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    Found: The Paw Paw Tree

    By Joy Lynn Clark July 27, 2015 Found: The Paw Paw Tree I recommend that you read my last post titled “Wild Onions” if you haven’t already. I have done my family tree many times but, the last time I did it, Paw Paw came up.  I made it my personal mission to find out what a Paw Paw is.  It is a tree that is indigenous to the area where my people are from. I began talking with a  Mama at Manistee and she told me she saw one in Paw Paw.  I said, I have to make it my personal mission to find the Paw Paw Tree.  Who…

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    Remember The Projects?

        By Joy Lynn Clark       Consult A Professional- Dazee Dizzle12/15/2014 Chicago, IL Public housing.  I did not grow up living in public housing but, I have the memories just the same.  When I was younger, public housing had stigma.  It was full of crime and poverty.  We were not supposed to go to the “Projects”. At the same time, I got a job at the Robert Taylor Boys and Girls Club working for Ken Dunkin who was not yet a politician.  Right near 55th and Federal.  (For my out of town readers The Robert Taylor Homes was where this particular Boys and Girls Club was located). …