In the Author's Corner with Etienne

Unlike so many murders of unarmed black & brown bodies by police officers, the viral video recording of George Floyd’s modern-day lynching set into motion a Kairos moment in time, the impact of which is still being felt over a year later. 

How/Why did God usher in this season of transformation now? Can God’s Word teach us how to reverse engineer communal violent scapegoating? What role can each of us play to eradicate police brutality? From Scapegoats to Lambs: How God’s Word Speaks to George Floyd’s Murder audaciously confronts these issues stemming from Charles L. Brown Jr.’s unflinching belief that God’s Word is uniquely qualified to preach to &  through the legacy of the suffering of black & brown bodies, & that the Lord has a way of humbling the powerful & empowering the humiliated. 

In adopting what he calls “hood hermeneutics,” Charles joins the ranks of a growing number of unapologetic, black, Christian intellectuals unashamedly challenging the Church to mine the text with ferocious passion until it speaks compellingly to the struggle of those violently scapegoated.

Charles L. Brown Jr., a Baltimore, MD native, is the founding pastor of Family of Faith African Methodist Episcopal Church, in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, & co-founder of The Virgin Islands Alliance for Consumer Justice. Before engaging in consumer advocacy & public policy in the territory, he served as Capitol Hill legislative staff for members of the US House of Representatives & Senate. Afterwards he served as a lobbyist for a national, non-profit called Teach For America. Charles has been an ordained minister in the A.M.E. Church for over 30 years, & after sitting in multiple graduate courses under Dr. Cornel West while matriculating in seminary, he became relentlessly passionate about the nexus between faith & social justice.

Shows his development from boyhood to manhood and how St. Croix shaped and influenced his character, how he learned about trade, the evils of slavery, and how he lost the most important people in his life: his mother and father. The story of one boy’s struggle to survive amidst all odds in a land of sugar plantations, slavery, and smugglers, a boy who would one day grow up to be a Founding Father.

1765: Alexander Hamilton arrives with his family in St. Croix to begin a new life. He longs for the chance to go to school and fit in, but secrets from his mother’s past threaten to turn him into a social outcast and tear his family apart. When he sees a young African slave being tortured, Alex vows to act. He urges his uncle to buy Ajax and promises to set him free. But tragedy strikes when his father abandons the family and his mother dies of yellow fever. Orphaned and alone, Alex is forced to survive by his wits. By day he works in a counting house learning the secrets of foreign trade. By night he reads Plutarch and dreams of fame and glory.

When Ajax is sold to a brutal planter, Alex vows to save him, even at the risk of his own life. With the help of a reluctant slave-catcher, he concocts a plan to rescue Ajax, but when the price for helping a slave run away is torture or death, no one is safe. In this gripping tale, Sophie Schiller re-creates the boyhood of the brilliant boy who would grow up to become a Founding Father and one of America's foremost men. 

Lovers of Pirates of the Caribbean, Treasure Island, and Johnny Tremain will delight in this tropical adventure. 

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I've created this sample studio connection for today at 9:00 am Friday, August 20, 2021 at Philippines time. 

Our studio time is at the same of New York City's time, 9:00 pm August 20, 2021 at Eastern Time. 

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I've created this sample studio connection for today at 9:00 am Sunday at Philippines time. 

 

Our studio time is at the same of New York City's time, 9:00 pm Easter Time.

Shanita Allen served individuals with developmental disabilities for over 17 years in the Tampa, Florida area. She's written a series of 9 children's books, with the first book, Sleep, Tiny Dreamer, a sweet bedtime story inspiring children to reach for the stars to become whatever they want to be, was released in September 2019. Her second book, What is a Dream?,  released in June 2020, introduces the main characters, Ari & her talking dog, Pepper. Ari describes to Pepper what dreams are & reveals the magic formula to create a dream in the whimsical bedtime story that explores the 5 senses.

In the remaining 7 books, titled Let's Go Dreaming, Little Ari & Pepper go on adventures in their dreams, traveling to exciting places, meeting new friends, & learning important lessons about friendship, acceptance, bullying, & creativity. Each book has a matching Coloring Book or Activity book, which can be purchased separately or as a set.

Join the mailing list for updates at www.LetsGoDreaming.com

Please feel free to contact Shanita for more information on Bulk Orders & School Visits. Visit the "Events" tab for updates on the next Author event and Book Signing.

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Robert Schmus, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the Philadelphia-South Jersey area, has utilized therapies, such as CBT, motivational interviewing, & solution-focused therapy. His main focus is to help others dealing with mental health issues & others diagnosed with the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

He works as an advocate for those on ASD, where he's a mentor in public speaking events, & serves on panels & boards. As their advocate, it is his passion because, he, too, has ASD. He helps those who see that they can reach their goals, no matter the obstacles ahead. He’s written articles about autism advocacy.

He wishes to build himself professionally as he moves forward with his career. Building his skills as an therapist takes him on a leadership role & motivational speaking events. As an ASD advocate, he expands his therapeutic skills for those in need of  mental health aid.

If you're a family who feel there's no hope or not sure of the next step is, never fear! Schmus & St Clair are here to help you with ASD & their families. Book Schmus & St Clair to help empower your autistic self, your family, & your community. Through speaking engagements, Schmus & St. Clair presents their autistic self-advocacy based on their own personal experiences being on ASD and provide strategies from those experiences.

Click here for Schmus & St. Clair!  International listeners, click here.

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Country Music legend Freddy Powers, credited with introducing Dixieland Jazz into Country for the first time, is affectionately known as the 'Ol Blue Eyes' of Country Music, according to the L.A. Times, & if you were to "ask country superstars Willie Nelson, George Jones, or Merle Haggard (they'll)...tell you that he's one of country music's best-kept secrets."

That secret is spilled for the first time on paper in Powers' highly-entertaining and emotionally-touching page-turner "THE SPREE OF '83 - The Life and Times of Freddy Powers (with Exclusive Commentary from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard)." Taking readers from the plains of West Texas into the Marine Core in the 40s before winding up in Arlington, TX alongside Willie Nelson as undiscovered artists in the early 50s before Freddy's career as one of Nevada's TOP performing acts exploded over the 1960s and '70s before landing in the studio with Willie Nelson to produce the Grammy-winning 1980 Over the Rainbow album.

His career got even hotter in the 1980s when he joined forces with another country music superstar, Merle Haggard, moving up to Lake Shasta in Northern California, where the 2 lived a truly rock & roll lifestyle on houseboats during the height of the roaring 80s, writing # 1 hit after # 1 hit, including "Natural High," "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room Tonight," "I Always Get Lucky With You," among many more.  Visit the official website by clicking on Freddy's website.  

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My friend & author, Ms April Thomas, is the editor of Pandem Magazine is looking for authors of all genres to be featured in her following issues. They'll be published as an e-zine & a printed copy will be available in all major online retail providers. All vendors & businesses featured in Pandem Magazine will receive free e-copies to gift to clients.

Share this link https://issuu.com/pandemmagazine/docs/pandem_advertising with anyone interested in marketing with Pandem Magazine. Submitting an article is at no cost. Email your manuscript to [email protected] .

My partner, Ms Virginia Castro, states that "the greatest fear of most authors is that, during the translation process, the original meanings they intended to convey might become distorted or even lost. However, the greatest ambition of literary translators is to keep every single detail & nuance of the text so that readers of the translation can experience the same emotions that the original words would incite them.”

Visit Ms Castro at https://linguisticbridges.weebly.com. To have your book translated, whether new or seasoned, email your manuscript to [email protected] where you will be offered a discounted coupon. 

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In August 27, 2011 Tay initiated her blog, Best Piece of Advice with the initial blog, Your body is your resume!! Here’s a synopsis:

“I would love to say our world has evolved to a place where we see beyond someone's physical appearance however, sorry, no cigar!! We still judge, accept, and treat others according to what we see first . . . their visual appearance.  Which is why I say, your body is your resume!! If you take care of your body (i.e., eat right, workout, etc),  present yourself in an aesthetically pleasing manner (clean, well dressed, confident, not a hair out of place) you are more likely to be taken serious and treated with the kind of respect anyone of us should deserve.”

“Now, this is not to say you need to conform to the social norms of our society. However, what harm can looking great do to your self-esteem? Besides, you can always go back to slacking off once you've accomplished your goal, right?"

Click to get Tay's book,Best Piece of Advice, Coaching Your Own Life Workbook .

Click to follow Tay on her Tribute Board, A Tribute: Tay Robson, c. 30 Years Helping People.

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Due to technical difficulties pn the inital schedule on May 2,2021, we invite you to join us Sunday, May 9, at 5:00 pm AST/EST when our highly qualified Translator, Virginia Castro, will talk about the translation of a certain type of texts that has become highly popular in the last decades. This book industry is an $800 million market that’s growing 6% per year. This popularity can be observed not only in particular locations, but we can say that this genre has become a real global trend.

In case our listeners cannot figure out which kind of texts is this to which you are referring we’ll  refer the kind of text. You often read this kind of books.  A great group of authors and specialists, mainly psychologists and anthropologists, started to dedicate a great deal of their time to trying to understand the human mind and the behavior of individuals.

In this genre we will discuss the titles that are of major importance and generally fall into three categories. You don’t want to miss presentation my parter and highly qualified as a translation in English and Spanish.

Chick here to reach Virginia's website.

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