Category: Donald Trump - Carole Copeland Thomas

12/27/2018

Top 10 US Predictions For 2019

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It's that time of year to pull back the curtain and make some bold predictions for 2019. It's been a rough and tumble 2018 and as we continue to celebrate the holiday season, we'll explore the New Year possibilities and what may happen in the coming months. From business to workplace dynamics to millennials to mayhem in the White House... we'll look at how these issues will shape our lives both on and off the job in 2019. Buckle up and let's blast off as we test the building blocks of our future.

The Top Ten US Trends For 2019

1. Diversity Progress And Pushback

2. Rising Voices Of Women

3. Questionable Economy

4. Tech Devices Normalized In Daily Life

5. Millennials Dig Deep Into Family History

6. Boomers Boomerang In The Workforce

7. US World Image & Brand In Flu

8. Healthy Living Expands Exponentially

9. Faith In Action Online & Rebranded

10. America's Quest To Cross Culturally Connect

Check Out My Next Blog For Details Of These Predictions

6/21/2018

How To Respond To A Country In Crisis Speak Up. Stand Out. Find Your Voice

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Unless you have been away on extended vacation you probably know of the horrific tragedy occurring on the southern US border when immigrants cross the border, are arrested and then had their children taken away. Now even though the executive order that ripped children from the arms of their parents has been reversed, the hunt for nearly 2500 children still goes on. And with it has generated cries of immorality and national shame as decisions made by the President have outraged Pope Francis, political officials and every single living First Lady, including his own wife, Melania.

Where is YOUR voice in this national crisis? What do YOU Feel? How do YOU speak out? And do you know HOW to speak out?

Today we’ll talk about how to find your voice in the public conversations of today. We’ll help guide your conversations so that YOU can become a respected “go to” person when others are too afraid to speak up.

Your voice matters, and we’ll explore the many ways that you can use your own mouthpiece for worldwide change.

8/17/2017

Black White And Brown in the Red White and Blue: Finding Our Voices When White Supremacy Comes Calling

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Finding Our Voices When White Supremacy Comes Calling

Everyone has an opinion in the aftermath of Charlottesville. Yes, some people are afraid to voice their views for fear of reprisal and revenge. Some grimace in disagreement of what happen in Charlottesville, yet secretly applaud the actions of the alt right groups. Others look on apathetically, waiting for the more vocal ones to represent them in action. And some boldly and triumphantly speak out against the wrongs of discrimination, hate, and the symbolism of Confederate statues, knowing that backlash may await them in the face of their fear.

Where are you in this national debate that is literally tearing our country apart? Are you boldly speaking out or waiting by the sidelines? Are you angry, happy, insulted or confused? What is YOUR position on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and class issues? And can you defend your positions in today’s fractured society?

We’ll examine the many ways that freedom of speech is being cross examined in America and what YOU can do about it.

2/9/2017

Ask The Lawyer! Elliott Hall, Esq. On The Travel Ban & The Trump Administration

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Many of the twists and turns of this new Trump Administration involve complex legal decisions that are politically charged as they fire through the walls of the White House and Capital Hill. When the Travel Ban was announced, severely limiting the entrance of all refugees and those entering the United States from seven Muslim countries, the nation pushed back and cried foul. And earlier this week thousands hung on every word of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals as they conducted a conference call determining the merit of Trump’s Travel Ban.

Today Washington-based veteran Attorney Elliott Hall will walk us through the appeals process so that we can better understand why this immigration issue has torn our country apart. We’ll also learn more about the legal issues facing the administration as they close in on their first month of governing a nation taking sides on every decision made by Donald Trump.

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Elliott S Hall PLLC
Attorney Elliott. S. Hall handles a wide-range of legal issues from litigation to corporate, real estate and employment matters. He is the Chair the Board of a Community Bank in Wash. DC and Vice-Chair of the Board of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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Attorney Hall.served as a Partner at Dykema Gossett, Washington, D.C., from 2002 to 2011. Mr. Hall served as Vice President of Dealer Development of Ford Motor Company until January 1, 2002 and was responsible for expansion of its Minority and Woman Dealer Network.

He joined Ford Motor Company in June 1987 and directed its Washington Office, as Vice President of Washington Affairs for eleven years and advocated a wide range of automotive, regulatory and legislative issues.
He served as the Chairman of Independence Federal Savings Bank since August 20, 2006 and served as its Director since 2002. Mr. Hall serves as a Director of Independence Financial Corporation ("IFC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Independence Federal Savings Bank.

He served as Director of National Rehabilitation Hospital. Mr. Hall held a series of positions in the Detroit legal community, including Chief Assistant Prosecutor for Wayne County, Law Director for the City of Detroit and a private practice.

He served as President of the Detroit Bar Association and the Wolverine Bar Association. Mr. Hall served as President of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP. Mr. Hall serves as the Chairman of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. He served as Chairman of the Board of Howard University Hospital and Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts. He serves as a Board Member of Georgetown University and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. He served as the Chairman of the Family Service of Detroit and Wayne County and for Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital.

He served as a Board Member for the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Mercy College of Detroit and Orchestra Hall. He served as Trustee of the Founder's Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan. He served as a Board Member of Marymount College and Emergency Transitional Education Board of the District of Columbia. An avid supporter of the arts, Mr. Hall served as Chairman of the Washington Performing Arts Society and as a Board Member of the Shakespeare Theatre and the Wolf Trap Foundation.

He also served as a Trustee of the Washington Opera, WETA-FM and WETA-TV and the United States Capital Historical Society. As a community advocate, he served as Vice President of the Economic Club of Washington, Vice President of the Federal City Council, Treasurer of the Children's Charities Foundation and as a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Kennedy Institute.

He received Human Relations Institute Civic Achievement Award from American Jewish Committee, Distinguished Alumni Award from Wayne State University Law School, the President's Award from the National Bar Association and the President's Award from the Wolverine Bar Association. Mr. Hall received a Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor Degree from Wayne State University.

Elliott is the father of three children and four grandchildren. He and his wife, Shirley, live in Washington, DC.

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Resources and Organizations For Civic Engagement

The Indivisible Guide: www.indivisibleguide.com
The guide, which began as a Google doc last month and whose full title is Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda, outlines a step-by-step process of grassroots organizing and advocacy targeting Members of Congress (MoCs), from coordinated calls to sit-ins and photo op disruption.

ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union: www.aclu.org
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan, non-profit, organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, lobbying, and community empowerment.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund: www.naacpldf.org
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (NAACP LDF, the Inc. Fund, or LDF) is a leading United States civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City.
The organization can trace its origins to the legal department of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that was created by Charles Hamilton Houston in the 1930s. However, in 1940, Thurgood Marshall established LDF as a separate legal entity and, in 1957, the organization became totally independent of the NAACP.

While primarily focused on the civil rights of African Americans in the U.S., LDF states it has "been instrumental in the formation of similar organizations that have replicated its organizational model in order to promote equality for Asian-Americans, Latinos, and women in the United States." LDF has also been involved in "the campaign for human rights throughout the world, including in South Africa, Canada, Brazil, and elsewhere."

1/26/2017

The Power Of Women Marching, Motivating, Moving Society Forward

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Carole Copeland Thomas participating in the Washington DC Women's March on January 21, 2017

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I heard the call and I answered without hesitation. That’s just how it hit my spirit. Days before America had witnessed one of the biggest upset elections in our history when the influential Hillary Clinton had lost the presidency to a man with a checkered personal and business background who had never held public office. It was the electoral college votes in three key states that carried him to the finish line, despite the more than three million popular votes cast for Clinton.

By November 9th, that turn of events left the nation shocked, elated, saddened and resentful and the election results came rolling in. Donald Trump would be the 45th president of the United States of America.

While some sat and cried, Teresa Shook, a 60-year-old retired grandmother from Hawaii took action. She set up an event page on Facebook and asked friends and colleagues to sign up for a proposed March on Washington on January 21st. The list grew from 40 to 10,000 within days, and a new movement was born.

We’ll tell the rest of this amazing story and how this march affirmed my principles as I marched with thousands last Saturday in Washington DC.

One woman made history and has ignited the fighting spirit of an American society. On today’s show, we’ll tell you how you can get on board by making your voices heard.

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About Teresa Shook and the January 21, 2017 International Women's March
(Source Wikipedia and Reuters)

Hawaii grandmother Teresa Shook wanted to share her outrage with other women the night after Donald Trump was elected president, but she had few options in her remote island community. So she went on Facebook and in a popular political group wrote the first thing that came to mind: I think we should march.
Four weeks later, organizers credit Shook’s quiet plea with igniting what could be the largest demonstration in the nation's capital related to a presidential election.
More than 125,000 people from across the country have signed up to march in Washington on Jan. 21, the day after Trump’s inauguration in support of women’s rights. Sister protests are planned in London and Frankfurt and online interest has grown to hundreds of thousands.
"I didn't have a plan or a thought about what would happen," Shook told Reuters by phone from the island of Maui. "I just kept saying, I think we should march."

(This article was written before the March exploded to include over 2 million people worldwide.)

1/19/2017

Speak Up, Speak Out AND Keep Your Job Ways To Share Your Views Under Trump

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No doubt every person on the planet knows that tomorrow January 20th marks the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. The impact of his upset election will be felt around the globe in the days months and years ahead.

If you live in the United States you will be affected by the Trump Administration whether you like it or not. So having an opinion about the man and his actions will happen either now or in the future.

How will be express yourself if you’re concerned about the security of your job? What do you do if your opinion differs from those around you? And what do you do if you’re just plain scared of the consequences of speaking your mind for or against the new President-Elect?

Listen to today’s show and gain valuable knowledge about what you can and can’t do about expressing YOUR views under a Trump Administration.

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Resources:

Indivisible Guide
www.indivisibleguide.com

President-Elect Trump Transition Website
https://greatagain.gov

National Women's March on January 21, 2017
https://www.womensmarch.com

11/17/2016

Carole On Trump: Campaigning vs. Governing

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The election is over. And even though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than 1million, Donald Trump scored more votes in the electoral college to win the presidency. As a Clinton supporter who phone banked in New Hampshire on election day that helped bring in that state for her, the shock of a Donald Trump presidency impacts both Democrats and Republicans.
For Trump the dogfight of the campaign rewarded him with the golden prize: The right to GOVERN us ALL. And governing is ultimately the true test of a president on either side of the aisle.
On today’s show we’ll examine why governing is the most important action item all citizens of the United States should MONITOR in the days, weeks and years ahead. And I will argue why Donald Trump simply CANNOT govern in the same manner that he campaigned for the last 18 months.
There’s a new sheriff in town…and the days ahead are uncertain, unchartered and very much unknown.

Watch Carole's Video on Campaigning vs. Governing

10/13/2016

Voting Outreach and the Impact Of Trump vs Clinton

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Top Left: Hillary Clinton, Top Right: Donald Trump, Bottom Left: Dr. Nichole R. Phillips

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It’s an understatement that the 2016 presidential election is one of the most contentious in modern history. From our major candidates calling each other liars to sexual assault allegations stretching back 30 years, it’s difficult to tell if this is a presidential campaign or a nasty reality show. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are fighting their way forward to the White House in the most combative style in modern history.
Voter turnout will be the key to the victor, and much of that will depend on who turns up, turns out and casts their ballot for the candidate of their choice.

I am a product of the Civil Rights Era of the 50s and 60s…and the right to vote is very very precious to me. I’ve missed very few elections and scratch my head when people don’t vote. My second son in law recently became a US citizen so that he could vote in the Nov 8th election. Voting is power and voting is a privilege in this country.

Joining me today is Dr. Nichole R. Phillips, Assistant Professor at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University whose recent stellar commentary sheds new light on why this election will set the course for the United States for years to come.

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Commentary By Dr. Nichole R. Phillips
About tonight's presidential debate and not voting in November...
Donald J Trump is consistent. His debating efforts are not geared towards winning new constituencies. His efforts are always to please and appease his voting base. He is not attempting to garner the favor of "the African Americans," "the Latinos," or "the Mooslems." He is on a slippery slope with "the women" - and knows that, so even if his apology is insincere - he might just need "the women’s" vote.

Don't be fooled also by whom you conceive of as his "stereotyped" voting base. While many traditional Republicans are defecting, he has an even larger traditional/establishmentarian base that still supports his candidacy.

His candidacy is about "making America great...again" and thus also about the large segment of the American population who fears the drastic social changes on the precipice of occurring in America in the next 10 to 20 years.

With that said, I keep reading millennials and Generation Xers profiles about not voting in this election (and I am certain there are some baby boomers who will not vote for the same reasons, but I don't have many of them as "FB friends”).

Here is my position on that. Life must be lived outside of the social capital associated with FB thumbs up. Stop being self-righteous, scared, and/or cavalier about "not voting." You choose the "lesser of two evils" all the time! Much of life is lived in the "gray," not in the black or white.

Take a position, stop being indecisive and vote! Because even if you do not vote, either "30,000 e-mails deceitful" HRC or "p***sy grabbing" DJT will emerge (that is a promise) as the next President and your life and livelihood will still be affected by the policies of whoever emerges as the next President! (Four spots on the Supreme Court are up for grabs so I have now alerted you about a pressing issue that demands your attention and your vote because nominations are submitted by the next President.)

So have a say! NOW IS THE TIME …NOT AFTER THE WINNER TAKES OFFICE - in whom you want to shape the course of this country and your life for the next four years!

Nichole R. Phillips, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Religion, and Culture
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for Ethics, Emory University

9/29/2016

Why MOST Black People Won’t Vote For Donald Trump

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By Carole Copeland Thomas

As an African American professional who has spent a lifetime in my community, I will detail the reasons why most black voters won’t vote for Donald Trump on November 8th. I’ve spent nearly 30 years crisscrossing the country speaking and training on diversity, multiculturalism and leadership…and the legacy of our nation is at stake with this upcoming election.

Today’s show is designed to separate reality from fiction…to set the record straight about the collective ideology of a resilient group of people whose blood, sweat and tears helped build this nation.

Although a small percentage of black people will vote for Trump, and an even smaller percentage will vote for third party candidates, the majority of African Americans will vote for Hillary Clinton this fall.

This program is designed to set the record straight and help you, my listeners, understand why the outcome of this presidential election is based in part on how blacks will cast their votes in this election. I should know. They are my people. I’ve known them all my life.

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The 8 Reasons Why Blacks Won't Vote For Donald Trump For President

1. History and migration from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party
From 1930s to the 1960s.

2. Trump As The Head Of The Birther Movement

3. Code Words and Slogans Used
"Make American Great Again"

4. Hate Speech Toward African Americans
Unemployed, Poverty, Getting Shot Walking Down The Street

5. Past Discriminatory Practices
Housing Discrimination in the 1970s
Employment Practices in the 1980s

6. Black Surrogates like Pastor Mark Burns, Omarosa and Don King

7. General Attitude of Trump Toward:
Women, Mexicans (Building The Wall), Latinos/Hispanics/,Muslims (The Khan Family),Women and Weight (Miss Universe), Immigrants in General (Syrians), Anyone who Criticizes Him

8. Reviving Stop and Frisk in Urban Areas

9/8/2016

Rebuilding Detroit: What Donald Trump Didn’t Tell You

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a brief stop to Detroit last weekend in an attempt to “connect” with the black community in that city. Much has been speculated about the success of the trip, and questions continue to rise about who was the primary audience for his speech last Saturday.

To set the record straight, I was born and raised in Detroit. Not the suburbs. But the city itself. Educated in the public school system, shopped in the city and was an active member of St. Paul AME Church near downtown Detroit. And although I have been gone since my college days in the 1970s, I still visit many relatives and friends who are still very active citizens of that great city.

Joining us today is my brother, Attorney Wilson A. Copeland, II, a leading attorney and resident of Detroit. We’ll talk about the political impact of Donald Trump and why MOST African Americans across the United States are still voting for Hillary Clinton. And we’ll talk about the hidden treasures of Detroit that MOST outsiders rarely get to see.

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Attorney Wilson A. Copeland,II is one of the top lawyers in the state of Michigan and is a graduate of Fisk University and Vanderbilt Law School. He has practiced law in Michigan for more than 40 years. He was also inducted in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers some years ago. He and his wife, Deborah, have been married for more than 44 years, have one daughter, a son-in-law and one granddaughter. Attorney Copeland is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and he is a Guardsman. He is also a lifetime member of St. Paul AME Church and serves on the Trustee Board.