My Truth: Congratulations America!
By Cheryl SmithPublisher To say I was anxious on this election day, January 5, 2021, would be an understatement. Sure there have been other elections where I have truly felt …
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My Truth: Oppressors v. Oppressed
By Cheryl SmithPublisher How do we end this year on a positive note? Can we be optimistic about the future? How do we keep from drifting into a fit of …
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My Truth: Miss Opal
EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally ran unedited in May 2019. Mrs. Opal Johnson Smith passed December 27, 2020 and we remember her with fondness as others will. “My friends ask what do I see …
Read More My Truth: How About Every Day?
By Cheryl SmithPublisher On a call recently we were celebrating birthdays and someone asked everyone to share their best Christmas memory and what they are grateful for today. The stories …
Read More My Truth: How to Be a Good Parent
By Cheryl SmithPublisher I can still remember cozying up to my mother and feeling her smooth arm pressed against my cheek. I didn’t have a care in the world because …
Read More My Truth: Be Smart–Faking Don’t Make It
By Cheryl SmithPublisher Recently I was privy to two calls where very critical information was shared. One conversation involved information the world needed to hear regarding COVID-19; even though I …
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Diagnostic Center’s Grand Opening Comes in Time for Surge in COVID Cases
By Cheryl Smith Publisher Colleen Payne Nabors had a vision and little did she know that when she founded MCI Diagnostic Center, the world would be facing a pandemic that …
Read More My Truth: United We Stand
By Cheryl SmithPublisher I was so happy when I received Alayna’s text message. I was already planning to call her and her sisters, Annya and Ayanna, because even though I …
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The Black Card: Big Mama Voted Against Jim Crow. We Only Have a Pandemic! What is the Problem?
By Terry AllenCEO 1016 MediaFounder, Sister CEO Small Business Camp As a young child, with my siblings, we lived in a house built by my grandfather and grandmother. My grandfather …
Read More My Truth: Heavy Sighs
By Cheryl SmithPublisher Jonathan Price has become another hashtag. I listened to his mother’s cries and my heart felt heavy. We’ve heard the cries too many times. TOO MANY! Which …
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