"Iron Man" - Losing a Great Black Man My Father at 93

By Roger Caldwell

HomerEugeneCaldwellIn the hymnbook and from the pastor, they tell us we know not the hour. My siblings and I never expected we would be preparing for my father’s home going service on 2-10-23. Homer Eugene Caldwell was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 21, 1929, with seven siblings in a four-room house with no running water and no bathroom. He was taught to honor God, his family, education, and hard work.

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Michael Parker, Innovative EVS Leader Winning Awards During & Post Pandemic

Mike ParkerMichael Parker is an accomplished and driven leader in Environmental and Support Services, with a proven history of overseeing healthcare centers and clinical services operations to ensure effective and quality patient care. He has over thirty years of experience in management, twenty of those years being in healthcare contract management with various responsibilities in environmental services, linen, food services, hotels, concierge, and transport.

Mr. Parker is the Director, Environmental Services & Corporate Linen Services at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health’s flagship hospital. He currently serves as the Chair of Orlando Health’s Environmental Services Council.

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Get your Tickets for Clare & the Chocolate Nutcracker Today

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Get your Tickets for Clare & the Chocolate Nutcracker Today

ClareNutcracker meme1 Orlando Fl. ---- Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker will return to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (DPAC), Walt Disney Theater, Saturday, November 26, 2022, at 7pm, and the tickets are selling fast. Orlando Community Arts is celebrating its 10th year with a United States Patent and Trademark for the holiday production, Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker. This multi-cultural production with elements of dance and music reflecting African America culture, Brazil, Spain, India, Asia, the Caribbean and Africa.

 “Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker has become one of the top acts in the 2022 Arts and Theater world, delighting fans with a one-of-a-kind show.” There are over 145 cast members and their ages run from 7 years old to 25 years old. Many have been classically trained and many have danced all their life listening to R&B, Soul, Jazz, and cultural traditions.

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Repeat: I Am Enough!

Rynette Upson BushBy Rynette Upson Bush
My journey to success has been and still is very lonely. I remember I once asked someone to help me and was told I will get with you when you got something going on. I've been told you need to quit and get something that's going to pay you some real money. Girl you should have never left your job. Over and over my journey has been criticized, ridiculed, down played, not supported, and more but that hasn't and won't stop me!

I know what I was called to do and I'm going to do it. My dreams aren't an option!! Though it may be lonely in reference to people I know I'm never really alone. God is with me and he will be with you.

I know you have heard some of this same stuff. Success is the best revenge. Even though you may not feel successful at the moment you must see it before you see it. Believe in you and stand on it!!

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Clare & Chocolate Nutcraker 10 Years Artistic Brilliance "Beverly Page"

Bevely Page“If you are an educator fairytales are always parts of the curriculum. As a teacher back then, I was always able to do a lot of comparing and contrasting the original Nutcracker, and many times it did not look like me,” says the creator Mrs. Page.

As a teacher Bev Page for most of her career worked in schools in underserved populations, and there were always very few images of us. When they went to any performance or on any stage there were always few that looked like us.
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Beverly Page has 25 years of teaching in the public school system.The driving force for Beverly Page in the 10 years she has produced the performance/show, first at the Bob Carr Center, and now at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is access and opportunity.

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Some Times You Just Gotta Let Loose

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A few months ago I had a horrific experience at McDonald's. I 'd placed an order via the app and when I received my order it was all wrong. But instead of correcting the order, the manager insisted that it wasn't wrong and that I'd received exactly what I ordered. The experience started in the drive thru and culminated with she and I going back and forth in the lobby of the restaurant. I was ANGRY - highly offended at the implication that I would have to lie about a McDonald's order. Near the end of the altercation, the associate told me to get my "ass" out of the store. ?? Now up until that point, I was coloring within the lines, but I took that as permission to unleash - not just about my order but about all that was bothering me at that moment in time. I did not hold back and it was not pretty. I remember telling Babs that I lost it and I prayed there were no video cameras because folks shouldn't know I even have the capacity to get like that. So I had regrets. Fortunately, I have not seen myself on a Mulberry Fights social media page.

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