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Angela King
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Name: Angela King
Email: humrights4peace@gmail.com
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About: Growing up in South Florida, Angela King struggled with her identity. She found herself confused about the messages she received from her church and family on issues like sexual identity and racial stereotypes. Disenfranchised, Angela began acting out and felt welcomed for the first time by a group of racist Skinheads. "They were angry and hated everyone. They made me feel like part of a family." Entrenched in the racist underground, crime became an increasingly important part of Angela's life. Though the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing made Angela reconsider her actions and beliefs, she knew that abandoning her Skinhead affiliates would result in retaliation. Angela was arrested in 1998 and sentenced to six years in prison for her part in an armed robbery of a Jewish-owned video store.
After learning to accept responsibility for her actions, Angela was released from prison three years early, in 2001, for good behavior and cooperation with the authorities. She has since graduated from the University of Central Florida with an M.A. in Interdisciplinary studies, focused on inequality present in several U.S. social systems. Angela routinely works as a keynote speaker, consultant, advocate and agent of change in schools, communities, religious centers and elsewhere. She has been interviewed by the Southern Poverty Law Center and National Public Radio, has been featured in films, books, magazines and other publications, and received several recognitions and awards for her dedication and support of Prejudice Reduction as well as Holocaust education, among other things.See Authors Posts (5) ⋅ July 2, 2011
⋅ 2 commentsIn October of 1998 I was incarcerated and placed in the Federal Detention Center in Miami, Florida. I deserved to be there and though I did not quite realize it at the time, my incarceration was my saving grace. Not only did it save the world from me, it saved me from myself. You see, [...]
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Tamara Westfall
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Name: Tamara Westfall
Email: LAH@candidtam.com
Site: http://www.candidtam.com
About: Graduating from the Journalism Program at Columbia College Chicago on a pile of student loans and grants, Tamara Westfall intended to be a war photographer but ended up working as a Community Affairs Producer for WCIU 26, an Investigative Researcher at the Better Government Association and is currently freelancing as an Investigative Writer/Researcher in social, political, and human interests.
In the last decade Tamara worked on Emmy Nominated Cultural Documentary, Cambio De Colores, was honored by the Tribune Internship Award for outstanding investigative research, graduated with Honors and on the Dean's List from Columbia, worked on a number of Emmy Nominated programs at WCIU 26, worked on televised coverage for the 2008 Presidential Election, and has organized, volunteered for and managed several successful high publicity productions and events.
Tamara spent her childhood in flux growing up as a military brat. She's lived through 13-years of domestic violence, is a recovering foul-mouthed misanthrope, and is the first girl in her family history to complete college. She thrives on critical thinking, problem research, and exploring intolerance. She also enjoys events coordination, volunteerism, painting, and riding her bicycle in her new home town of Los Angeles.See Authors Posts (4) ⋅ June 27, 2011
⋅ 2 commentsBryon and Julie Widner – “Explaining Hate” Interview by – Tamara Westfall June 26th, 2011 “I [then] realized that I had more in common with my “Enemy” than I did with those I called brother for years.” [...]
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Arno Michaels
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Name: Arno Michaels
Email: arno@lifeafterhate.org
Site: http://www.lifeafterhate.org
About: Currently majoring in Sport & Rec and Perpetual Major-Changing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Enjoys climbing things and warm saltwater. Cold saltwater is kinda nice too.See Authors Posts (47) ⋅ January 18, 2011
⋅ 4 commentsA few months ago, my mom forwarded a Powerpoint presentation made up of slide after slide of drawings and paintings. Landscapes, architecture, dogs, people… it wasn’t the most stunning artwork I’d ever seen (my mom is the most amazing artist ever), but there was an undeniable humanity coursing through it. You could feel the artist’s [...]
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Terry Hoffman-Vincevineus
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Name: Terry Hoffman-Vincevineus
Email: tvince512@hotmail.com
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About: Terry resides in SE Wisconsin with her husband Phil, a mutt named Georgia, and 3 crazy cats named Layla, Nova, and Starbrite. She graduated from Random Lake high school in 2001 and then obtained a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Communications in 2005 from UW-Milwaukee. She owns a photography business which she runs out of her home. Her goal in life is to eventually have children, see all 50 states, step foot on every continent, and meet an American president.See Authors Posts (7) ⋅ January 17, 2011
⋅ Post a commentRosa sat near the middle of the bus, right behind the seats that were reserved for whites only. Soon enough, all of the seats on the bus were filled. When a white man boarded, the driver insisted that Rosa stand to make room for him. Rosa quietly refused to give up her seat and would not move.
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Name: Terry Hoffman-Vincevineus
Email: tvince512@hotmail.com
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About: Terry resides in SE Wisconsin with her husband Phil, a mutt named Georgia, and 3 crazy cats named Layla, Nova, and Starbrite. She graduated from Random Lake high school in 2001 and then obtained a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Communications in 2005 from UW-Milwaukee. She owns a photography business which she runs out of her home. Her goal in life is to eventually have children, see all 50 states, step foot on every continent, and meet an American president.See Authors Posts (7) ⋅ January 3, 2011
⋅ 3 commentsWithin the past few weeks, our country has seen the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT). The policy was introduced as a compromise measure by former president Clinton who campaigned on the promise to allow all citizens to serve in the military regardless of sexual orientation. Despite good intentions, DADT effectively became a blatant [...]
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Beverly Kipp
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Name: Beverly Kipp
Email: bkipp@frontiernet.net
Site: http://beverlykippquesthouse.blogspot.com/
About: Words. As daughter, mother, friend, nurse and lay minister, Beverly Kipp uses words to comfort, encourage, nurture and nag. She has shouted, whispered, wielded and sung them. Only when widow and “Grandma Bevy” were added to her titles did she finally take the advice of others and begin to write her words down. She then added Writer and Inspirational Speaker to the list of hats she wears. Writing adds depth to her words, wonder to her days and joy to her heart. She is trained and authorized to offer an online guided writing process called Radmacher Focus Phrase™. As moderator, she finds a special and unique delight in reading YOUR words. Join her. Write. Your life will be richer if you do. It really will. You can read more of her words at http://beverlykippquesthouse.blogspot.com/See Authors Posts (1) ⋅ December 23, 2010
⋅ 3 commentsI was raised a Christian and I have continued to practice and study and live my life as a Christian all sixty of my years. I am a Christian because I want to be and in reading Angie’s email, I realized, for the first time, that I am a Christian because I choose it daily. I marveled that she sees that in me. The choosing, I mean.
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Name: Terry Hoffman-Vincevineus
Email: tvince512@hotmail.com
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About: Terry resides in SE Wisconsin with her husband Phil, a mutt named Georgia, and 3 crazy cats named Layla, Nova, and Starbrite. She graduated from Random Lake high school in 2001 and then obtained a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Communications in 2005 from UW-Milwaukee. She owns a photography business which she runs out of her home. Her goal in life is to eventually have children, see all 50 states, step foot on every continent, and meet an American president.See Authors Posts (7) ⋅ December 20, 2010
⋅ One commentHappy Holidays to All: As I toured the Miller Brewing company in Milwaukee with in-laws, we enjoyed a light show synchronized with music. My 2 year-old niece pointed, laughed, and smiled, with a look of excitement accentuated by holiday lights reflected in her blue eyes. After the show, one of the tour guides proclaimed over [...]
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Arno MichaelscloseAuthor: Arno Michaels
Name: Arno Michaels
Email: arno@lifeafterhate.org
Site: http://www.lifeafterhate.org
About: Currently majoring in Sport & Rec and Perpetual Major-Changing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Enjoys climbing things and warm saltwater. Cold saltwater is kinda nice too.See Authors Posts (47) ⋅ December 19, 2010
⋅ 2 commentsAs readers of My Life After Hate will know, my friend Chuck was murdered after a streetfight in 1990. To this day, that murder remains unsolved. At the time we used the needless tragedy to drum-up more hate and violence, claiming that the white race needed to wake up and defend itself or our children [...]
At night, Rangel hits the streets on his own, sometimes to find a particular child, but just as often to cruise rougher parts of town, checking on kids he knows and making himself available to anyone needing help. During the day, he steps into classrooms to deliver life lessons.
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Zek J Evets
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Name: Zek Evets
Email: zekjevets@gmail.com
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About: Zek J Evets is a writer, musician, artist, anthropologist, melancholic, pessoptimist, troubadour, doodler, people-watcher, urban explorer, hopeful-romantic, pataphysician, and saboteur academic living in San Francisco.See Authors Posts (2) ⋅ December 6, 2010
⋅ One commentCompassion is a muscle. You have to exercise it, or lose it altogether. For some people, leaving old furniture on the corner is the extent of their compassion. About the equivalent of lifting a finger to push a button on the remote-control to the plasma-screen TV they just put in the place of those curbside [...]
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