Dear Whitney

 

Dear Whitney
Not only did you sing to me
But your voice it reached out to me
Took over my mind, grabbed my heart, moved my soul
With that voice, you took control
You told us we were the future, that we could lead the way
That the greatest love of all should never lead us astray
You told us if we were going to dance with somebody
We shouldn't just dance with anybody
When heartbroken we checked in that hotel right with you
Even when things got worst, some of us were always rooting for you
It would take an eternity to break the love we had for you
We've been saving all this love for you
Times were so hard for you but you told us you weren't meant to break
The rumors, the drug humor, the pain just when it seemed like too much to take
You pulled yourself back together put a smile on your face and sang that strong melody
The pain pushes through your voice but all we hear is triumph and victory
Dear Whitney
like you sang we can achieve
when we believe
How can anyone deny after seeing how you believed
and look at all you have achieved!
Thank you for inspiring us telling us to believe in us
Anything is possible even if we fall you have showed us
We don't know our own strength, we were never meant to break
We rise up for us and our loved ones sake
Dear Whitney
Your spirit, your warmth, voice still lives on in our memory
Even though it's tough to accept this sudden death as true
Just know we will always love you


Rest in Peace Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963-February 11, 2012)

Whitney Houston- "I didn't know my own strength" w/ lyrics

Dubai: "I will always love you"

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day--February 7

In addition to being African-American History Month, February 7 has been marked as the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. While African Americans make up 14% of the national population, they also account for 44% of all new HIV infections as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2009. In addition to honoring the African Americans who have made a difference in history, it's also vital to acknowledge and raise awareness about an epidemic which is killing African Americans taking away their chance of ever making history.

As noted in this article (click here), the four key points to raising awareness are: education, testing, involvement, and and treatment. We need to provide appropriate sex education to communities where they may lack access to available resources on HIV/AIDS. We need to make sure African Americans are getting tested on an annual basis especially if they are sexually active. We need to become more involved regardless of our cultural and ethnic background or socioeconomic status. We need to ensure treatment gets to persons recently infected with HIV and those who have been living with HIV/AIDS.


It all just starts with word of mouth and passing on information.

Education is key.


Links!

BET


Clutch Magazine Online


Huffington Post- Fighting Stigma and Marginalization

Ode to Black History

Oh February
How I love thee
You bring me history
Correction the Black History
The history that some of these textbooks don't get to see
Oh February
How they love thee
You bring them their history
Correction their history as a minority
The history that sometimes they fail to see
See the textbooks don't get to see it
So in turn they fail to read it
Some are smart navigating each way just to get a taste of it
While others ignorant and they choose to ignore it
Oh February
How they claim they know thee
You bring them their history
Correction a colored person's history
The history that's not always as it appears to be
The colored person now is lost and blind
But back then the colored person was able to see
Racism at its worst
Strong black leaders at their best
Discrimination at its worst
Solidarity against the MAN at its best
The struggle of the negro at its worst
The rise of the strong beautiful and black at its best
Back then everyday was February
Everyday they made history
Whether Lost or seen, disregarded or praised, half-hearted or passionately
Oh sweet month February
How we love thee
For we will continue to add on to thee
As we continue to make history
Correction our own Black History.

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