tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479355313612291962011-04-21T12:59:32.166-07:00Just experiences from the life of Isidra Person-Lynn.IsidraPLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17703426023221641378noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647935531361229196.post-85155279972870258452008-12-31T16:08:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:22:14.188-08:00

I have a good friend Kevin Ross who advised me that serious bloggers blog over at Word Press. After blogging for the Angel City Classic, I do know that their comment interface is easier to use and every blogger loves comments. So to continue to read this blog, please head on over to www.isidra.wordpress.com. It's a lot easier to type in, eh? Please make a note of it.Oh and, Happy New Year!But!

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Running, as usual but wanted to share these photos from Sister Souljah's booksigning for "Midnight" A Gangster Love Story. This Mom of nine is teaching her kids early about the importance of reading.Jaaye Person-Lynn and Sister Souljah. I gave him her book "Midnight" when I took him to the airport for Thanksgiving and when I picked him up a week later he had read all but the last 41 pages. We

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Yes, Crenshaw Boulevard in Leimert Park is where Black Angelenos go to be together when something major happens--kinda like Harlem West. My student MeLisha B. (a college freshmen) wrote a blog about it, so I give her the guest blog spot tonight: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 My President Is Black "Do you know why it was cold yesterday? People said it would be a cold day in hell before a black

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I was there on Sunday at the Norwalk mecca for voters. I left to get there at 8 a.m. but was surprised that I got there at 7 a.m. because of the end of daylight savings time. (Yes, Sherese, I forgot.) And after almost 5 hours, I got in my car, blasted Usher's "Yeah" down the freeway and grinned all the way home.Of course, I voted for Obama for President. But of the six candidates on the ballot

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Greetings, all!I don't exactly know when it started. I was a writer, you see, and my good friend and USC roommate, Renee, was the photographer. Then all of a sudden, digital cameras came out and I now take the camera with me everywhere.It's like my 9 year-old nephew, who fell in love with my camera, once said: "I've got to click!" He uttered those words when I wrestled it from him one day.My

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I loved this song so much, I had to bring it to you. Thanks to everyone one who came out and supported this great event. See you next year! Missed it? Signup for the mailing list at www.AngelCityClassic.com.

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A Picture's worth 1000 words. Missed it? Go to the website and join the mailing list.www.AngelCityClassic.com.

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I last saw Tina Allen Dec. 5, 2007 downtown Los Angeles at the Cultural Affairs Department.Harold Hambrick and Tina had this idea to erect a life-sized statue of Mayor Tom Bradley right outside the convention center, here where Harold is standing.It was a great meeting, a day punctuated with Tina's vision for what could be--how the late Mayor would stand, how he would be elevated, how she would

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First, when I received this animated picture from Lita Herron, I said "How did they do that?" It's an animated gif --we've seen them a zillion times--but this one makes Barack and Michelle, Hillary and Biden look like they were partying to beat the band!But, that's a story for IsidraGadget.blogspot.com when I can explain how to make your own. It is not as hard as it looks.The title of this blog

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Turn around, and summer's almost gone...Sept. 2, 2008 at West Los Angeles College, we officially kick off the Umoja Village, a special program designed to retain and improve the grades and transfer rates of African American students in community colleges. Yes, we are at the bottom.Here is a link to the website I designed for them and I will be teaching English 21, the class that prepares you for

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No, I did not know Isaac Hayes, but I felt him. Over and over and over again. He had the voice of the perfect man.And that voice was fresh in my head because for the last day and a half, I have been working on a video to be posted for the Angel City Classic, where we were going to have him come and we all would pay tribute to him during the 5th quarter, after the big game on Sept. 27 th.I

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These are the core friends of my son Jarim's (center--on cellphone)...an interesting group that I just want to publicly thank for being there from the 4th grade til today.Although Jarim has four brothers, he chose these "brotherfriends."Other than Duan, his cousin, (second from right) who he has been tight with since birth, the twins--Jemuel (extreme right) and Jamin were constant companions and

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Whoever starts a blog spends the rest of their time trying to find time to update it. But I am here now, cooling my heels in a library in the City of Orange, as I wait for something big to happen. Here are little chunks of my thoughts:Errant Thought: Be among the first to enter to win the Brand Spanking New BMW 1 Series at the Angel City Classic on Sept. 27, 2008. Go to

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Teaching Black History to Young PeopleSo, who is the boss in your house hold? Maybe it is time to take a stand.Dear Parent, is this your Saturday morning? You get up picking up after kids who are furiously wiping out some life form on the video game you worked hard to give them…You don’t want to fuss. You reason, "They are on vacation."You want to take them to Dr. Kwaku’s class, but your child

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Recently, my youngest son came in all aglow saying..."Mom! It's our time! It's the Black man's time. Who would ever think we'd have a Black man running for president, two black governors, the man at the top of golf is black and the team that took the NBA championship was all black with a black coach! In Boston!" As he added Lil Wayne's album success and more, I could not help engaging in his

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Yesterday, Father's Day Saturday, the Big Poppa of our family, Kwaku, was on the air with Jacquie Stephens at KJLH, who was doing her annual Father's Day Special at Derrick's Jamaican Cuisine.The show, produced by her daughter Steja, (go, girl!) featured 4 men who had 19 kids between them. One had 10, one had 5 (that would be Kwaku), one had 1 and I think Derrick has 3. It was delightful to

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Well, Mary Ann Mitchell made her transition last Thursday. She fought the valiant fight--no details for the services yet...the BBA is handling all the information. This is the email we received from them: "It is with great sadness that we share the following information about one of life’s most positive socio-economic change makers, Ms. Mary Ann Mitchell, President/CEO of CC-OPS, Chairperson of

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OK, slow down, Isidra. Stay in the moment. So much going on, all you can do is take it one step at a time.This was supposed to be a post about one topic, but as I write, there is so much going on all I can do is make a list:Recently returned from Dallas to help with the launch of Nature's Essential Ingredients (NEI), a true-to-its-word natural hair products line. It was such a great launch, the

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Let's talk about the Supervisor's race between Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas and Councilman Bernard Parks. This campaign has really ripped apart our community at the seams...reminding me of the bitter race between Yvonne Burke and Diane Watson 16 years ago. Do you remember how divisive that was?But here we are...Bernard Parks, the man many of us fought for most recently because we did not like the

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Folks, this one is long. Come back when you have time! OR SIMPLY VIEW THE PHOTO GALLERY NOWOn Memorial Day Saturday, my son and his friends threw a party for their boyhood friend, Brian Barton, who was recently signed to the St. Louis Cardinals. He was in town to play against the Dodgers. We called it the 54/55 Celebration (54 because that is Brian's number and 55 because it happened to be my

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Yeah, yeah, I know it's now called Comedy Act Planet, but Angelenos have fond memories of the place that made us laugh so hard our faces hurt for days. Michael Williams was the unassuming businessman who founded the theater. He ran into some health problems, closed it and for years looked a bit lost . Now, the picture of health, he finally answered the clarion call for some good comedy--

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Last night, we were glued to CNN, watching this new-fangled telestrator in amazement. All anchors were white and reporter John King, who flawlessly demonstrated the new technology, kept referring to Gary and Indianapolis as largely "African American" areas. He never said that the outlying areas that favored Hillary were "white" or Caucasian" areas, calling them instead simply "rural." They

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This may seem like a "Duh" type question, and maybe it would be better asked "Of the children we witness murdering our children, what or who is leading them to pull the trigger?" But, the question must be answered because the youth death toll is on the rise again.This is a 15 minute piece I produced on Charlotte Austin-Jordan's Mothers on the March event April 20, 2008. Elements of it will be

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I am reading the headlines that presidential hopeful Barack Obama is again distancing himself from his now more famous Pastor Jeremiah Wright.Now that you have said that, Senator, please go back to your stunning offense and hammer away the message that the country President Bush is leaving you to lead is a mess and it is largely because of HIS POLITICS, not his pastor's.Every day another

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Back Story: If you did come here and had a chance to listen, we decided to pull it down, and put up a real one, so stand by for the email with the new episode. I maintain the website www.ourworldpodcast.com so I will share the mic with Kathy Williamson since we work so well together. My World. Her World. Our World. We will try and do them live Weekly.We will again discuss her nonprofit "

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My son was texted this joke earlier. It actually made us laugh out loud: What black man can repeatedly beat a white woman in public and get away with it?Answer: Barack Obama.And so, I bring you to my point about this presidential race via the Internet. The revolution will not be televised, but it will be thwarted on the Internet.My son is recently in from studying this past month in Colorado,

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Walking Tall, The Life and Wife of Walt Walker Executive Producer, Gail Parker who co-directed with Isidra Person-Lynn | 54 MinsI also wrote and narrated it!Join Us Feb. 15 or 16 at PAFF www.waltwalker.comMy co-director, Gail Parker, just pulled off, after having given me one of the biggest "gifts" of my life: My director's pass to the Pan African Film Festival. Not only does it make me one

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What would this world be without the artists in our lives? They see things as only they can and create things that only they can. Unfortunately, school counselors and many parents put a dark mark on artists and suggest these students get a "real" job. That's why too many toil away--unfulfilled, with their creativity ebbing away as each day passes.My sister, Alicia King, is a talented artist,

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And, please, take me with you.5:55 a.m. I really have another cool hour before I have get to up, but all I could think about was how to convince you to go see The Great Debaters. First, I love movies like this: tastefully acted, suspenseful and fulfilling, rich in history, but so dramatic that you don't realize you're learning history. I can't wait to see it again.I really planned to see it when

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Wow...life is happening so fast, I can't keep up. Last Friday, like many who knew and loved Muhammad Nassardeen, I went to the Faithdome and sat and listened to an oral history of Los Angeles through his life and times and his efforts to get us to recycle black dollars.Speaker after speaker got up and told stories that we would otherwise not have known. I enjoyed his personal friends best. They

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Hello all. Yes, I have blogs about various things: the kids travels, my clients. But, this blog is for me and you. There are things that have been my experience I would love to share. I'd like to save you from all the trouble I went through. My area of interest is technology and parenting. I hope there is something you can learn from my experiences.Here's experience #1: No matter how

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