"What seems to be the problem Madam?" asked the attendant."Can't you see?" she said " You've sat me next to a kaffir. I can't possibly sit next to this disgusting human. Find me another seat!" "Please calm down Madam." the stewardess replied. "The flight is very full today, but I'll tell you what I'll do-I'll go and check to see if we have any seats available in club or first class. "The woman cocks a snooty look at the outraged black man beside her (not to mention many of the surrounding passengers). style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A few minutes later the stewardess returns with the good news, which she delivers to the lady, who cannot help but look at the people around her with a smug and self satisfied grin:"Madam, unfortunately, as I suspected, economy is full. I've spoken to the cabin services director, and club is also full. However, we do have one seat in first class." Before the lady has a chance to answer, the stewardess continues..."It is most extraordinary to make this kind of upgrade, however, and I have had to get special permission from the captain. But, given the circumstances, the captain felt that it was outrageous that someone be forced to sit next to such an obnoxious person." With which, she turned to the black man sitting next to the woman, and said: "So if you'd like to get your things, sir, I have your seat ready for you..." At which point, apparently, the surrounding passengers stood and gave a standing ovation while the black man walks up to the front of the plane.
I recently sojourned across this story. Although there is no indication as to the truth of the story, but given the setting in which the story takes place, it could be.On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, well-off white South African Lady has found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain about her seating.
In reading the story, Matthew 20:15-16 immediately came to mind: Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
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Move over! Stop touching me! I was listening to that! That's my shirt and I didn't tell you that you could wear it! That's mine! Shut up! You shut up!
I ain't saying she should have done it - but I understand cause sometimes your kids just get on that very last nerve and the only thing you feel you can do without killing them is to put them out. So, I can't pass judgement on Madlyn Primoff who put her bickering children out of the car. I can't even pass judgement on her driving off and not coming back to get them right away. Like I said, I ain't saying she should have done it - but I understand.
When your "bundles of joy" turn into hormone-filled, smelling themselves, flip mouth, you're so stupid, entitlement-feeling, back-talking, know it all, getting on your last good nerve, thinking their grown "demon seeds" - then sometimes you just feel like there is nothing else you can do but to "go there".
But don't get me wrong. The young-SjP's have never done ANYTHING to make me do something like take them to the police station because the stole something or put them out of the house to keep from slapping the taste out of their mouths or pick up the phone to call 'po-po' to come get you before you beat them down to the 'white meat' or contemplate adding them to my decor as a wall hanging. I mean, the young-SjP's ALWAYS do exactly what they are told when they are told. They NEVER talk back or think the know EVERYTHING. They don't have the SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT that so many young folk their age have. They NEVER have their hands out. They are simply perfect and NEVER EVER get on my one good last nerve.
Yeah! Right! Like I said...I ain't saying you should have done it. But, I do understand.
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Back in February, Villager did a post about Black News Junkie, a portal about a year old where you can read posts from Black bloggers as well as submit your own. I’ve been using it for quite a while and have found some very interesting reads.
I’m encouraging Sojourners to show, Imani Mance who is the owner of Black News Junkie, some love. Include BNJ on your blogroll or add a link in the bottom of your posts like we do Technorati, Digg, StumbleUpon, and so on. Cause it’s kind of a shame that when you check out Technorati, BNJ has less than 500 blog reactions with a rank of 24.
With over 1600 Black blogs in the Afrosphere, I’m sure most would agree that BNJ’s numbers should be sky high. C’mon now – let’s show the brotha. And don’t forget to submit your own posts. It’s an excellent way to let your voice be heard.
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The other day, I was listening to CNN's answer to Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. Yes, I know - but, I listen to CNN all day on my computer and keep it on when Lou Dobbs comes on for the background noise. Anyway, Lou certainly has a wild hair up his butt when it comes to "illegal" immigrants. And don't even let me go into Faux hosts O'Reilly and Hannity! If there were ever a need for anyone to take a "chill pill" it would have to be Dobbs, O'Reilly, and Hannity fighting over the bottle!
Anyway, I digress. I was talking about Lou "Know it All" Dobbs. On this particular show, Dobbs was ranting as usual but only this time he was ranting about how the "current Administration" was doing nothing to free Capt. Richard Phillips. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, I thought, "HTH do you know what the current administration is or is not doing to rescue Captain Phillips!"
Well, Mr. Dobbs! Guess what! Captain Richard Phillips is a free man! Yes, the current Administration dispatched the U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue him and to take the pirates out. Just because YOU, Mr. Dobbs, are not on the current Administration's Twitter List or one of their Facebook friends does not mean they they are not taking care of the business at hand? Ooooo! As my mother would say, Mr. Dobbs, you make my butt itch!
Even I knew that the current Administration - like every past Administration has done when American are being held hostage - would devise a plan to rescue him. My only hope and prayer were that the plan would be successful and not a failed attempt. Yet, the US Navy SEALs proved once again that they are no joke by successfully rescuing one of their own and taking out three of the four captors.
But, how much you want to bet that Lou Dobbs will find something wrong with the manner in which the mission was carried out or take credit for "telling" the Administration that something needed to be done to rescue Captain Phillips? And I sure that somehow - someway - he will find a way to tie it all in to "illegal" immigrants.
Lou Dobbs...GET A LIFE! U.S Navy SEALs...congrats for a job well done! The Administation...much obliged! Captain Phillips...welcome home and Happy Easter!
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As many of you are aware, I am a weekly contributor to the Michelle Obama Watch created by Gina of What About Our Daughters. Often a post appears there that evokes much discussion and debate. Such is the case with my most recent MOW post entitled "Alec Baldwin: Show Some Respect". No, I am NOT SIMPLY saying that it is disrespectful or inappropriate for Alec Baldwin to ask the First Lady to appear on the show. And YES, you did miss the point of the post. My point remains the fact that he thought it perfectly okay to do so is a sad commentary on where we are as a society for him to think it appropriate. It is about the fact that we have entered a time when it is considered by many that proclaiming a desire to have sex with a First Lady of the United States; or implying that a President of the United States is saluting something other than a marine; or attempting to delve into a First Couple's intimacy to be good fodder. This is the commentary of which I speak and Baldwin's "request" is just another illustration. One that is so much larger and far less shallow than an actor trying to beef-up his ratings on a sitcom. My exact words were: ...our leaders should not be put in situations where they might be held up for ridicule to the rest of the world no matter how small it may seem. To do so, marginalizes the office held as well as the person holding that office. How you got out of that statement that appearing on such shows ridicules them in MY eyes is beyond me.
Little did I know that the following statement would result in a debate that would take a turn that to what some might perceive as a generational war of words:But, I do know that it is a very sad commentary about our society when it is thought to be a good idea for the First Lady to appear on a sitcom as the love interest of a man who can’t seem to keep a job and known for “declaring that he’d funded a “gay bomb” that makes enemy soldiers want to have sex with each other“.
I have invited the commenter with whom I have had a "lively" discussion to continue the debate here rather than at Michelle Obama Watch; as MOW is not - in my opinion - the place for the level to which I believe our debate was sinking. But, this is SjP's Place where I am more than capable and quite eager to tell MY TRUTH and defend it.
So here are my responses to the last issues or questions posed to me:
1. are you not saying that you think it is disrespectful and inappropriate for Alec Baldwin to ask Mrs. O to appear on the show to play a questionable character, and that it speaks to our society that he finds this is okay to do? (if this is the point you are trying to make, then I did not “miss the point of the post” as you claim)
2. So appearing on Jay Leno, ESPN and shows of this nature ridicules them in YOUR eyes, but not to the eyes of a majority of Americans who tuned in to these shows to watch him, because to me personally, it humanizes him, and does not make him any less “president.”
3. ...So these stale ideas that he should be held on a pedestal is old, and outdated, and im glad he is opening up these new venues for the post.I don't have an issue with the POTUS or FLOTUS utilizing new and innovative ways to connect with the citizenry or the world. Frankly, I am taken aback for your continued charge that I do. This is of course 2009, where the information highway is instantaneous rather than delivered by the pony express. But, regardless of the venue used by the POTUS,the office of the President of the United States will always be on "a pedestal" regardless of who he or she may be.
4. If you are unable to respond to my critisim, then fine, but to blame your inability to respond to my critique on my age, and the implication that I am somehow too young and/or immature to understnad, what you are trying to say is a cheap cop out, and perhaps speaks about you.Your criticism? How interesting. I thought you were attempting to provide an explanation for your opinion. A critique is something that is generally offered by an expert in a particular area or discipline upon request. I did not solicit a critique from you - nor do I consider your comments any more than your opinion. One which you are certainly entitled to. Your opinion, however, is shaped by your life experiences to date which provided me with some context to your frame of reference. No more - no less. It is unfortunate that you felt it to be a cheap cop rather than my understanding, of where you are - your mind set - your frame of reference at this point and time in your life.
Finally, it is truly unfortunate that you took my congratulatory comments for your academic accomplishments as well as those in reference to your age as condescending. Had I wanted to be condescending or "put you in your place" as you imply, my comments would have been much more direct and certainly much more specific. Believe me - I can and will "go there" when and if the situation and circumstances warrant such action. But, our exchange over at MOW was NOT that situation or circumstance. As it is important for me to "leave the pile higher than I found it" to have done, as you contend, would have been contrary to who I am as mentor, educator, mother or even a blogger.
I look forward to your comments.
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Is Bruce Willis officially over Demi Moore (Kutcher) since he "jumped the broom" this weekend? The new Mrs. Willis is actress-model Emma Heming . The happy couple exchanged vows at Willis's home in the islands in the West Indies on Saturday. The whole extended family attended the nuptials which included the Willis children: Rumer, 20; Scout, 17; and Tallulah Belle, 14 and even Ashton and Demi.
Now, "I ain't one to gossip so you didn't hear this from me" - but it certainly seems to me that the former Mr. and Mrs. Willis certainly like their spouses YOUNG. The new Mrs. Willis is 24 years younger than the 54 year old Bruce. And of course we all remember when 43 year old Demi married 27 year old Ashton in 2005.
But, I have a piece of advise for the new groom: even though they look almost identical remember Bruce, your new wife's name is Emma with an "E -a" and not "D-i". Forgetting that could ruin the honeymoon.
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The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday. Who will win the Oscar? Who will loose or who will be robbed? This year, there are two African-American thespians among the nominees. In the Supporting Actress category, Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson, are among a field of five vying to take home the coveted award.
I've not seen either movie for which they've been nominated, but judging from the trailers both seem like they are worth the money to go and see. I have no doubt that both are very worthy of the nomination - and hopefully one of them will win.
Here's a little African-American Oscar trivia for you. There have been 11 African-American actors to win an Academy Award. Can you name them? Be the first to name all 11 - and you'll be the winner of something very special.
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Fight Against these Effigies of Racial Hatred!
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I received this via email the other day, and thought it was both cute and interesting. I'm sure that many of you may have already seen the Chinese Feng Shui Horoscope, but for those of you who haven't, here's your chance to take a few minutes to take this short test. Be honest because it pretty accurate.
Write your answers on paper. Then click the "more of this truth..." link to learn what your answers mean for you and your future.
The Questions:
1. Which is your favorite color: Red, Black, Blue, Green or Yellow?
2. Your first initial?
3. Your month of birth?
4. Which color do you like more, Black or White?
5. The name of a person that has the same sex as you?
6. Your favorite number?
7. Do you like California or Florida more?
8. Do you like a lake or the ocean more?
9. Write down a wish (a realistic one).
The Answers:
1. If you choose:Red: You are alert and your life is full of love.
2. If your initials are:
Black: You are conservative and aggressive.
Green: Your soul is relaxed and you are laid back.
Blue: You are spontaneous and love affection.
Yellow: You are a very happy person and give good advice to those who are down.A-K: You have a lot of love and friendships in your life.
3. If you were born in:
L-R: You try to live your life to the max and your love life is soon to bloom.
S-Z: You like to help others and your future looks very bright.Jan-Mar: The year will go very well for you and you will discover that you fall in love with someone totally unexpected.
4. If you choose:
Apr-Jun: You will have a strong love relationship that will last forever.
Jul-Sept: You will have a great year and will experience a major life-changing experience for the good.
Oct-Dec: Your life will be great, you will find your soul mate.Black: Your life is about to get better. You are more than ready for the change.
5. This person should be your best friend.
White: You have a friend who completely confides in you and would do anything for you, but you may not realize it.
6. This is how many close friends you will have in your lifetime.
7. If you choose:California: You like adventure.
8. If you choose:
Florida: You are a laid back person.Lake: You are loyal to your friends and your lover. You are very reserved.
9. This wish will come true if you send this to 1 person in one hour. Send it to ten people and it will come true before your next birthday. (This was the email instruction for #9)
Ocean: You are spontaneous and like to please people.
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Thursday Thirteen is a fun meme revitalized by Danielle Vyas of ModernMusings.com. The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday.
This week at SjP's, Thursday 13s comes from an idea I got after visiting Raw Dawg Buffalo's "Riddle Me This #7" post. Now if you ain't already read it, I urge you to do so - but with a warning label cause this one ain't for the faint of heart or anyone with a prudish spirit. (lol) Anyway, one of his seven riddles was: Why does it seem that 8 of 10 white bloggers are male, but 8 of 10 black bloggers are female?
Got me to thinking, and I'm pretty sure that he's right on on this one as most of the bloggers on my personal roll are in fact women. So, here's a shout out to all the Brothers out there in the blogosphere to drop your link in the comments. Let's see just how many of y'all are really out there.
Here's the first 13 in no particular order.
3. BlackPerspective.Net
4. The Happy Go Lucky Bachelor.
5. The Field Negro
6.African American Political Opinion
7.Eddie G. Griffin (BASG)
8. The D Spot
9. African American Opinion
10. The Francis L. Holland Blog
11. Notes of This Native Son
4. The Happy Go Lucky Bachelor.
5. The Field Negro
6.African American Political Opinion
7.Eddie G. Griffin (BASG)
8. The D Spot
9. African American Opinion
10. The Francis L. Holland Blog
11. Notes of This Native Son
13. DaddyBstrong
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This week at SjP's, Thursday 13s will present some "Why Come? Questions" I'd like to have some answers to:
1. WHY COME: the Ice Queen can liken herself to be a vicious female dog (aka a bitch) and folks think that's o.k.?
2. WHY COME: the Ice Queen, and others like her, can speak their minds with confidence and defiance and be considered STRONG and if me, and others like me, do the same be considered aggressive, arrogant, uppity, and angry?
3. WHY COME: the Ice Queen gets to determine when she is ready and able to answer questions from reporters?
4. WHY COME: folks all up in arms cause Oprah don't want to have the Ice Queen on her show until after the election?
5. WHY COME: folks think Oprah give one tinkers damn if the boycott her show?
6. WHY COME: the New Yorker ain't done a cover of the Ice Queen shooting wolves from helicopeters and eating mooseburgers?
7. WHY COME: the Republicans don't talk about education, health care, the middle class, or human and civil rights?
8. WHY COME: the Republicans cling to their guns and religion while being bitter toward folks who do neither?
9. WHY COME: the Ice Queen remind me so much of the pitbull with lipstick that I report to?
10. WHY COME: being a POW is considered a qualification to be POTUS?
11. WHY COME: everybody I talk to want Obama to win the election but McCain is ahead in the polls?
12. WHY COME: the Ice Queen's first off-the stump interview was scheduled on the same day her son is about to be deployed and on the anniversary of 911.
13. WHY COME: we talking about all this other crap and not the issues like why is gas STILL so damn high!
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Last night, like millions of Americans, I watched Gov. Palin's acceptance speech. The Vice Presidential candidate's dismissed the impact of community organizers and organizing has had in America. So, I decided to provide Gov. Palin and the rest of the Republican Party a list of 13 community organizers who changed the world.
- Josiah Bartlett
- John Adams
- Stephen Hopkins
- Roger Sherman
- William Floyd
- Richard Stockton
- Benjamin Franklin
- George Read
- Samuel Chase
- Thomas Jefferson
- William Hooper
- Edward Rutledge
- Button Gwinnett
And one more for good measure, John Hancock. Just community organizers started a revolution! Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old SjP ain't got nothing more to say.
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This week I present 13 milestones in my life or that I've witnessed this week:
1. The "Social Butterfly" started college!
2,3, & 4. M. T., the eldest of the young SjPs started her sophomore year in college, announce that she would like to carry on the "pinkies up" legacy, and learned she made the Dean's List last semester!
5. My Mother turned 76.
6. My maternal Aunt, a breast cancer survivor, turned 78.
7. The Olympics in China ended, but the genocide in Darfur continues.
8. The "Social Butterfly" and I saw Carmello Anthony.
9. Hillary Clinton delivered one hell of a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
10. Former President Bill Clinton told the world that Barack Obama was able and capable to be the next President of the United States.
11. The PUMAs were declawed and told to "get over it".
12. Michelle Obama defined herself, her family, and her husband for the entire world in an up close and very personal speech during the Democratic National Convention.
and the ultimate...NUMBER 13: Last night, I watched an African-American, Barack Obama, be nominated by the Democratic Party FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old SjP ain't got nothing more to say.
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Thursday Thirteen is a fun meme revitalized by Danielle Vyas of ModernMusings.com. The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
This week I present quotes from 3 of my favorite movies, see if you can guess what they are...
- Drugs is a dirty business.
- If history has taught us anything. It's that you can kill anyone.
- Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.
- Every family has bad memories.
- I have a sentimental weakness for my children. And I spoil them as you can see. They talk instead of listen.
- When the mind suffers, the body cries out.
- You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy back to me?
- I'd hoped that we could come here and reason together. And as a reasonable man I'm willing to do whatever is necessary to find a peaceful solution to this problem.
- Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement.
- Leave the gun. Take the canolies.
- It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than the power of forgiveness.
- Your sins are terrible and it is just that you suffer.
and the ultimate...NUMBER 13: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!
And if you don't know the names of the movies by now, here's your last and final clue: I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old SjP ain't got nothing more to say.
Now I must admit that when I heard the William Peterson was leaving the original CSI cast, I was shocked and more than a little dismayed. I like him and especially his bowed legs!
O.K., so I digressed a bit.
But, news hot off the wire reports that Laurence Fishburne will play a college lecturer and former pathologist who is focused on why people commit acts of violence. And just like Gil, Fishburne's character also has an interesting twist. Gil had a deep connection to bugs, and Fishburne's character has a deep connection to his work, having a genetic profile has been identified in serial killers. Now, this I got to see at least once cause I'm really not too sure that I like the implication here, so I'll hold judgement until the Fall.
And what about Warrick Brown, played by Gary Dourdan. Although I missed the season finale, my Aunt says that it appeared that Brown was shot in the head right at the end, and therefore presumed dead. Seems that Dourdan is moving on. Good-bye Warrick...Hello Fishburne...Now that's all I got to say about that!
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Thursday Thirteen is a fun meme revitalized by Danielle Vyas of ModernMusings.com. The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
This week I decided to list 13 things that have had me wondering lately.
I WONDER IF:
1. Bush is sorry that he looked into Putin's soul...
2. Cullen had fallen into the pool if he would have been allowed to return to the United States...
3. McCain knows that "Rockie" was a fairy tale in search of "The Great White Hope"...
4. anyone on the Chinese women's gymnastics team has reached puberty...
5. mainstream media will air McCain's ad implying that Obama is the Anti-Christ...
6. John Edwards has stopped paying child support...use to wonder why he smiled so much, but I don't anymore...
7. subscriptions to will EbonicallySpeaking.com increase by I shamelessly promoting it in this post ...
8. the Olympic Opening Ceremony was China's way of telling the world "don't phuque with us"...
9. Russia is telling us "we're baaaccckkk" and "don't phuque with us"....
10. Bush will pardon Marian Jones for taking drugs and Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean for trying to stop drugs from crossing the US border...
11. Salim Ahmed Hamdan was given a light sentence in return for information on Bin Laden's where abouts...
12. the PUMAs will ever stop living in the land of make believe, being angry white women, and finally realizing that Hillary is not - and will not be - the Presidential nominee...
13. Bill will close his Harlem office now that he's snagged his draughs and been dethroned as the first Black president...
and one more for the good of the order...
I wonder if you've gone to Lavenia Johnson.Com to demand that truth about her death...
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Much obliged to my blogging sister, Danielle Vyas of ModernMusings.com, for revitalizing this weekly meme called Thursday Thirteen. The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
Danielle used this meme to recognize her Twitter "friends and followers". I'm so glad to be among her "crew" and in fact, she was the first to begin to follow me on Twitter. Much obliged Danielle, still learning how to make Twitter work for me :>).
Anyway, the last couple of weeks have brought Sojourner's Place several blogging surprises including nominations for the Black Blog and Black Weblog Awards, the recipient of a Rising Blogger Award for the Saggin' Pants post, moving up in Villagers BBR to 114 out of 1329 blogs, and reaching a Technorati Authority over 100! All this, and Monday (8/11) is my birthday! Whoopie! 
So, in coming up with my Thursday Thirteen, I am passing on the second The Emblem of the Helping Hand to 13 bloggers who have shown Sojourner's Place much love and support. Much obliged y'all for all you do! Go here to find out more about the Emblem and how to display it on your site.
Much obliged to each and everyone of you! Couldn't do it without you!
- Adventures in Being
- Black Political Thought
- Ebony Report
- HicktownPress
- Mimi Writes
- ModernMusings.com
- Musings About A Muddled World
- Raw Dawg Buffalo
- SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
- The Synergistic Pen
- UltravioletUnderground
- What About Our Daughters?
- Womanist Musings
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One Christian, African-American, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Professional, Sorority Woman just Sojourning for the Truth and not afraid to tell it!
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Created with the professional African-American woman in mind, the scope of Sojourner’s Place evolves every day. So glad you stopped by and I hope you will be inspired, informed, motivated, and energized!
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