Jeff Johnson provides five areas of learning for families to dive into over the summer months.
In a little less than two weeks George Zimmerman will stand before a judge and jury for murdering Trayvon Martin. As many of you now know, Zimmerman’s attorney’s have released cell phone pictures of Trayvon, that they claim will let the world see the real Trayvon. Well let’s lay that out there for a minute. […]
I want to give a huge thanks to the TJMS family that has sent my family positive energy surrounding the loss of my dad. So many of you showed crazy support of his fight with Cancer and I am humbled and overwhelmed. Tom, this weekend I became honorary Alum of Dillard University when they presented […]
By now EVERYONE has heard about Jason Collins announcement that he is gay. We have seen the tweets of support from everyone from the President and First Lady to fellow ball players. There has been an overwhelming media support that has over the last few years in particular become broadly more gay friend and has […]
So many people are still dealing with unemployment, under employment, and sometimes just hating your job. But there is a language Tom that has the ability if used properly to open doors that no other language can. Its not Spanish, Mandarin, or Arabic. And there is no nationality or ethnicity connected to this language, but […]
This morning I want to talk about something that has become a major part of my and so many other Americans lives. CANCER. Every April the American Cancer Society and other organizations work together to raise awareness about cancer among minorities in honor of National Minority Health Month and this week is National Minority Cancer […]
As I was getting on the Fantastic Voyage I got a call from a dear friend who was distraught because he just lost hos brother in a car accident. But as terrible as the accident and sudden loss of his brother was, he was frantic over the fact that he and his brother had not […]
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr. was credited for this quote and it is used consistently even in 2013. But often it is a cliché more than marching orders to address the reality we face not in 1960’s but today’s America and world. We talk about justice for Trayvon, […]
There are two things that I want to talk about this morning and I need you to help me take action on both of them. First I need to ask you if you know the name Ernest Hoskins Jr. If you do, you know that he was a 21- year-old who worked at a green […]
Many of us have heard about, in some way have an opinion on, or have commented on the rape case in Steubenville, OH where two young men were just sentenced to at least one and two years in the juvenile detention facility for the rape of a classmate. Investigators put together what happened that night […]
Once a quarter I want to take a moment to celebrate some young people who are doing the right thing when we constantly get news about kids doing the wrong thing. Kevin Mondy, Jr, attends Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in Dallas, Texas, starts a 9th grader who starts on the Hillcrest High School LaCross […]