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"TALK-STRAIGHT"

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July 27, 2018 ?OPEN MIC? with 2018 Senate District 19 Candidate RUEBEN DOCKERY Topic: Just What Does ?Criminal Justice Reform? Mean? My participation in community based discussions, debates with other candidates for... more

Part Two: The Mind The one thing that comes natural for all youth - is to display youthful energy and enthusiasm. When their natural drive lacks guidance and focus it has the potential to be a most destructive and negative force in society.... more

Tuesday Night - Part One: The Body The one thing that comes natural for all youth - is to display youthful energy and enthusiasm. When their natural drive lacks guidance and focus it has the potential to be a most destructive and... more

July 20, 2018 ?OPEN MIC? with 2018 Senate District 19 Candidate RUEBEN DOCKERY Topic: How Can I be heard as a Constituent? There is a popular misunderstanding among many voters nationally. The misunderstanding is that... more

The ?Talk-Straight? podcast show was inspired by years of research and outreach to young men who were lost and desperately in need of guidance. Over two years ago now, the host Rev. Dr. Rueben Dockery and his co-host, Pastor... more

Culture is defined as the wife of life for a people. There are many cultural expressions that define and distinguish various lifestyles. One major cultural trait is music. For people whose lives have been shaped by the Urban American... more

July 13, 2018 ?OPEN MIC? with 2018 Senate District 19 Candidate RUEBEN DOCKERY Topic: How to Survive Nashville's Rising Economic Tide! Not too long ago, during our May 1-2, 2010 Flood, Nashville received more than 13 inches... more

While in a Birmingham, Alabama jail cell, in 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., pinned a historical letter. He entitled it ?Why We Can't Wait?? Motivated by the national presence of social economic inequity and oppression all across... more

Perhaps one of the most important conditions to maintaining unity of a group of people is ?Trust?. However, in order for trust to exist there must be instructions in common identity, vision and prosperity. The latter is best achieved via cultural... more

As social beings we learn most of our behaviors from observing others. Sometime the lesson is totally unconscious in nature. When the young are poised to trust the old, they have the best chances of avoiding past pitfalls. However, when the... more

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