by Jerome Paige | Sep 16, 2020 | Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project
SUBODH MATHUR Class of 1966 Looking back, life in India was entirely physically and socially different from my life in the United States. However, adapting to life in the US was not difficult. It has been a pleasant and rewarding journey for my family and me. However,...
by Jerome Paige | Sep 15, 2020 | Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project
DAVID LANGClass of 1966Before I arrived on Howard University’s campus in fall 1966, “black” wasn’t part of my lexicon. I was “colored” or “Negro.” In my eyes, as well as the eyes of many, I was an “ultra-conservative white wannabe.” My freshman year changed all...
by Jerome Paige | Sep 13, 2020 | Okella, The 1960s Project, WOJM-SM
What a successful “launch week” of “The 1960’s Project.” In this project, we’re compiling reflections of those who attended high school in the 1960s. Some will have started in the late 1950s and attended in the 1960s. Other would have attended in the 1960s and were...
by Jerome Paige | Sep 9, 2020 | Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project
OKELLA PAIGE TRICEClass of 1962Looking back, Germantown, the neighborhood and high school conjure up pleasant and unpleasant memories. Growing up in those places and spaces, I had to confront the tensions between race & identity and racism & fairness in myself...
by Jerome Paige | Sep 7, 2020 | Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, WOJM-SM
Several years ago, I tried my hand at some of the recipes in this book, The Art of Raw Living Food. About a month ago, I picked the book back up. It’s quite challenging to prepare foods using a dehydrator because the dehydration times can be several hours. The...
by Jerome Paige | Sep 7, 2020 | Fair Calculations, Race & Economic Damages, WOJM-SM
I want to tell you about one part of my recent work, which has the potential of eliminating the negative impact of discrimination in earnings in a narrowly focused area. This area is the amount of compensation people get for lost income when they are unable to work...
by Jerome Paige | Sep 6, 2020 | Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project
GORDON BASICHISClass of 1965My life has been eventful. Eventful can reap its own rewards, but it can often inspire remarkable epiphanies as well as terrifying recognitions. Such is life, and life, in my view, should be lived so that one’s accounting should be based...
by Jerome Paige | Aug 4, 2020 | Fitness Practice, Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, WOJM-SM
When I look back on my practice, I can delineate stages. Stage 1: I was adjusting to a virtual practice. I was getting accustomed to the technology and to practicing at home consistently. Both the Studio and I were having “learning and growing pains.” For...
by Jerome Paige | Jul 30, 2020 | Uncategorized, WOJM-SM
On April 15, 2020, I took my first class with Celine. The next day, I posted: In last night’s “Body Burn & Beats with Celine Berthaud.” I felt like the proverbial granddad being led out to the dance floor by his granddaughter. The generational gap was very wide....
by Jerome Paige | Jul 26, 2020 | Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, WOJM-SM
Some lullabies for sleeping, a lullaby for weepingAnd one to teach my heart to fight and winThis Al Jarreau stanza comprises lines in the lyrics to his song “Something That You Said,” which appeared on his album “Tomorrow Tomorrow,” released in 2000. Jarreau wrote...