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I’ve missed you all. Yep, I’ve been away for a while but I’m here and will be back to updating weekly. This is a one-man show I do the recording, editing, writing the scripts, on top of streaming, by the way if you aren’t following me on Twitch,tv/escapingthmatrix you’re missing out on a good show, and working a full-time job. Things at work started to get busy so had to take a break from the podcast but I am back and back around election time. In this segment, I’m welcoming back my CoHost Tamika Day to have a discussion about “Does My Vote Matter?” Love you all enjoy.

In this episode of "Real Talk and Conversation with Today's Candidate" I welcome my guest Emily Leslie.  "Emily is different from most of the people who run for office. She was raised by a family who believed in serving their neighbors. Her grandparents were teachers, and her parents were social workers. Public service is in Emily's blood. In her house, she believes in the community. She believed in standing up for the needs of the community. That’s how she was taught, and that’s what she still believes.

Emily grew up living with a disability and raise a child who lives with a learning disorder. She knew she needed advocacy and to be an ally who would fight for people's rights. So Emily decided to pursue a career in Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and Addiction Recovery.  Over the years, she has helped people in crisis. She has fought for human rights. She has organized for a more representative democracy with progressive organizations, It has been a long, satisfying career for her.

Our elected officials keep themselves distant from these daily struggles. That has to end."  Thank you for tuning in.

Welcome back to Love and Gaming, in last week’s episode Alecia and Conor gave us an insight into how they met one another and what got them into gaming. There is always a beginning to a story and a mission yet taken until we have the courage to ask about the quest. Love is just that a quest that we embark on that has tons of side missions, sometimes frustrating, sometimes items you have to grind out for in order to attain but as you make those long journeys it helps in having a partner by your side willing to take up the sword, learn a new spell and help you in battling enemies called life. Stay tuned as we further discuss what games they play together and if gaming and love are actually worth the journey itself.

In life, there are some of us who find joy and comfort behind the machines that all of us use daily. It is a means to disconnect from reality and plug into a new one taking on experiences that don’t exist in IRL. In this new world when you’re traversing new landscapes, building new towns, slaying bosses, grinding out for new gear, and going on a massive hours-long raid you find once the smoke has settled and you’re finally able to stretch that sometimes if you aren’t with someone it can be lonely. Now, most protagonists start off their journey maneuvering around stories alone but shortly towards the end they find that someone. That special king, or Queen, to rescue. In this 2-part podcast, we’re going to explore just that “Love and Gaming”, so sit back and relax and listen to my two special guests and they talk about their quest in finding one another.

In this episode Tamika and I are discussing the Journey Ahead after losing two civil rights icons, Congressman John Lewis and C.T. Vivian.

In this episode of tech talk, I welcome my Guest a Cell and Molecular Biologist Doctor Clement Bolton II as we discuss Covid-19. In this episode, we discuss what Dr. Bolton’s specialty is in, how he got involved in Science, and could this pandemic have been predicted. We also discuss what some of the consequences are if we get it wrong with fast-tracking the vaccine and what is the best plan going forward for getting kids back into school. Thank you all for tuning in, I’m excited for the next episodes coming this week.

This week's episode features my special guest "Divasista" in PTG.tv tech talk.  We discuss Game Master and what this role entails, the fun parts of this job, and how we encourage everyone to get involved in some form of technology.  I can honestly say being involved with technology over the course of my 20 years has taught me a ton of lifeskills from leadership development, speaking in front of large groups, team building, customer communication, and lots more.  I encourage everyone to learn all they can about tech as a secondary skillset so that we become more creators than users.  I want to say thank you all for tuning in to the first tech talk episode, stay safe out there, and as always Happy Podcasting!

In this segment of “Real Talk and Conversation with Today’s Candidates” I am talking with former Candidate for Gwinnett Sheriff Floyd Scott. In these heightened times of tension with police, it was only befitting to bring on a candidate who was running to represent Gwinnett County as Sheriff and who is also a retired police officer to discuss his opinions on what’s taking place and to talk about his run for office. Floyd’s passion for law enforcement started as a teenager. What inspired him to get into law enforcement was an encounter he had when he was younger with a police officer which lead to something positive and the officer letting him and his friends go with some life lessons to take away from it. From that point on Floyd knew he wanted to serve and protect and put himself in a position to not only help the community but also serve as a leader for his country. He joined the military and retired honorably but the next step in life came at now moving into being an asset to the community through law enforcement. Floyd served 40 years in law enforcement and with his experience and knowledge, he decided it was time to run for office and work towards changing things at the top in Gwinnett County. I want to thank him again by joining me on this program to talk about his experience and hopefully have him back to talk about the steps going forward and how we can create a better relationship as a community with law enforcement officers.

Welcome to another episode of PTG.tv this is your host Antonio Hicks aka EscapingTheMatrix! In this week’s episode of The Road to Black Economic Development we’re going to talk about Positioning Yourself for Greatness during the pandemic. Joining me back on this episode is my co-host Tamika Day. When we look at how this pandemic has affected an individual’s household it really has affected some of us that were comfortable and complacent in our jobs and our lives. With the unemployment rate expected to hit nearly 20%, with 20.5 million jobs lost in April and millions more to be shown in May data.

How could you, or I, have positioned ourselves to survive a storm such as this and/or what are the steps going forward?  Yes, we’ve added more jobs back but at what cost and is the industry you work in one of the sectors adding in new jobs? We’ve seen jobs added back in “Leisure and Hospitality”, “Construction”, “Education and Health Services”, “Retail Trade”, “Financial Activities”, “Other Services”, “Manufacturing”, “Professional and Business Services” etc, etc, etc. Whereas the jobs we are losing come from “Government”, “Information”, “Mining and Logging” and “Transportation and Warehousing”.

Most of the new jobs barely pay the cost of living while a number of them that pay well only added in a small overall percentage with the loss of work in those sectors being in the millions. So what’s the plan and what can you tackle to help in mitigating your loss because I understand if people aren’t working then they aren’t spending and thus companies aren’t making money but I have seen where even the companies not making money are also paying out millions to executives, therefore, that should be a clear reminder that if you’re a worker bee you aren’t important to those up top, sorry.

In this episode, Tamika and I are going to discuss ways we are preparing ourselves and the tools you can use to set yourself up for any future storms.

I’m giving my Co-Host a break on this episode because I want to do a brief history lesson to those who don’t know about Juneteenth, don’t worry she’ll be back as we move into a topic on real estate and land ownership to hand down to the next generation and how we were denied that which further set us back in generational wealth. In this episode, I’m going to venture off a little and talk about what started the Road of Progression and that’s going back to the beginning June 19th, 1865. Enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were told they were free 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and that’s partially due to Texas having minimal Union Troops there to enforce the new Executive Order. With the surrender of General Lee in April 1865 and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, forces were finally able to overcome the resistance.

That point alone is baffling to me in trying to understand how individuals who will tell Mexicans that they lost the war and just get over it because their land was taking away from them are the same ones who celebrate the Confederacy and their heritage even though they themselves lost and celebrate a terrorist faction. Yes to go against the government in order to fight for your own personal belief is a form of terrorism. If you don’t know please read into how Mexico initially owned present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico until President James K. Polk decided he wanted to take it away from them. So yeah “Make America Great Again” right but let’s get back to Juneteenth.

Even after being free families had no-where to go but felt as though freedom was better than staying on a plantation. Now in my opinion I believe slaves should have been given land just as whites were when they broke their agreement with native tribes and stole land from them. If slaves can help build a community then a community should have been established that was given to them. Never-the-less with no destination in mind, some headed North because it represented true freedom to them. When it comes to festivities and celebrating Juneteenth there was a traditional set of activities that we all partake in today such as barbecuing, baseball, etc. Now per history, it says there were rodeos but being from the South I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a rodeo at one of our celebrations lol but that’s not to say it didn’t happen in earlier times because I do know some black horse riders.

The biggest thing I like is that during almost all celebrations education played a major part and so did self-improvement; guest speakers and elders would be called out to drop knowledge on historical events and things of the past. Prayer services were a major part as well as we believed if it was for our religious beliefs we don’t know how we could have made it out of our troubles.

Dressing up was another part of celebrating Juneteenth because laws were put into place prohibiting slaves from being dressed up so of course after emancipation some slaves tossed their old garments into the river and adorned the clothing of their former masters. That right there is something in itself is asinine, who creates a law to tell someone they can’t dress up. I mean can you imagine but with all the Karen’s and Tom’s causing so much confusion bothering people where they live, while sitting by the pool, cooking out in a park, accusing babies of groping them, or just getting mad because they think you’re guilty of something I can believe just that.

A resurgence of the celebration of Juneteenth is coming back with institutions like the Smithsonian, the Henry Ford Museum amongst others sponsoring Juneteenth centered activities.