"Cooling Well Water: A Collection of Work By An African-American Bipolar Woman" is a candid look into the world of mental illnesses. Agnes B. Levine comes forth with much courage and bares her soul deeply about living with an incurable brain disord ...
Posted Sunday, February 15th 2009 at 9:02PM
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WHAT: Meet the CEO and Author, Joan Gosier, as she discusses with Swaggie Coleman HBCU Kidz and her upcoming book, "Cotton Pickin' Paycheck." This is quite an insightful, wisdom-packed relaxed interview at http://swaggiecoleman.blogspot.com.
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Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 1:16PM
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WHOA~! What a week of spinning emotions when Mr. Dascle
withdrew his nomination for the top Healthcare position. He was truly a man who could do the job. However, I believe we all respect his decision and President Obama's acceptance of his nomin ...
Posted Sunday, February 8th 2009 at 7:15PM
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He loves me, he loves me not! Boy, do I wish love was easier without Bipolar than with it. Trust me, love is love when it is reciprocated no matter if you are the healthiest individual or imperfect like the rest of us. The bottom line is that love ...
Posted Saturday, February 7th 2009 at 9:56PM
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The reality of love and brain disorders is that spouses or mates must accept the brain disorder and not fear it or the stigmas. Here are some tips to help a mate or spouse of a person with a brain disorder:
1) Learn everything you possibly can ab ...
Posted Saturday, February 7th 2009 at 9:52PM
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According to an article by Marian Wright Edelman and John Kirsch (full cite below), President Obama is righting one egregious wrong of President Bush who vetoed S-CHIP two years ago by signing into passage S-CHIP. Unfortunately, much more is needed ...
Posted Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 at 9:24PM
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S-CHIP UPDATE: What (Was) All The Fuss About? (Amended Post)
What is S-CHIP? S-CHIP is legislation introduced in the (S)enate under the Bush Administration and promised to be finally signed into passage by President Obama. When ...
Posted Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 at 8:07PM
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I had the awesome pleasure of participating in the Obama Healthcare Advocacy Summit held on Saturday, January 17, 2009!
With all the hustle and bustle of people arriving from around the world, Washington, DC was in full Inauguration set-up mode. ...
Posted Friday, January 30th 2009 at 1:43PM
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It is such a pleasure to inform you all of this wonderful event! I participated in this event last year and I am a much better African-American because of it.
We often speak about how we want to get more involved with improving our communities. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at 9:36PM
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I had to make my contribution to the recording of the life-altering Inauguration experience.
I decided to spend Inauguration day with my 28-year-old daughter, her 32 year-old-girlfriend, her girlfriend’s 7-year-old daughter, and my mother who is 6 ...
Posted Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at 8:49PM
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I had the pleasure of reading my book proof one last time last week. It was a liberating and proud moment.
I began reading the book proof and smiling at the beautiful lay out work. I must have read this about a million times between first writin ...
Posted Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at 7:58PM
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Now, I purchased the now famous red, blue, and white Obama Yes We Did stickers. They are removable and very nice. I only ordered 20 and I inserted them in my Christmas/Kwanza cards and each and every person called me to thank me for the beautiful g ...
Posted Tuesday, January 27th 2009 at 4:15PM
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Social Security 101:
If you have been diagnosed with a brain disorder such as Bipolar, Schizophrenia, ADHD, Chronic Depression, you may be eligible for Social Security Benefits.
A permanent disability such as a brain disorder may prevent you fr ...
Posted Monday, January 12th 2009 at 7:02PM
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RACE YOU ALL TO THE NEWSTANDS FOR THIS LIMITED EDITION HISTORIC EDITION.....Barack Obama will be featured in a special edition of Spider-Man. Having stated that he is a long term fan of the comic book series, the people over at Marvel are adding the President-Elect as a character in an upcoming ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 11:38AM
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"To: CNN, Fox News, MSNBC
While this started as a drive to get cases of missing African American Women and other women of color more air time on cable and news it is now a mission to get missing women of every ethnic group, race, or religion mor ...
Posted Saturday, January 10th 2009 at 11:09AM
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Oh, boy, what a lot of stuff in my mailbox this week about the Inauguration Ceremony, etc.
I thought I would try to give you a nice, neat, tight package of good information.
1) The road to the White House Gospel Station is Heaven600 (AM) and/o ...
Posted Saturday, January 10th 2009 at 10:20AM
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HEALTHCARE, LABOR, and other topics from Environment to Immigrations will be on the Program for the Obama Advocacy Summit!
Of course, Healthcare is my passion so I will be jumping in with other grassroots organizations, advocates, Obama supporters ...
Posted Thursday, January 8th 2009 at 6:46PM
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Hey Everyone,
I could not figure out how to do this in the invites, etc. so pardon me for letting you know in this way.
I am on the Obama Healthcare Advocacy Team and I will be adding great stuff to my blogs for the future to keep us in the kno ...
Posted Sunday, January 4th 2009 at 9:21AM
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amen? AMEN!
Hey folks, I just landed back in town to discover I am a recipient of a 2008 Top 20 BAN Award -- Halleluia-er!
What an honor it is to receive this Award and before you hop on over to Swaggie's Voice at http://swaggiecoleman.blogs ...
Posted Saturday, January 3rd 2009 at 6:42PM
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This is for me an interesting question that comes up all the time. There are so many people who have a deep faith in God and I am absolutely one of them.
I believe that through God, I can do anything. However, I went through a period of Christian ...
Posted Thursday, January 1st 2009 at 1:54PM
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I am so grateful to be able to share this true story with everyone. One of the blessings of the Holy-days is having the opportunity to see family and friends you may have lost touch with for some reason or another.
Well, I ran into a family membe ...
Posted Saturday, December 27th 2008 at 8:14PM
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Please join me in congratulating Mr. Brown as this year's 2008 Image of God Award recipient sponsored by Levine-Oliver Publisher and hosted by Swaggie Coleman at Swaggie's Voice (http://swaggiecoleman.blogspot.com)!
Mr. Brown publishes the outstan ...
Posted Friday, December 26th 2008 at 2:12PM
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Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa fellow authors!
The second annual 2008 Image of God Award virtual ceremony begins today at 8. Please stop by any time to enjoy the ceremony and leave your congratulatory comment for this year's winner! The winne ...
Posted Thursday, December 25th 2008 at 5:07AM
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A key factor in any person's success with a mental illness such as Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, ADHD, PTSD, etc. is to walk beside them all the way. So, according to the International Foundation on Education on Depression, here are some tips ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 10:11PM
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In less than a week, Christmas Day will be upon us. It will be a special time when folks will open gifts and laugh and gather around the dinner table with friends and family! All kinds of delicious foods and treats will be passed around and for som ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 9:14PM
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