GMW, I think it’s horrific the way the leaders of the House and Senate is Allowing #45 to demean the Oval and put our country in harm’s way, while #45 spends his time on Twitter, instead of dealing with the real issues facing our country and the world; especially China. I hold Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan responsible for #45’s Radical Behavior. Now , It’s a reflects on their lack of leadership; there is no leadership from the Oval Office, only pettiness, childlike behavior and abuse of power. So many of the GOP’s are falling all over themselves trying to justify the negative behavior of #45 and his Alternative Truths’. As for Amoroso, except for the womb she was knitted together in, she could just as easily be the daughter of any mother of color. She did thing we didn’t approve of, even giving up her Black Card. We are the only one who can revoke or return that privilege to her. We denounced her behavior not our love; nor did we label her: A crazed crying lowlife, dog. Number 45 is an insult to dogs, he wants to be the Mafia-Don over the most powerful nation in the world. Running the Oval Office is just too much power for his mind. He epitomizes the Bull in the China Shop. He should be careful about what he wish for others. I’m praying my Democrats Party will concentrate on what the American People really want, and let the GOP finish destroying themselves. • African American Issues Commentary • The 10 Most Pressing Issues Facing 21st Century African Americans
Grandmothers, Mothers and Women (GMW); The Serenity Prayer puts 2018 Midterm Election in perspective for us It says: “God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change; the courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.
We can’t change the fact that Donald Trump is our president; There are things his administration is doing, that we can do nothing about. But, we can determine who gets elected in November, and represent us and our issues and concerns. There are 431 women running for office in 2018; 339 democrats and 92 republicans. It’s up to the rest of us to support them and get them elected.
Listed are 3 of 9 women who won their Midterm Primaries! Will they be elected in November 2018?
Katie Arrington
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Veronica Escobar
Here is a list of all women that are running in November 2018!
GMW MEET WARD 2 CANDIDATES: And, see what ward your precincts is in.
Ward 2Â Â includes the following precincts: Wesley, Suburban Park, Willard, Stuart, Larchmont Library, Larchmont School, Lamberts Point, Park Place, Taylor Elementary, Maury, Ghent Square, and Chrysler Museum.
Manage the collective bargaining process for employees of the district.
Great School Boards members adopt a fiscally sound district budget and pay attention to finances and regularly monitor the fiscal health of the district.Â
Grandmother,Mothers and Women(gmw) of Ward 2 in Particular and The City of Norfolk in general, on May 1, 2018, I hope to see each of you at the polls.
Norfolk‘s Public Schools Board Candidates By Wards and Prescient:Â
The Norfolk Public school board consists of seven members elected to three-year terms. Five seats are up for general election on May 1, 2018.
What do school boards do? The school board’s primary responsibilities are to:
Set the vision and goals for the district
Adopt policies that give the district direction to set priorities and achieve its goals.
Hire and evaluate the superintendent.
Manage the collective bargaining process for employees of the district.
Grandmothers, mothers and women, (gmw). To repeat a statement made by the Bolder Valley School Board in Colorado, ” The most accurate analyst of a student’s achievement in school is not income or social status, but the extent to which that student’s family is able to:
(1) create a home environment that encourages learning.
(2) communicate high, yet reasonable, expectations for their children’s achievement and future careers.
(3) become involved in their children’s education at school and in the community.”
Ward 1- includes the following precincts: Ocean View School, Second Presbyterian, Northside, Titustown, and Granby.
Adele Martin
Nicole Carry
Nicole Carry and Adale Martin are running in the general election for ward 1 of the Norfolk School District.
Ward 2–includes the following precincts: Wesley, Suburban Park, Willard, Stuart, Larchmont Library, Larchmont School, Lamberts Point, Park Place, Taylor Elementary, Maury, Ghent Square, and Chrysler Museum.
Ward 3 includes the following precincts: Rosemont, Lafayette Winona, Norview, Tanners Creek, Sherwood, Ballentine, Lindenwood, Union Chapel, Coleman Place School, Broad Creek, Sherwood.
Ward 4 includes the following precincts: Young Park, Ruffner Academy, Brambleton, Berkeley, Campostella, Chesterfield, Ingleside, Poplar Halls, Easton, Fairlawn, Lake Taylor, and Barron Black.
Ward 5 includes the following precincts: Pretlow Library, Ocean View Call Center, Bay view, Third Presbyterian, Crossroads, Tarrallton, Barrymore, East Ocean View, Little Creek, and Azalea Gardens.
GMW: This is how we can be sure the education in our local public schools meets our expectations. I think a good place to start is by electing effective school board members. Today we meet the 3 candidates for Ward Three .
What do school boards do?
Set the vision and goals for the district
Adopt policies that give the district direction to set  priorities and achieve its goals.
Hire and evaluate the superintendent
Manage the collective bargaining process for employees of the district
Jackie Glass-School Board-Ward Three
What do school boards do?   Â
Great School Boards members adopt a fiscally sound district budget and pay attention to finances and regularly monitor the fiscal health of the district.
Ronel Brewer-School Board-Ward Three
 On May 1, 2018 we want to elect a great school board that will  focus on what is best for all students. They must also focus on student achievements and implementing policies that will ensure success for all students.
Grandmothers, Mothers and Women (GMW), This is how we can be sure the education in our local public schools meets our expectations. I think a good place to start is by electing effective school board members; and today we’ll meet 3 candidates from Ward Three.
What do school boards do?
The school board’s primary responsibilities are to:
Set the vision and goals for the district
Adopt policies that give the district direction to set priorities
School Board Candidate Ward Three
and achieve its goals.
Hire and evaluate the superintendent
Manage the collective bargaining process for employees of the district.
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Great School Boards members adopt a fiscally sound district budget and pay attention to finances and regularly monitor the fiscal health of the district.
On May 1, 2018 we want to elect a great school board that will  focus on what is best for all students. They must also focus on student achievements and implementing policies that will ensure success for all students.
GMW,  We as voters often do not know our elected school board member’s name or responsibilities, and turnout in local school board elections is usually very low. On my May 1, 2018 we are going to change that by being informed and voting with knowledge for the sake of our children and teachers.
Your school board is your community’s education watchdog, ensuring that taxpayers get the most for their tax dollars.
Public education is a $423 billion business.
School boards have taxing authority.
Direct oversight—and responsibility—should not be given to politicians whose first priority is something other than education.
if those schools are not producing, it’s our rights and responsibilities to select new board members who will see to it that our students and our schools succeed.
The Norfolk School Board has five (5) seats up for election, with 12 excellent candidates running. In order for us to do our part in making sure we put the right candidate in those seats we need to really know who they are.
Those seats are in ward 1 thru 4, and today we will meet the 2 candidates in Ward One (1).Â
Our children can no longer afford for us to do business as usual. We have to change the rules, by putting people at the tables to address our issues, and we must hold them accountable. In order to accomplish this we have to be engaged, starting with being at the polls, May 1, 2018. Using the power of our vote.
Grandmothers, Mother and Women (GMW), I’ve been trying to understand why Police Officers are using excessive power when dealing with my children of color.
Target Practice
Starting in New York in 1999, with The shooting of 23 years-old-Amadou Diallo occurred on February 4, 1999. four (4) officers fired a combined total of 41 shots killing him for having a wallet that looked to them like a gun. All four officers were charged with second-degree murder and acquitted at trial. This scenario of my sons and daughters being killed has to stop.
This scenario of my sons and daughters being killed by the police when a wallet or what is now a cell phone, carried by all of our children, but it appears, mine are the only one being killed by excessive force for having something in their hands that appears to be a gun when it is simply a phone.
I’m sure this scenario has not been lost on any of us. When the young man was apprehended for killing the 17 students in Parkland Florida, it was known he had an AkA-15 or 47 but no shots were fired at him. I have observed, as I’m sure everyone else has, when my white sons has been apprehended by the police for the same scenarios they have not been shot at excessively. WHY?
Someone I respect tremendously made an observation this past week regarding The police shooting range equipment. It’s verifiable that standard police and NRA shooting range equipment is the same: A white background with the body silhouette of a black man.
North Miami Police use photos of black teens for shooting practice. The police chief Scott J. Denison says there is nothing wrong with this practice.
Gmw, I think it’s time we advocate for a change in shooting range equipment. Maybe it should be reversed. This will force officers to use discernment, when the practice target looks differently. will officers of color use excessive force?
When some officers see black, they go into shooting range practice, Â and the law exonerates them, because they feared for their lives. Â When their brother of color seem them, they run because, they fear for their lives, and get shot in the back, with a phone in their hands. This is a scary scenario, Â we send our sons and daughters out into the world on a daily basis with their cell phones, mostly in their hands or on their person.
What makes this so difficult, is the 2 white Louisiana officers in the black man’s fatal shooting won’t be charged, even though they had him on the ground face-down, he was no threat to them, other than his black life did not matter.
But, to me and my Black children,†BLACK LIVES MATTER.” AS MUCH AS THE 17 LIVES IN PARKLAND, FL., mattered.  We all hurt for the senselessness loss of our children lives by guns.
GMW, Colin Kaepernick was blacklisted from the NFL because of his stance for black lives matter, and everyone knows it. Has any of you wondered, ” what would have happened to Tom Brady or Eli Manning, had they done the same thing.
Would some owner have found a place for them, quarter -backing in the NFL. I cut my football teeth on Broadway Joe and the New York Jets, became a die hard Jets and football fan. but, 2017 was the first time I didn’t watch football since 1968. It became a bad taste in my mouth.
To all grandmothers, mothers and women (gmw) I’m not trying to play the: “the race card” we just need to realistically look at the Privilege Elephant in the room, plus the one in our Oval Office.
Our children from birth to 29 has a much better view of reality. My generation endured the horrors of the Civil Rights Movement and the war in Viet Nam. We have a generation between us, who supported Bernie Sanders and opted out of voting in 2016 and we got #45.
Now I’m hoping they exonerate themselves and choose a president from their ranks for 2020. We don’t need any more presidents running for office who’s over 65; I’m over 65.
To my White Sisters, Mothers of color, love their children just as much as you love yours, and we fear for them so much more because of the deadly animosity our sons has for each other.
So, what do you think about YOUR SON’S FACE, being us for target practice by N. Miami Policeman’s Department. And all other Police departments and the IRA using a black background and the body of a White Frame as target?
GMW Our sons are afraid of each,  and we have to find a way to save both. We gave them life and brought them into the world. They are  great men in and out of uniform.
The easy access to guns does not help us, or make life easier for them.
Grandmothers, Mother and Women (GMW), I’ve been trying to understand why Police Officers are using excessive power when dealing with my children of color. Starting in New York in 1999.
The shooting of 23 years-old-Amadou  Diallo occurred on February 4, 1999. four (4) officers fired a combined total of 41 shots killing him for having a wallet that looked to them like a gun. All four officers were charged with second-degree murder and acquitted at trial. This scenario of my sons and daughters being killed has to stop. We can’t forget our past mistakes.
This scenario of my sons and daughters being killed by the police when a wallet or what is now a cell phone carried by all of our children but it appears mine are the only one being killed by excessive force for having something in their hands that appears to be a gun when it is simply a phone.
I’m sure this scenario has not been lost on any of us. When the young man was apprehended for killing the 17 students in Parkland Florida it was known he had an AkA-15 or 47 but no shots were fired at him.
I have observed as I’m sure everyone else has, when my white sons has been apprehended by the police for the same scenarios they have not been shot at excessively.
Someone I respect made an observation this past week regarding The police shooting range equipment. N. Miami. cops use photos of black teens for shooting practice. North Miami Beach police chief Scott J. Denison says there is nothing wrong with this practice.
It’s verifiable that standard police and NRA shooting range equipment is the same: A white background with the body image of a black man.We have to change this picture.
Gmw I think it’s time we advocate for a change in shooting range equipment; Maybe it should be reversed. This will force officers to use discernment, when the target practice looks differently.
When they see black they go into shooting practice range, and the law exonerates them. Isn’t that a sad scenario that we send our sons and daughters out into the world on a daily basis with their cell phones in their hands or on their person.
What makes this difficult is those 2 white Louisiana officers in the black man’s fatal shooting won’t be charged, even though they had him on the ground face-down, he was no threat to them, other than his black life did not matter. But to me and my Black children,†black lives matter.”
Colin Kaepernick was blacklisted from the NFL because of his stance for black lives matter, and everyone knows it.
GMW Our sons are afraid of each and we have to find a way to save both. We have great men in and out of uniform. The easy access to guns does not help us.Â
Grandmother, mother and women (gmw), On This 34th day of Lent, Number 45 is really showing where is loyalty lie. He congratulated a Russian dictator on his reelection disregarding America’s alliance to the UK,  the direction of his cabinet and country.
Action Speaks Louder Than Words
He looks like a traitor to America because, it appears, as if Mr. Putin has something on him, whatever that is, it’s appears to be more important than his country and the American People.
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell, Heads  of the house and senate are beginning to behave as if  Mr. Putin has something on them, or is it they are afraid of their base. I can understand them listening to their base because  it  gave them a majority in the house and senate, even though it was with the aid of gerrymandering.
Mr. Trump on the other hand, base is not enough to win in any national election. The  Electoral College of 304 votes put him in the Oval Office but that will never happen again. I’m hoping it never happens again for any Presidential Election. His base vote was only 62 million against 65 millions  popular vote, America’s choice.
GMW: These views are mine regarding the Electoral College.  I’m not trying to speak on your behalf in this particular case. I know I sound like Donald Trump with his “Birtha Theory,” perusing the idea that Barack Obama was not born in America;  when the rest of the country had moved on satisfaction. My argument that number 45 got in the Oval Office by 304  votes of the electoral college is valid, based on our constitution. If I’m wrong, I would greatly appreciate someone enlighten me.
To the leaders of the house and Senate, the country is looking to you, to stand up for America. We charged you  to ensure, Mr. Mueller has no interference from number 45 regarding his instigation and they should take leadership insuring he is not fired.    Mr. Trump’s  treasonous behavior again America calls for impeachment proceedings. Now! Mr. Ryan and McConnell, you need to use the pot or get up off it.  You are allowing the swamp to overrun the land.
We will continue praying for our country, while getting involved in our community, There are 475 women running for office in the 2018 election. We must be ready  to use our power effectively  to bring unity and Bipartisan Leadership to America in November 6, 2018
