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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime At This Blog Post. Each broadcast can be replayed immediately following the show. ======================== Life does not always turn out the way we want it to, and circumstances can change in a split second. I learned that first hand when a week of joyous high school graduation celebrations for my boy and girl twins turned tragic when my 17-year-old son was killed in a single car accident in a quiet Boston neighborhood in the middle of the night. That single event in 1997 changed my life forever and permanently altered the lives of my family and those who knew Mikey. It caused me to start Student Safety Month in 1998, the commemoration to raise awareness by keeping young people safe while driving, celebrating or socializing with friends and family. This year in tribute to Student Safety Month and the 21st Anniversary of my son's accidental death, today's radio program features, "21 Ways To Recover From Adversity In Bite-Size Nuggets." Listen, take notes and share widely as you count your blessings for the gift of life and our connection to each other in good and bad times.
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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime At This Blog Post. Each broadcast can be replayed immediately following the show. ======================== Today we pay tribute to the young warriors graduating from schools across the world. In America, we’re at the height of graduation ceremonies from elementary, middle and high schools, colleges, universities, trade schools and military programs. It’s a time of great celebration for the young and not so young who have worked hard, persevered and finished their coursework. We salute their achievements! Let the parties begin. However, let’s also do our level best to keep our graduates safe and protected from harm’s way. As a parent of three children, I have experienced the transition from graduation festivities to an unexpected tragedy. I’ll share my story of losing a child in the midst of a graduation season and what it’s like to survive the death of a child. We’ll also give you the latest news on our exciting new coaching academy and how you can invest in yourself by hiring the right personal coach. No matter what your occupation or business, coaching can improve your productivity and help move you to a new level of achievement and success. Today marks the 19th Anniversary of my son’s tragic death. Mickarl D. Thomas, Jr (Mikey) was 17 years old and had just graduated with his twin sister, Michelle, from Milton High School here in Massachusetts. The world was his. He would have started Morehouse College on a full academic scholarship that fall, but it was not meant to be. In the early morning of June 14, 1997 the world that I knew ended and my “new normal” began. He died at a party hosted by family friends after drinking alcohol and going for a joy ride in a friend’s fancy sports car. All by himself, unbeknownst to anyone at the party. He was young, impulsive, carefree and happy to be alive. Suddenly he lost control of the car, smashed into a neighbor’s stone retaining wall and died within minutes. My joy, happiness and memories of his graduation and the party I had thrown at my own house days earlier had turned to misery and the worst pain I had ever felt in my entire life. Gone was his chance of graduating from Morehouse and entering law school to become a lawyer like his Uncle Wilson. Gone was the chance for me to see him married with children of his own. Gone was the loving relationship he had with his twin sister, older sister, father, stepmother, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends and so many more who loved Mikey. It is PAINFUL to lose a child. At any age. For any reason. And it is in that spirit that I reach out to the parents of the Orlando Massacre. I know their pain. Different circumstances but the same pain. My son was straight. Many of the Orlando victims were gay. But it’s the SAME PAIN. The funerals that are being planned this week remind me of the cemetery plot, casket and burial arrangements I had to make in the midst of family celebrations held just one week earlier. We know what happened at the Pulse Nightclub on Saturday June 11, 2016. Over 300 mostly young adults, both gay and straight hanging out in then club for Latin Night during Gay Pride Month. And in the midst of their laughter and dancing lurked an angry, twisted young American who decided to mark the evening with brutality, slaughter and violence. Some 49 killed. Some 53 wounded. And mothers, fathers, siblings, other family members and friends now making the same funeral arrangements I made some 19 years ago. Last year it was Emanuel AME Church, my sister church in Charleston, South Carolina. Same pain and suffering. And pick a country anywhere in the world from Syria to France To Kenya. The parental pain of burying a child who never comes home is the same. Shortly after my son’s death, I started a commemorative month called STUDENT SAFETY MONTH to honor my son and call attention to the importance of keeping young people safe, alive and protected. I invite you to visit the webpage and download the FREE KIT that will educate, inform and inspire you to action. Here’s the link: http://www.tellcarole.com/student-safety-month.html To young people of all races, ethnicities, ages. Gay, straight or trans. Regardless of where you live. I pray for your safety and hope that you may live a long, rich and fulfilling life. And to the mothers, fathers and family members of the Orlando victims..including Christina Grimmie, the young YouTube celebrity gunned down in Orlando days before the Massacre … May God comfort and keep you in the long days and nights ahead. Feel free to call me at 508 947-5755 or email me at [email protected] if you ever want a shoulder to lean on. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this sad occasion in our nation’s history. And may the joy, laughter and spirit of my son live in our hearts forever. -Carole Copeland Thomas Mikey's Mom
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June is always a hard month for me and my family. The tragic accidental death of my son, Mickarl D. Thomas, Jr. on June 14, 1997 still leaves a void in my heart too painful for many to understand. His death was the result of a single occupant fatal car accident after drinking at a party, days after graduating from high school with his twin sister. That was 18 years ago, but the memories are still vivid in my mind.
Tragedy is hard to comprehend…whether it’s accidental or intentional. It leaves a trail of tears in the wake of surviving victims, family members and friends often left behind. The latest tragedy occurred last night when worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church were simply exercising their right to attend Bible Study in the House of God. For nine of them, including the Pastor of the church, it would be their last day on earth, as they were murdered by a hateful young man bent on ending their lives for his own personal satisfaction. What do you do when the answers don’t come from such tragedies? How do you console family members and friends whose unbearable pain can be difficult to watch? What do you say when the words are too cumbersome? Today’s show will offer some responses to life’s tragedies from my personal perspective, having lived all of these years in the wake of my son’s death.
Biographical Profile of Reverend Honorable Clementa C. Pinckney
Slain Pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina There is incomplete information as the police will only give partial details on this tragic event. On Wednesday June 17, 2015 a lone White gunman sat with members of the congregation during Bible Study before opening fire and killing nine people, including the Pastor. Pray for the families and those impacted by this terrible crime. 9 DEAD...including the Pastor The Reverend Honorable Clementa C. Pinckney. The Police Chief has now called this a HATE CRIME. The shooter was caught on Thursday June 18th in Shelby, North Carolina. He is 21 year old white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof. The gun used was given to him by his father as a birthday gift. Rev. Pinckney's Biography The Reverend Honorable Clementa C. Pinckney was born July 30, 1973 the son of Mr. John Pinckney and the late Theopia Stevenson Pinckney of Ridgeland, South Carolina. He was educated in the public schools of Jasper County. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Allen University with a degree in Business Administration. While there, Reverend Pinckney served as freshman class president, student body president, and senior class president. Ebony Magazine recognized Rev. Pinckney as one the "Top College Students in America". During his junior year, he received a Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Summer Research Fellowship in the fields of public policy and international affairs. He received a graduate fellowship to the University of South Carolina where he earned a Master's degree in public administration. He completed a Master's of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. Rev. Pinckney answered the call to preach at the age of thirteen and received his first appointment to pastor at the age of eighteen. He has served the following charges: Young's Chapel-Irmo, The Port Royal Circuit, Mount Horr-Yonges Island, Presiding Elder of the Wateree District and Campbell Chapel, Bluffton. He serves as the pastor of historic Mother Emanuel A.M.E. in Charleston, South Carolina. Rev. Pinckney was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1996 at the age of twenty-three. In 2000, he was elected to the State Senate at the age of twenty-seven. He is one of the youngest persons and the youngest African-American in South Carolina to be elected to the State Legislature. He represents Jasper, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, and Hampton Counties. His committee assignments include Senate Finance, Banking and Insurance, Transportation, Medical Affairs and Corrections and Penology. Washington Post columnist, David Broder, called Rev. Pinckney a "political spirit lifter for suprisingly not becoming cynical about politics." Rev. Pinckney has served in other capacities in the state to include a college trustee and corporate board member. In May 2010, he delivered the Commencement Address for the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He and his wife Jennifer had two children - Eliana and Malana. History of Mother Emanuel AME Church The history of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church reflects the development of religious institutions for African Americans in Charleston. Dating back to the fall of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richard Allen founded the Free African Society, adhering to the Doctrines of Methodism established by John Wesley. In 1816, black members of Charleston's Methodist Episcopal church withdrew over disputed burial ground, and under the leadership of Morris Brown. The Rev. Morris Brown organized a church of persons of color and sought to have it affiliated with Allen's church. Three churches arose under the Free African Society and were named the "Bethel Circuit". One of the Circuit churches was located in the suburbs of Ansonborough, Hampstead, and Cow Alley, now known as Philadelphia Alley in the French Quarters of Charleston. Emanuel's congregation grew out of the Hampstead Church, located at Reid and Hanover Streets. In 1822 the church was investigated for its involvement with a planned slave revolt. Denmark Vesey, one of the church's founders, organized a major slave uprising in Charleston. Vesey was raised in slavery in the Virgin Islands among newly imported Africans. He was the personal servant of slavetrader Captain Joseph Vesey, who settled in Charleston in 1783. Beginning in December 1821, Vesey began to organize a slave rebellion, but authorities were informed of the plot before it could take place. The plot created mass hysteria throughout the Carolinas and the South. Brown, suspected but never convicted of knowledge of the plot, went north to Philadelphia where he eventually became the second bishop of the AME denomination. During the Vesey controversy, the AME church was burned. Worship services continued after the church was rebuilt until 1834 when all black churches were outlawed. The congregation continued the tradition of the African church by worshipping underground until 1865 when it was formally reorganized, and the name Emanuel was adopted, meaning "God with us". The wooden two-story church that was built on the present site in 1872 was destroyed by the devastating earthquake of August 31, 1886. The present edifice was completed in 1891 under the pastorate of the Rev. L. Ruffin Nichols. The magnificent brick structure with encircling marble panels was restored, redecorated and stuccoed during the years of 1949-51 under the leadership of the Rev. Frank R. Veal. The bodies of the Rev. Nichols and his wife were exhumed and entomed in the base of the steeple so that they may forever be with the Emanuel that they helped to nurture. For more information visit the church website: www.emanuelamechurch.org Click Below To Listen To The Broadcast... Check Out Business Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with CaroleCopelandThomas on BlogTalkRadio Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Most of the cameras have gone home replaced by horrific stories of ISIS beheadings, ebola outbreaks and back to school activities filling the headlines. But there is still so much we do not know about the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown six times, his motives and his predispositions that caused him to react in such a violent manner. The cameras might be gone, but the US Federal Justice Department hasn’t. Yesterday they announced that they are launching a full scale investigation of the entire Ferguson Police Department that will probe into current and past police activities in this suburban St. Louis city of 21,000. Their findings will be followed by all of us who care about social justice and equal rights in America. The larger question remains, “Is There A Ferguson Near You?” Why, since the beginning of our country over 230 years ago are racial tension. violence and distrust such heavy clogs in the wheels of progress and cultural collaboration? And most importantly what is needed to push us past the angry and evil linchpins that keep popping up in Ferguson, Fresno and the Framinghams of our country? Joining us to discuss these weighty issues are Monalisa Smith, President, CEO and Founder of Mothers for Justice and Equality and Community Activist and Blogger, Candelaria Silva-Collins. ============================ For More Information About Michael Brown, The Incident Timeline and Ferguson Missouri, Read and Listen To My August 28th Broadcast. Click Here To Listen ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device Click Below To LIsten To Today's Show... More Business Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with CaroleCopelandThomas on BlogTalkRadio Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== The execution style killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old walking in the middle of the street in Ferguson, Missouri, has stirred the moral fibers of an American society reeked in ethnic tension, racial discrimination and police misconduct. On today’s show we’ll examine what happened in Ferguson and explore what’s wrong in America when Black men outnumber all other ethnic groups in violence and wrongful death in this country. ========================== Timeline of Michael Brown Killing In Ferguson, Missouri Saturday August 9th through Friday August 15th Source: USA Today Saturday Aug. 9, 2014 11:48 a.m. to noon – An officer responds to a call of a sick person. 11:51 a.m. – Another call comes in about a robbery at a convenience store. The dispatcher gives a description of the robber and says the suspect is walking toward the Quick Trip convenience store. 12:01 p.m. – The officer encounters Michael Brown and a friend as they walk down a street. Brown is shot to death as a result of the encounter. 12:04 p.m. – A second officer arrives on the scene followed by a supervisor one minute later. An ambulance responding to the earlier sick person call drives by and responds to assess Brown. Sunday Aug. 10 10 a.m. – Michael Brown, 18, was unarmed, St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar says in a news conference. Belmar says Brown physically assaulted the officer, and during a struggle between the two, Brown reached for the officer's gun. One shot was fired in the car followed by other gunshots outside of the car. Brown's parents retain attorney Benjamin Crump, who represented the family of Trayvon Martin, as their counsel.A candlelight vigil to honor Brown later turns violent. More than a dozen businesses are vandalized and looted. More than 30 people are arrested and two police officers suffered injuries, police said. Monday Aug. 11 5 a.m. – The first day of school is canceled in Jennings, near Ferguson, for safety of students who could be walking. 7 a.m. – Ferguson police and city leaders say a number of death threats to the police force have been received in relation to the fatal shooting. 10 a.m. – Hundreds gather outside the Ferguson Police Department to demand justice for Brown's death. Police arrest at least seven people. 11 a.m. – The FBI announces the agency will do a parallel investigation into the shooting of Brown. 2 p.m. – St. Louis County Police Department announces it will release the name of the officer who is accused of shooting Brown by noon Tuesday. 4 p.m. – The parents and attorney of Brown hold a press conference where they ask for a stop to violence and demand justice for their son. 6 p.m. – Community members and leaders meet and pray at a meeting hosted by the NAACP. 8 p.m. – Several gather again on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, and police use tear gas to disperse crowds that did not protest peacefully. Tuesday Aug. 12 Early morning, police announce 15 arrests stemming from Ferguson events Monday evening. In addition, St. Louis County Police Chief says the name of the officer involved in the shooting will not be released due to threats on social media. 10 a.m. – Protesters gather at St. Louis County Police Department headquarters for a peaceful protest where a list of demands was given relating to the investigation of Brown's death. Noon – Rev. Al Sharpton arrives in St. Louis to speak to the family of Brown, and he made his way around the St. Louis area to demand justice in the fatal shooting. Sharpton and the family spoke on the Old Courthouse steps early Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon, a preliminary autopsy report for Brown is released by St. Louis County Medical Examiner's office. The FAA announces air restrictions over Ferguson to allow for law enforcement helicopters. 3 p.m. – Officials charge nine people in relation to looting in Ferguson Sunday night into Monday morning. 4 p.m. – President Obama releases a statement regarding the Brown incident. The Justice Department announces it will take on reviewing police tactics across the country. 7 p.m. – Gov. Jay Nixon, City of St. Louis Mayor and other area leaders come together to speak on the Brown case. At a separate public meeting, Rev. Al Sharpton and the Brown family urge a peaceful fight toward justice for Michael Brown. 10 p.m. – Tensions rise between protesters and police for the third consecutive night. KSDK-TV reporter Farrah Fazal speaks to Dorian Johnson, a man who's come forward as an eyewitness to Brown's shooting. Wednesday Aug. 13 After a third night of protests full of tension, the City of Ferguson asked protests and vigils for Michael Brown to be held during the daytime. 10 a.m. – A number of volunteers gather to help the city start to pick up the pieces after tense and violent episodes in prior days. KSDK learns Wednesday afternoon that Brown's remains had been turned over to the family. 3 p.m. – The Justice Department opens a federal civil rights investigation related to the Ferguson shooting. Ferguson police say at a news conference that the 911 tape from Saturday would be released soon. 4 p.m. – Brown had no criminal background, the St. Louis County Prosecutor's office discloses. 6 p.m. – Ferguson-Florissant School District postpones the first day of school until Aug. 18 due to safety concerns for its students. School was set to start Aug. 14. Police detain two reporters — one from the Huffington Post and another from the Washington Post — at a Ferguson McDonald's. 9 p.m. – Police begin to throw tear gas at protesters in Ferguson in order to disperse crowds. During the commotion, police also force media to move back out of the area and throw tear gas at an Al Jazeera America crew. 10 p.m. – Gov. Jay Nixon announces via Twitter that he's cancelling his visit to Missouri State Fair Thursday to visit Ferguson. City of St. Louis Alderman Antonio French is arrested for unlawful assembly. Thursday Aug. 14 6 a.m. – Police announce 16 people have been arrested and two officers injured during the fourth night of violence. 7 a.m. – City Alderman Antonio French is released from jail without formal charges and posting bond. 11 a.m. – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon makes his first stop of many through north St. Louis County and Ferguson. 11:40 a.m. – Obama addressed the nation on Ferguson and urges for calm. The president called on local police to be "open and transparent" about their investigation of Brown's death. 3:30 p.m. – Gov. Jay Nixon announced Thursday that the Missouri Highway Patrol will take control of security in Ferguson and that the unit in the embattled town would be overseen by Capt. Ron Johnson, who was born and raised near the community. 6 p.m. – Across the country, silent vigils were held to remember and honor the memory of Michael Brown. Evening, night – Citizens marched peacefully alongside state troopers and no violent clashes were reported for the first time this week. Friday Aug. 15 8:45 a.m. – Darren Wilson is named as the officer who shot Brown on Aug. 9. Wilson has been on the force for six years and has no disciplinary action against him, police chief Thomas Jackson says. The announcement comes three days after police originally said they would name the officer, citing a fear for the officer's safety. The police chief also gave details about a strong-arm robbery at a local convenience store that took place moments before Wilson shot Brown. He did not connect Brown to the robbery during his news conference, but in police documents he released to reporters, Brown is named as a suspect. Jackson released dispatch records and video surveillance of the robbery as well. 11 a.m. – Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson says at a security briefing that he hopes peaceful protests continue in Ferguson. "Don't burn down our own house," he says. "That does not prove a point. That does not solve issues." Gov. Jay Nixon reassured people that the investigation's focus remains on finding out how and why Brown was killed. Noon – An attorney for Dorian Johnson, who is an eyewitness interviewed by law enforcement, says that Dorian Johnson and Brown took part in the convenience store robbery prior to the shooting. 12:30 p.m. – The family of Michael Brown releases a statement saying they are "beyond outraged" by how the information was released in a way to "assassinate the character of their son," tying him to the robbery. 3 p.m. – Chief Thomas Jackson says Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown, did not know Brown was a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened moments before the shooting. Wilson stopped Brown for walking in the middle of the street. Friday evening – Rev. Jesse Jackson links arms with protesters in Ferguson. He led the group in prayer and urged them to "turn pain into power" while fighting back non-violently. Friday night into Saturday morning – Police and nearly 200 protesters clash as rocks are thrown at officers and armored trucks returned to the streets. Tear gas is used to disperse rowdy crowds. For the remainder of this timeline go to: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/14/michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-timeline/14051827 ======================================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern.
Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== I share a regrettable connection to today’s radio guest that NO mother wants to experience. We have both lost a child. Different circumstances...same pain. Both were twins. My 17 year old son died in a single car crash in 1997 and left behind a twin sister and an older sister. Angela Brown Ware’s 6 year old son, Eric, died from brain tumors and left behind a twin brother and an older brother. Different circumstances...same pain. And in Angela’s case she harnessed that pain into worthwhile endeavors. First a thriving cookie business called DoughJangles that landed her and her son, Aaron on the Oprah Show. Now she’s written a remarkable new book called One Day We’ll Dance Again in tribute to life and death of her remarkably brave young son. Christmas is the season of celebrating and remembering. We’ll talk to Angela about how she, her husband and her surviving sons cope with the holidays by bring joy into the hearts of others through the family business and her new book. ===== One Day We'll Dance Again chronicles the life of six-year-old Eric Ashton Ware and his courageous battle against astrocytomas of the brain stem and recounts the 18 months after his death. Eric's story extends beyond his illness. At times somber, sometimes humorous, his story touched more than his family and friends. One Day We'll Dance Again endeavors to convey the importance of maintaining family structure and depending upon family and faith support systems throughout and beyond the battle. It recommends ways in which family, friends, and caregivers can assist families with critically ill children, and it challenges all to consider how they can make a positive impact on these families during this difficult time. For More Information Contact Angela at: www.danceagain.info www.Doughjangles.com ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device |
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