By Joy Lynn Clark December 27, 2021 Today I would like to acknowledge the speakers. Throughout my life I have attended social programs, discussions, workshops, rallies and speaking engagements. I’ve had the privilege to hear some of the best speakers in the world. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing authors, poets, motivational speakers and, politicians. Some of the speakers I’ve had had the most wonderful stories. Nearly all of them had sermons, Excerpts from books, written speeches, poetry, and informational accounts. I have been both uplifted and motivated to take action.

By Joy Lynn Clark December 24, 2021 My dad worked for the news most of my life. During the week I didn’t see him much because he always worked late. So much so, that my stepmom always picked me up from mom’s house for my weekend visits. At the start of middle school my mom announced that she wanted to remarry and that her and her new husband are going to move from Illinois to Indiana. I did not want to go to Indiana so I decided to move in with my dad, stepmother, and stepbrother. Dad worked late as usual and I had a bunch of issues adjusting to…

By Joy Lynn Clark December 21, 2021 After working at a start up and then study in production, I said to the task of looking for work. I was doing Street promotion for a few venues and performing but, I wanted a better salary. Since I knew some programming and IT guys from my last couple of jobs, I always focused my résumé around being a, “creative” type. products: Creative Labs Extigy Soundcard 2000 or 2001 Creative Labs

By Joy Lynn Clark December 18, 2021 D.A.R.E. stands for drug abuse resistance education. This is another social program that I was involved with in my youth. My favorite neighborhood police officer, Officer friendly stopped by our elementary school class to teach us about different types of drugs and their negative affects. Sometimes he would relate a story or two about his Encounters with drug offenders. I was fascinated and I really liked Officer friendly. In addition to dare, Officer friendly was always the cop that was posted in my neighborhood on my walks home from school. It is not like it is today. I would smile and wave as…