Who is looking out For America

1. USDA’s future for Black and Minority farmers :   John Deere, in partnership with the National Black Growers Council (NBGC) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), established the LEAP (Legislation, Education, Advocacy and Production Systems) coalition in 2020 to help eliminate barriers created by Heirs Property and provide resources to advance the lives and livelihoods of Black farmers. LEAP is dedicated to ensuring the long-term sustainability of over 60 million acres of land currently owned or farmed by Black farmer.   Supporting new legislation For several years, Black farmers and landowners have experienced systemic discrimination, ranging from denial of federal farm assistance to unjust lending practices. To counter this, in February 2021, the Justice for Black Farmers Act was introduced to provide debt relief and create land grant programs to foster a new generation of Black farmers. LEAP and other advocates are pushing for additional legislation ...

  Annihilation of Native Americans Dennis S. Murray July 30, 2001 Introduction In America today, there are many discussions about racism, diversity and cultures.   Some believe we are a melting pot with blended families and everyone is treated equal.   While others view our society as one of disparate treatment, inequities among the races and injustice and unfair treatment inflicted by the majority population towards minorities. One culture of people that does not appear often in today's headlines is the Native Americans.   In my opinion, there is little discussion about their experience and their sacrifices.   While much is said in regards to Jewish holocaust experience, Vietnamese and Latino immigration experience and the African American slavery experience, there is little mention of the first inhabitants of American soil.    After reading the Fact of Life by George Russell, the Native American experience interests me.   T...

  Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk are going to the Moon while the undeserved are still sitting inside of a Bottle - By Dennis S Murray Sr.     R ecently my good friend illustrated through his art work a “person sitting inside of a bottle trying to read the label”. Artist : Marcellus Jackson Immediately a light bulb started flashing about the equities that have faced our   undeserved community for decades   before, despite the Covid pandemic that ripped over 600 thousand and counting lives from there families across America and millions around the world. But the pandemics is not over with us yet, while Congress continues to rip each other apart with who was right during the horrific insurrectionists that storm the Washington Capital Building sending all members of Congress crippling for cover, but those same Republicans still denied it happen, change voting laws in Republican led states, but the people of America are ...

  Nations Capital Undersized by Domestic Terrorist   by Dennis S Murray Sr., .Six years before Jacob Blake was shot and critically injured by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city made national headlines for a case that became the impetus for  groundbreaking reforms concerning the use of deadly force. “Could it help provide a new faith in the justice system?”  The New York Times  asked  at the time. Those reforms, however, were narrowly focused on making changes to how law enforcement investigates its own, the kind of reform strategy that once may have seemed like enough. On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man was shot by police eight times in his back as he walked back to the car where his children reportedly sat waiting for him, it wasn’t a failure of reform but evidence of what any reform really does look like. But the law enforcement officer felt that they had to use lethal force because they felt their lif...

 Dear Partners and Friends (Farewell)  by Dennis S Murray Sr While working at the Department of Labor (DOL) headquarters in Washington, DC for the undersecretary office I was asked by my supervisor to talk with some youth at one of the high schools about creating upper mobility and internship programs. The next day in April 1980 I went out in the Southeast community ward 8 where Anacostia High School is located and requested a meeting with its principal to discuss opportunities with there feature juniors and seniors at the school. One of the first students I encounter among the forty that was picked was 16 years old senior name Sherrie Easely-Deadymler who was out spoken about what her career goals were but also reserve in her mannerisms. The following day I reported my finding back to my supervisor on what I had accomplished. I requested that we help all forty youth and to know surprise he said yes, but he also told me that I had to schedule all the interviews and find ...