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How To Turn Your MOTIVATION From Zero To Hero

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Motivating is the most powerful piece to your drive; without it, you have none (drive). Merely thinking about the people you want to meet, places you want to go, and the things you want to do won’t happen if an action or some kind of movement is not taken. Almost every young person I work with has a dream, something they really want; However, few have a plan or vision for how they will attain it.

In my work at PIMOSH, which is an acronym for People Involved in Motivating Our Students Higher. So, you know how many motivating means to me – It’s our middle name.

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This week’s Chosen Visionary in the HOT-Seat is an example of all things motivation fueled by faith and self-determination. From her earliest of days, she didn’t feel challenged by any of her teachers; then finally special People Involved in Motivating Our Students Higher (PIMOSH) showed up and because of the relationships built with positive adults and peers, she has dedicated her life to motivating other Black and Brown students all over the world.

Rev. Dr. Tarin Hampton, Professor at Norfolk State University on Turning Motivating from Zero to Hero in the HOT-Seat. Join us Thursdays, 9:30 PM (EST): http://urban-academics.hubspotpagebuilder.com/ua-roundtable-reservation

“Fina A Way; Or Make a Way!

Rev.Doctor Tarin Hampton (Norfolk, VA)

This Week In The HOT-Seat

Rev. Dr. Tarin Hampton (Norfolk, VA) has been a University Educator for over 30 years. She earned her Ph.D. in Expository Preaching in 2011 from Faith Evangelical Seminary, Kumasi, Ghana, and her Ed.D is in Educational Leadership, completed in 2002 from Clark Atlanta University. She is a Full Professor at Norfolk State University and the Department Head for the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science. She served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, West Africa on a Sabbatical Contract invitation for almost 3 years, and was instrumental in collaboratively establishing the Dance Major in the Department of Music, which is now the Department of Music and Dance. She maintains her connections to UCC as an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Arts as a Dissertation Advisor. She is a two-time recipient of a Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship (2000 – Morocco and Tunisia, and 2008 – Ghana, West Africa). She has participated in and organized numerous Community Service Projects and Educational Conferences throughout her teaching career. She is serving as our Academic Advisor for Life Changes Ministries, Kumasi, Ghana.

Notable Accomplishments

  • Award (2016): National Leader of the Year from Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance National Dance Society
  • Award (2015): Minority Leadership Awards – Shape America, formerly the AAHPERD National Association American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
  • Black College Dance Exchange – 13 HBCU’s that have dance companies and a yearly conference
  • Dance Commissioner for the International Alliance for Health, Physical Activity, and Sports
  • Praise Dance Ministry – Shilow Baptist Church, Norfolk – Pastor Keith Ivan Jones
  • President-Elect of National Dance Society
  • President of National Dance Society – Coming Soon (2021)

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When this Chosen Visionary is simply Lady Tarin, she enjoys what she does best, dancing working out and working with students at Norfolk University. What a blessing she is, and she will be listed in the Urban Academics Speaker’s Bureau launching January 2020!

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Who should attend? Administrators, Educators, Child Advocates, Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Mental Health Professionals, Parents, Students, Upward Mobile Professionals, School Systems Interested in Change, Teachers, and any People Involved in Motivating Our Students Higher (PIMOSH) Affiliates.

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Patrina Reddick, MSW in the "HOT-Seat" on Why Most Programs Fail, and What Help is Available to Parents During COVID. Thursdays at 9:30 PM (EST)

Patrina Reddick, MSW in the “HOT-Seat” 3 Reasons Why Most School-Systems, Students, and teachers Fail – Help for Struggling Parents During COVID

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This week in the “HOT-Seat,” a special guest from Charlotte, NC, is helping parents during COVID with a few tips on why most schools, students, and teachers fail during a candid conversation about parenting black, brown, poor, and other kids living the inner-city urban experience in America.

As a creative Executive Director, The PIMOSH Network, and Social-Entrepreneur, she has found herself serving children & families directly on the front lines for years while working alongside administrators, local, county, and state officials, a collaborator, contractor, partner, sponsor, and/or vendor.

If you’re a working parent of young kids looking for answers around education, jump in line. The administration didn’t wait until the last minute, and it simply allowed deadlines to lapse.

“People Involved in Motivating Our Students Higher, the acronym for PIMOSH. Providing educational services has been ebbs & flows, peaks and valleys, and ups and downs. However, we are still here keeping relevant through the youth we serve. Involving folks in the decision-making process is a guarantee for success! “

Patrina Reddick, MSW

It’s only because PIMOSH implemented work-based learning opportunities as part of the implementation plan, countless teens got their first paid jobs, opening doors for more programs to do the same – Hire Teens! Ms. Patrina enjoys working mostly with high-achieving juniors, seniors, and undergraduate college students.

Helping school systems, state departments, and federal initiatives with educational mandates, especially those targeting black, brown, poor, and other students living the inner-city urban experience, is Ms. Patrina’s mission.

For example, in CT Raise, the federal government mandated the Grade Initiative that every child in foster care was on grade level or needed an academic plan. One phone call from Juvenile Justice and Ms. Patrina was working on the program before other departments had ever heard of the mandate.

Most after-school programs offer a tutorial program, or at least they should = After-School. Believe it or not, very few provide these services, and even less even know what an academic or educational intervention is.

This is a specialized service more than a tutorial or lame attempt at getting the unruly kids back on track. It’s more like an intervention for students (k-12) experiencing fight or flight. This student may be absent, always late or missing assignments, and never turning in homework – This Student is Failing!

Working over 20-years on the front-lines with children and families from all walks of life. PIMOSH, the service, has been tried, true and consistent in academics through arts, education, expression, and technology.  She’s in the “HOT-Seat” tonight, providing help for parents during COVID.

Patrina Reddick, MSW, Executive Director, The PIMOSH Network

Patrina Reddick, MSW is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of The PIMOSH Network, Creator of Crunch Bunch Kids & Urban Academics, Writer of “No Slack Barack: How President Obama Saved My Life (Due out Fall of 2020)”   takes the “HOT-Seat” with Help for Parents During COVID, and why some schools, students and teachers fail?

3 Reasons Why Schools, Students, and Teachers Fail

  1. Environment
  2. Whether You Get Chosen
  3. Be Ready

On tonight’s call, Ms. Patrina will answer these questions and more at the Urban Academics Roundtable, Thursdays at 9:30 PM. Pull up a seat and join folks from all over enjoying intellectual talk around educating black, brown, and poor kids living the inner-city urban experience.

Today, Ms. Reddick dreams of partnering with existing programs from everywhere, providing Tutorial & Mentoring Services. You could be up and running in as little as 30-days. Furthermore, training supervisors and youth workers of existing programs and services are nothing more than a full circle.

She was part of the first published team through the Readers Digest Fund for Best Practices for Youth Development at YALE University School of Medicine, The Consultation Center, (1997-99). Kaye Harvey, Co-Moderator at the Urban Academics Roundtable, was also published on the same team.  

Folks call Ms. Reddick when they need something done the first time correctly – She gets the job done. If you know your outcome, she will facilitate you there, beginning to end. However, during COVID-19, there is no time to re-invent wheels. Parents need help now!

“What if parents had no idea what was even happening with their child’s school? Most inner-city folks can’t find an apartment in months (with section 8), let alone over-haul the entire school system. Who is ultimately responsible for educating our children? Parents everywhere need help during COVID, and $1,200 should not stimulate anyone.”

Patrina Reddick, MSW

If parents in your area need help during COVID, CallPIMOSH Toll-Free: 844.474.6674, or Email: psreddick@urban-academics.com

Patrina is driven, positive, and self-motivated. However, she was born on August 1st, which makes her astrological sign an LEO. When Queen Patrina is not working, she is dancing, shopping, and swimming with Miley & Moe.

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MLK - Is the Dream Important Today?

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Is Dream Important Now?

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MLK - Is the Dream Important Today?

MLK – Is the Dream Important Now?

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. is surely the most famous black person of all time – no debate.  A staple of a figure around the world African American icon in US History. It’s the one holiday in the country named for a black person, and for good reason. He was a young reverend, husband, and father who was blessed by God to mobilize a generation of black folks fighting racial hatred with sacrificial hearts – ready to die, go to jail or both.

According to history when Martin Luther King died there were questions about the CIA being involved on some level.  James Earl Ray was arrested for the crime back in 1968, but was that the end of the story?  What is rarely spoken about for this young pioneer’s federal holiday in observation is the fact that most of that generation was in utter shock for quite some time.  As a matter of fact, many southern communities never recovered at all.

Just imagine the heartache ringing through the streets?  His untimely death sent that same generation mentioned earlier into a frenzy of what some might call a downward-spiral. There were many leaders who sprung up after his death, many of whom worked with him and are still alive, but could never gain the momentum or influence Rev. King experienced during his rise and fall.  Two notables are the Rev. Jessee Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton.

"That's NOT what Martin Luther King Wanted!"

Is Dream Important Now?

Below, you will find a number of videos – Young people from the US speaking their truths about Martin Luther King, Jr, the national holiday and Black History Month sure to enlighten you on how they feel.  Young people are the life-blood of any people, and that’s no different in the African American and folks living the urban experience (many races).

The Hip-Pop Culture and the tanning of America seen throughout the fabric of today’s inner-city streets make it a little difficult for our children and youth to pay much attention to actual history because so much of it has been changed, but why?

Word on the street is that nobody cares!  Many would agree instead of making America great again (when was that), this administration is making America a place where it’s cool to be racist again.  This, even though the US has the largest amount of immigrants in the world, over 45 million and counting.

"How About Horses?"

Before watching a few videos, we’ll take a look at some statistics about Martin Luther King, as it relates to our children and what they are being taught in school.  These statistics should shed a little light on whether or not the dream is important to this current generation outside of classroom projects and school-related themes.

MLK Dates, Times and Stories

  • Birth Name: Michael King, Jr. (1/15/29)
  • Parents: Minister Martin Luther King, Sr. & Alberta (Williams) King
  • Both father and son’s names were changed to Martin Luther in honor of the protestant reformer
  • Youngest Person to Ever Win Nobel Peace Prize at that time ()
  • Ordained as a Baptist Minister
  • Education: Morehouse, BA (1948); Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D.; and Boston University, Ph.D. (1955)
  • Wife: Coretta Scott King (6/18/53-4/468)
  • Children: Yolanda (11/17/55); Martin Luther III (10/23/57); Dexter (1/30/61); and Bernice (3/28/63)
  • Moved to Atlanta, GA to become Co-Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father
  • President of the Montgomery Improvement Association
  • President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  • Author of 5 Books: (1) Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community: (2) A Gift of Love: Sermons from “strength to love” and Other Preachings;  (3) Martin Luther King, Michael K. Honey’s “All Labor Has Dignity”; (4) Why We Can’t-Wait; and (5) I have a dream

"It's Not Equal for Me - Not Fair!"
  • MLK was arrested once for driving 30 MPH in a 25-mile zone, In total, he was arrested 29 times before he died at the age of 39
  • I Have a Dream Speech delivered during March on Washington for freedom, Jobs, and Justice (8/28/63)
  • Named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year (1963)
  • Present with President Lyndon B. Johnson as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law (2/2/64)
  • Wins Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
  • Johnson signs Voting Rights of 1965 (8/6/65)
  • King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (4/4/68)
  • Alberta King (Mom) was shot and killed in church 6 years after her son (6/30/74)
  • Martin Luther King, Sr. was also an author who wrote an autobiography  entitled “Daddy King.”  His account includes his thoughts about his son, his influence on his son. He died on 11/8/84
  • Coretta Scott King passed away on 1/30/2006

The above list of accomplishments is not exhaustive – it continues to roll on and on seemingly endless.  There is truth everywhere, on and off the Internet.  However, there’s truth in that the wheat grows along with the tare.  In other words, how do we wade through to facts?

"He was Like the President - A Good Man."

There are countless movies that tell the tale of how this young minister took the world by storm and caused major changes in this country as a result.  Meanwhile, due to all the information over the Internet, muddling through to the truth can be daunting.  Was MLK the only one in the movement?  It might seem that way.

There was not another inner-city urban representative that rose to such heights until President Barack Obama came on the scene and re-charged another generation – More growth within entrepreneurial growth and pursuits that this country has ever seen for blacks.  Now, that’s quite a bit of motivation.

Therefore, when in the position to enlighten young people of the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr. not only to black folks but people all over the world who are familiar with his life’s work, help them to understand the person – who he was?

"No! There's Still Racism."

What’s the Difference Between then and Now?

America is on a fast-track to becoming more racist than it was in the 50’s and ’60s and the playing field is a little different, but the fabric of the US remains the same.  Of the 1,974 members of the United States Senate, only ten have been African-American-Black.

Children all over the world are celebrating the early kick-off to the Black History Celebration and it won’t stop until Feb 29, 2020, when February closes.  Believe it or not, words are power and as long as the media focuses on MLK and Black History month black folks can only benefit.

"The Dream is Complete!"

How many Streets Named After Martin Luther King, Jr?

You can count on almost every metropolitan, inner-city urban environment there is a street (over 900) named after Martin Luther King, Jr., and that’s increasing every year.  Even Israel and Italy have streets named after King.  His home state of Georgia has the most streets named after him, over 100

To date, there are boulevards and/or streets named MLK in 42 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico.  With only 11 states in the country that do not report having a street named after the Reverent Doctor King, hands down – Majority rule.

11-States Without Streets Named After Martin Luther King, Jr.

  1. Alaska
  2. Hawaii
  3. Idaho
  4. Maine
  5. Montana
  6. Nebraska
  7. New Hampshire
  8. North Dakota
  9. Rhode Island
  10. South Dakota
  11. Vermont

Over 70% of boulevards and/or streets named MLK are in these southern states, with the most being in Georgia (his home):

  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Texas

13-Cities Have Named Freeways after Dr. King

  1. Akron, Ohio
  2. Camden, New Jersey
  3. Colorado Springs, Colorado
  4. Fayetteville, North Carolina
  5. Fort Worth, Texas
  6. Louisville, Kentucky
  7. Jacksonville, Florida
  8. Memphis, Tennessee
  9. Norfolk, Virginia
  10. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
  11. San Diego, California
  12. Staten Island, New York
  13. Tulsa, Oklahoma

More Videos:  What Are People Saying?

In Closing – Food for Thought

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th, which is the day (his birthday) the community service and non-violent approach to change message are shared through action.  It’s not a day off it’s a day to do something for someone else.  Therefore, take today and run for 45-days, making MLK Holiday the absolute longest Holiday Celebration in US History. Now, run and share with everyone you know.

Remember: It’s All About Perception!

2-gifts for reading this entire article:

  1. The Letter from Birmingham Jail – (Audio)
  2. I Have a Dream Speech

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