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Monica Dillon Hangin In Philly

Monica — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:36:01 +0000

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http://www.monicadillonmusic.com. It’s the weekend and I’m in Philadelphia for the Black Women’s Arts Festival. Join my mailing list for soon to be released details about A Beautiful Life.

FOX Attacks Black America Video

Monica — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:03:27 +0000

Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films Challenges Fox News

This isn’t anything that many of us have heard it before, but what I love about Robert Greenwald’s camp is the great way they bring it all together. Greenwald is the director who produced and directed Walmart: The High Price of Low Costs, Outfoxed, and Iraq For Sale. His films are all available on his site and on Netflix.com

Working all the time, I never really paid attention to Fox until Hurricane Katrina slowed me down. For a solid week I repeatedly saw first hand the racism in action. Today, I trust little the opinions of Fox News. It’s important to know what folks are thinking, however, so I haven’t completely blocked the channel out when I see it .

John McCain On Birth Control For Women

Monica — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:50:56 +0000

McCain Squirms On Birth Control Coverage For Wome

I don’t need birth control, but a lot of women I know do!!! So, this is my issue too!!

Watch John McCain’s unposition of a position on forcing insurance companies to cover birth control for women the way they cover Viagra for men. Please pay attention everyone.

This is really just the tip of the iceberg. How could you not even know your own position on such an important issue to women. I mean…we know what you think about women already, but that’s a different discussion.

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Monica Dillon’s Pet Frog

Monica — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:51:32 +0000

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http://www.monicadillon.com On a recent trip I was surprised to find a frog stow-away in my car. It shocked the heck out of me frankly. Check this out.

Monica Dillon Female Speaker And Artist At The Pump

Monica — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:51:13 +0000

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I’m not smug enough to believe this all happened by accident or that I had no hand in this. Gas prices right now are the fault of all of us in some small way. I could go on…and I will soon. But for now, I too am having my moment with the increased cost of getting around the city from day to day.

Crescent City Classic Expo 2008 with Monica Dillon

Monica — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:51:08 +0000

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The Crescent City Classic Expo happens every year before to the Crescent Classic Race. Fitness enthusiasts get together and see what’s new in the industry and get some cool and not so cool stuff. Monica Dillon and friends share their CCC expo experience.

African American Speaker Monica Dillon Questions A World With No Trees

Monica — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:46:05 +0000

African American Speaker Questioning A World

That Tears Down Trees

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I love the great outdoors. And I love the city too. Most people who know me, know that I am found of being outside, around nature, trees, etc. While running in the park recently, it hit me that many of our problems stem from our profound disdain and reverence for nature and the power She has to keep us sane and secure. Without trees, we would be a world with no shade, intense heat, and lots more carbon in the air, e.g. pollution.

I also like old houses. I like the new, but old houses seem to have a characteristic that can’t be found or faked in newer buildings. The trend today is to take a house that could otherwise be fixed and deem it a “tear down.” So much of our urban areas areas around the country are falling victim to this. In areas of Atlanta, I recently saw firsthand how neighborhoods are being totally gentrified and rebuilt, to look like something…well…something fake and plastic.

Walking neighborhoods are disappearing for cosmopolitan lifestyles and I wonder if anyone else cares.

What do you think?