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It’s always good to “get out there” and do something good for your community. Even if it’s super hot outside and the work is a little bit more rigorous than you’re used to. There’s just something about the feeling you get after you’re done, knowing that you got off your ass and instead did something positive for others. Add to that the fact that this certain gratifying feeling can get addicting, and it usually makes it easier for you to roll out of bed that next Saturday morning and venture into… Continue

We Are the Dream Generation, We are the Dream Reborn Day1 Up to this point the Dream Reborn has not really been a conference. Rather, it more resembles a revival since the amazing array of first day activities had us dancing to African rhythms, clapping and singing along with the Memphis Job Corps. Youth Choir, hugging our neighbors, and chanting together the mantra created for this event: We are the Dream Generation, We are the Dream Reborn. Speakers on the first day then set the tone for thi… Continue

Dream Reborn The Green Jobs movement has great potential to reduce our carbon emissions and create millions of new environmentally related jobs, yet it also has an even greater potential to unite Americans once again around a progressive, social advancement. Many are looking at the creation of nationwide green jobs as the “New Civil Rights Movement.” The first civil rights movement in America brought people of all mixes together to help African-Americans fight racial oppression, and the Green J… Continue