The New Economic Reality

As I arrived at the Pennsylvania Convention Center,a prominent modern building located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia, I noticed two individuals who greeted me at the convention door. Wali Smith, who has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP and active member of its ACT-SO committee ,for several years, and whose wife Kathleen Coleman was its chair, was standing at the door greeting newcomers as they entered. I greeted him and he quickly introduced me to his grand-daughter who was helping him give out the necessary information on the NAACP ACT-SO  competition.        The Act-So competition is usually held at the beginning of the NAACP convention, in fact it had been taking place for about two days before the NAACP Board of Directors meeting .In 1976 , Vernon Jarrett (1918-2004) founded ACT-SO, The Academic and Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympic , a yearlong achievement  program...

Cornell William Brooks is the President and CEO of the NAACP. He has served in that position since 2014. He is an American Lawyer. He began his career as a legal clerk for Chief Judge Sam J. Ervin III, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit .As a Washington D.C. attorney he served a number of posts; he directed the FCC’s Office of Communication Business Opportunities; Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council; a trial lawyer for both the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to joining the NAACP, Brooks led the Newark-based New Jersey Institute for Justice. There he directed the Institutes successful efforts to win passage of three landmark prison reentry bills.             Cornell William Brooks esq is a graduate of Jackson State University  where he earned a BA degree, with honors in political science and a Master in Divinity from Boston University School of The...

                Although I am no longer a Christian and people like me have a tendency to flee from the “the people of the book”. I am in amazement of the enthusiasm of Philadelphia and its environs over the visit of the Pope. The Philadelphia media has begun a manipulation and creative invention of the English language that can only be matched by Ursula K. Le Guin. Popemania, Popedelphia, Popepedia ,Popemobile are among the many invented words celebrating the pope’s coming. There was one article on a local tavern Pub on Passyunk East, nicknamed P.O.P.E. Everybody and everyone seems to be in on the act. The Inquirer has a series of articles that has covered everything from planning, to speeches, routes, ticketing and where the pope will reside during his two day visit September 26 and 27.                 He will give several speech...