice. But back in the real world, “old” Joe Biden’s name was the only one on the ballot in 2020 when Trump’s image loomed like Godzilla. Had “old” Joe not faced down Donald Trump, he would still be President, today maybe for life!!!
This reality gets lost or ignored by pollsters, and treated as though anyone could have stopped Trump and saved American democracy. The thing “Writing for Change” wants young voters to gain here is that “one cannot beat something with nothing,” and that will be what voters will have as choices in the 2024 presidential election. Voters will decide between the worst President in US history, who fermented a coup by sending his followers to attack the Nation’s Capitol building. Once there, they erected a gallows on which to hang VP Mike Pence and other leaders of the US government to stop the peaceful transfer of power!!! While on the other side, the last man standing is “old Joe!” Tough as nails, he may stumble now and then, but they can never get him off his feet, whether facing Putin, Kim Jong Un, or Xi Jinping! It’s your choice. That’s what’s at stake!!!
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I am the daughter to my mom Joan and I am her caregiver. Dr. Suraj Kurtakoti who works for two senior homes in Bloomfield called Duncaster and Seabury. My mom had major surgery and now needs ostomy supplies that must be ordered through Medline. I called in an order for the first time through Medline and they in turn faxes over orders for the Doctor to sign. This was back on March 29th 2023, since then the Doctor has signed and filled out the form incorrectly, so Medline had to re-fax new orders to have it filled out saying my mom's ostomy needs to be changed 2 to 3 times a week so that Medicare can cover them. We are now at the end of April and the order still has not been signed and faxed back to Medline. Medline has reached out to the office with no success. I spoke to Maria, Joanne and others that work in the office and all they do is take my information and say they will call me back. Without these supplies the urine will drain all over because there is no way to stop the flow. This Doctors office never calls back and this is how they treat their senior citizens who need their help. Dr. Kurtakoti's office is preventing my mom from receiving her medical supplies that she so desperately needs, it's not right and unethical.
I am the daughter to my mom Joan and I am her caregiver. Dr. Suraj Kurtakoti who works for two senior homes in Bloomfield called Duncaster and Seabury. My mom had major surgery and now needs ostomy supplies that has to be ordered through Medline. I called in an order for the fist time through Medline and they in turn faxes over orders for the Doctor to sign. This was back on March 29th 2023, since then the Doctor has signed and filled out the form incorrectly, so Medline had to re-fax new orders to have it filled out saying my mom's ostomy needs to be changed 2 to 3 times a week so that Medicare can cover them. We are now at the end of April and the order still has not been signed and faxed back to Medline. Medline has reached out to the office with no success. I spoke to Maria, Joanne and other's that work in the office and all they do is take me information and say they will call me back. No one in this office cares about my mom not having a bladder, so the only place the urine can go is in the ostomy bags that is connected through a hole in her stomach. Without these supplies the urine will drain all over because there is no way to stop the flow. This Doctors office never calls back and this is how they treat their senior citizens who need there help. Dr. Kurtakoti's office is preventing my mom from receiving her medical supplies that she so desparately needs, it's not right and unethical.
