#DisabledLivesMatter America 

My Friends  Today I am very upset I have been since I saw on the news the Very disturbing Video from North Miami. Florida. The video was a shooting by North Miami Police. This was no ordinary shooting. The  Victim #CharlesKinsey was a CareTaker of an Autistic man #ArnaldoRios . Mr Rios ran away from his group home. Mr Kinsey found him. Tried to help him. But then.  Law Enforcement came and things got bad fast. 

First the .  City of North Miami Police showed up. Then they thought according to The Call : That Mr Rios had a gun . He did not he was holding a toy truck Then Mr Kinsey was told to lay on the ground. While doing so he was  heroically trying to protect both himself   and his client . Mr Kinsey gets shot in the leg 3 times But No that Iis not tbe end of this. The Police wanted to at first shoot Mr Rios.  Fortunately they did not !

But that is not the end of this sad tale. Mr Rios was detained in a Hot Police Car ,for 4 hours without Mr Kinsey unable to communicate. Currently Mr Kunsey is in the Hospital and Mr Rios is Traumatized. Due to the ignorance of a few police officers who could not tell a Toy Truck from a gun ! 

​So as my meme above suggests this blog Is For Mr #CharlesKinsey and #ArnaldoRios. My heart goes out to both as i take care of a disabled parent myself. And too am disabled. 

And Yes i too have been misunderstood by an ignorant Policemen. While living in Ocala Fl. A few years ago. I like to walk and some person actually complained i was staring at them. Now at that time i did not know My eyes did not move. And it was a birth defect. But i was questioned by the Police . I am a Law Abiding Citizen ! I was horrified about this. That a member of Law Enforcement would harass me. It happened only once but for me that was enough. 

You see too many people do not understand that many disabilaties you can not see. My eye tracking disorder, and Cognitive disorder are two of them The same with Autism. Too many are unaware of how to interact with the disabled. For instace A person who i knew casually on Facebook Trolled Me and Called Me : “Funny Eye Guy ” On Twitter over a dispute with someone else. Plus proceeded to smear me too. 

You see We The Disabled are different and shoukd be celebrated for it not continually ostracized ! Yer my disabled Father endured alot of It as did my Mom. Both my Parents are disabled.Many times we get  The stares and Yes even Mocking . Currently by A So Called Presidential Candidate . Republican Nominee Donald J.Trump of Bankruptcy, Reality TV, and Real Estate Fame. Mr Trump Publicly mocked and humiliated a Disabled Reporter who dared criticize him. 

it is alot to have to Live with a disabilaty. But the hate and ignorance is getting worse. When you reward Trump and have Police shooting an unarmed caregiver. While intending to shoot an Autistic man. As they did with Mr Kinsey and Mr Rios. Poor Mr Rios is very traumatized by this . So bad he has nightmares. Nightmares needlessly caused by Fools who have No business in Law Enforcment. 

We The disabled deserve dignity, and Compassion. But with what i saw in North Miami i see alot of stupidity, cluelessness and ignorance. Now i want to add Yes i still trust the Police, but on an individual basis. I know their job is terrible and i commend those who do it Honorably. 

But they and Society need to Understand that just because We Walk, Talk, Speak, and look different does not make us the enemy. We mostly want to keep to ourselves but are often very kind and helpful too. We show love but recieve hate in return many times due to people just not getting it. And We are scaired in some cases ! And are sick of it ! So America Can you show some compassion towards your disabled ? Like me for example if i had my healthcare sooner, i might not have had people complain about my eyes ! Do #DisabledLivesMatter to You America ? 
Thank You God Bless

Memes by Blog Author and Founder of #ExpandMedicaidNow and #Impact – Fred Christian -Facebook and Twitter @FredChristian10 @FredChristian13 **ART IN PAINTINGS BY : Theresa BrownGold Art As 

​Art In Paintings above   by  Theresa BrownGold Art As A Social Inquiry 

We Need #Unity America

​My Friends It  is as my Meme says We Need Unity ! And very fast. After this horrific week especially. First #AltonSterling in Baton  Rouge La. Then #PhilandoCastille in Minneapolis Minn, Both were stopped by Police within 24 hours and killed by them Then Dallas Texas happened. People around our Nation took to the streets to protest this outrage. And RIGHTFULLY SO !  But In Dallas it got deadly on Thursday. The protest by Activist from #BlackLivesMatter was peaceful. But a lone deranged gunman decided to ruin the Unity of the protestors and Police. He killed 5 Policemen in an act of creul retaliation. This was un called for ! Too many are dying by Gun.


As my Meme says too Many are.Dying too Young. And Yes Law Enforcement must take responsiblaty for its part. America didn’t #MikeBrown #Ferguson #EricGarner #NYC #FreddieGray #Baltimore #SandraBland #Texas teach you anyting ?  Yes Law Enforcement I am Talking to You on this. The BLUE WALL OF SILENCE MUST END. Do YOUR PART PLEASE ?  

But Also #Communities must come together #KingCarter in Miami Fl. A 6 yr old shot and killed  by people ! He was 6 yrs old ! Then of course #TrayvonMartin and #JordanDavis both killed by people who had no business with a gun ! Doesn’t this get anyones attention. Right Now America #BlackLivesMatter ! #HispanicLivesMatter ! Too many of them are dying needlessly by gun ! Wasn’t #PulseOrlando #Orlando Fl #Enough For You America ? #SandyHook in Conn. Was for me as were all of the above ! Can you see a pattern here ? Yes a pattern of lives lost too soon by Gun ! And this must end because it Will end Us ! If We don’t come together as A Nation and Community ! 

​ When Will It be# Enough For You America ! We Are The U.S.A. not the NRA – National Rifle Association ! 


Final Points I hope you will read all the memes here and think about them ! Really think not just look but actually GET IT ! Get I Get it that peoole are dying too young, and too Soon by Gun ! I say to the NRA #GUNSENSE NOW  !! #NotOneMore !  We must #DisarmHate and #StopTheHateBeforeItStopsUs  !  Yes this Will end Us America You had several chances to Act ! But You don’t ! You let State Houses and Congress endorse this deadly behavior by doing 0 ! About it ! And this must change ! I am posting one more meme below ! We Are Our Brother and Sisters Keeper ! Are You America  ?  By doung nothing you are not ! And You let the innocent continue to die ! We All matter but now #HispanicLivesMatter as Do #BlackLivesMatter even more so as they are in Danger ! Will You Rise Up and Help America ? 

Thank You 

God Bless 

Memes by Blog Author and Founder of #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact Facebook and Twitter @FredChristian10 Fred Christian 

It Sucks To Be Uninsured #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends the meme I made above here says it all. As a person who has Not Had Healthcare in 30 Years It Sucks ! 
The Reasons It Sucks :

1. Not being Able to Afford to See A Doctor
2. Not being Able to Afford to Buy Medicine
3. Fear of  Financial Ruin
4 . Having A Short Life Expectancy
5. Constant Worry about The Bad Thing happening with your Health that You Can Not Afford To Fix
6. No abilaty to Get monitored for Illnesses that can kill You For Example :
:  Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Asthma, and Diabetes. 
7. Not being able to Recover From A major Trauma ie Car Accidents,  Violent Crime Victim due to Not being able to Afford it !
8. No Access to Dental Care
9. No Access to Mental Health treatment
10. No Access to Specialists who could save Your Life.
11. Stress on Families who have to Find Money to help they may not have
12   Having To Beg For Care

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Yes this is My World and that of 4 Million other Americans. Still in Limbo because States refused to #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Dooming us to Sickness and Death,

Yes they did this to us over PETTY POLITICS ! Yes Politics and Saving Money over saving the Poorest and Sickest Constituents Lives ! Like 21 yr old Genesis Rodriguez – Who needs Medcine costing $10,000.00 a month to live. As she suffers witb part of One Lung. And Her Mom Amy Rodriguez A Part Time Social Worker. Who works in pain sometimes herself.

I Too suffer with Asthma and other disabling issues. And it is depressing to see people take out an insurance Card . While You Beg because You Can’t Pay For even EMERGENCY ROOM CARE ! 

I hope I informed all in America about this in human injustice.  The #Impact if Things do not change is early deaths, needless pain, Suffering and Sadness

Does This Suck America ? It does if You have to Live it Like We The Uninsured Do

Thank You
God Bless

Memes By Blog Author and Founder of #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact Facebook and Twitter Fred Christian @FredChristian10

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From The Dark to Light #MentalIllness

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My Friends as my meme says too many are suffering in a pain Only they see ,hear ,and feel. It is a pain of Mental Illness. It comes in many forms All Are Treatable . There is Hope its called treatment via medications and Therapy.

We must end this stigma. But not all are helping do this. In States who did not #ExpandMedicaidNow the #Impact is potentially devastating.!  Families destroyed and lives lost. Why you ask ? Because of antiquicated thinking and putting money before the welfare of Our Citizens.

Our priority should be to have All who need Mental Heath Treatments be able to have access to them. They must be affordable and Available to All. #ExpandMedicaidNow will provide that for the most vulnerable the poor and homeless,

And We as A Society must not label those who suffer as “Bad” or Judge and Condemn them !  After all we are our Brothers and Sisters keeper ! And Mental Ilnness can happen to anyone at any time in the forms of Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Abuse. All of which if untreated can destroy lives.  Untreated Mental Illness can destroy innocent people – Family members, Co Workers, Friends and innocent bystanders too. By being in the wrong place at the wrong time.!

But if there is Treatment available lives can and will be saved ! Having a positive #Impact on Society. 

So to All suffering in Silence ….You Are Not Alone ! There is Help and Hope For You ! Please seek Treatment ! It Will Get You Out of The Dark to The Light where things are Cleaerer  !

And My Friends We too must be Their help and Hope .

Thank You
God Bless

Meme by Blog Author and Founder of #ExpandMedicaidNow#Impact Facebook and Twitter Fred Christian @FredChristian10 Twitter

Our New Look

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#DisArmHate America

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My Friends We Are 10 Days since #PulseNightClubShooting In #Orlando Fl  I hope our Nation Gets it like #OrlandoUnited on Sunday A beautiful, peaceful gathering. That was held at Lake Eola Park in Downtown #Orlando Fl. It even had a Rainbow A nice touch for the #LGBT Community.

But many are hurting Still 49 People died and 53 Wounded ! That will take a long time to heal. But many can not do A Simple thing to Heal this !

The Simple thing Is PASS A GUN SAFETY ANTI TERROR LAW !! Yet as Usual Congress Is the PUPPET OF THE NRA ! National Rifle Association.   Who pay the GOP Members Way with Campaign Cash !  My thoughts via this meme Below :

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Yes this MEME I made says it All ! You can Vote For War ! Using A Gun to Kill in other places ! Yet You Can’t Vote To Stop Assault Weapons From Being Used in Your Own Nation ! I have One Word For The GOP and My U,S. SENATOR Marco Rubio (R) Fl – PATHETIC  !! Yes Patheic Human Beings You Are ! To continue to Put People at Risk ! Or let them die !

The Hate of The REPUBLICANS of President Obama again plays a Role in this ! The Gun is the agent of Hate therefore We Must #DisArmHate  ! A hate that kills people daily ! Cost 51 people in Orlando their lives last week at #PulseNightClub ! And Woumded 49 others !

And Those 53 Face another Nightmare many are Uninsured.  Leaving them with Mounting Bills for their Medical Care. This is My Worst Nightmare !  As I am Uninsured due to Florida Refusing to #ExpandMedicaidNow to 

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Leaving people in the situation in a Horrible Emotional, and Financial Situation. As I said above it is a Double Nightmare ! First Your shot then you face ridiculous Medical Bills just to get well again ! The #Impact is Finacially and Emotionally Devastating.

Yes Hate plays a role in this too as the same mindset and people who hate the ACA aka ObamaCare also are in the pockets of the NRA !  This Hate must be disarmed it kills people who are Uninsured or Are shot ! Dead Is Dead. SHOT IS SHOT ! It knows No Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Gender or Social Economic Status ! This hate does not discriminate !  It kills and is Destroying America , 49 People died last Sunday Lets Not Ever Forget it ! !   So We Must Tell Congress to #DisArmHate  !  So We may Live ! Because this hate Does kill you !  And How many more must die ? #NotOneMore if you ask me ! We need #Gunsense to #DisArmHate America !
Will You Please Get Involved ?

Thank You
God Bless

Memes By Blog Author Fred Christian Founder of #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact Facebook and @FredChristian10 Twitter #ExpandMedicaidNow
Art by Thresa BrownGold  Art As A Social Inquiry

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We Are #OrlandoStrong

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My Friends I have a few thoughts on What happened this Weekend in #Orlando #Fl this weekend !  I am Heartboken to see A m
ajor City in the State I Love be a scene of so much sadness ! I used to Live in Ocala Fl 60 miles North of Orlando. I watched the news on TV from there. At one time I wanted to go to College At The University of Central Florida. It Is A Great Community for A Major City   !   In short Orlando and Florida DID NOT DESERVE THIS !  The #LGBT Community did not deserve this ! No One Deserves This ! To be targeted by hate and Terrorism.

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As I said This Junk must end ! Too many die by Gun ! Way  Too many ! Now Factor in Terrorists from ISIS, and You have a Nightmare ! Yes All A Nightmare ! And of Course Nothing gets Done !

I hurt for those lost ! I hurt for Orlando, My State, and My Nation ! We deserve better !  This was An Act of Terror and A Hate Crime ! Leaving 50 Plus Dead ! And 50 Plus wounded needlessly ! Lives Changed Forever ! Due to Our Insane Obsession with Coddling The NRA ! THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
Guess What NRA  You Are Now ISIS Best Friend ! How does that make you feel ! You betrayed your Nation You Claim to Protect ! By turning A Blind Eye to the sale of ASSAULT WEAPONS ! So you caused those people to die ! Those shot and living to suffer for the rest of their lives ! You allow Forces of Hate to Destroy the Innocent ! Daily it happens ! But this time It Was Just Too Much ! Many are destroyed by your support of Destruction ! 

But God Bless The Orlando Community ! They are #OrlandoStrong ! They banded together with the #LGBT Community in A Show of Love Peace and Solidarity ! Against Your hate !  I am proud of them ! Plus they gave Blood like crazy at Blood Banks to save Lives !

So America Can and Will You Learn From Orlando ? I Love Florida and want better for it and My Nation !  We must stop the guns Period ! One life lost is too many !

And Finally Thank you to All Police, Law Enforcement Fire and EMS who responded in Orlando that day ! You too Are Heroes !
We All Are #OrlandoStrong and Must #PrayForOrlando !

Thank You
God Bless

All memes by Author Fred Christian Founder #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact Facebook and Twitter !

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Art By Theresa BrownGold Art As A Social Inquiry

Meet The Uninsured in Fl #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends Today I am going to tell you a short Version of 3 Stories of the Uninsured !  Myself and My two Friends Amy Rodriguez and her Daughter Genesis Rodriguez.  Due to Florida Not Expanding Medicaid and its #Impact.

Amy Rodriquez (Pictured Above)
Mariamee Amy Rodriguez is a 42 year old Mom of two daughters Genesis and Stephany. All of whom Face Severe health issues. Amy works as a Part Time Social Worker. Because she works Part Time she is ineligible For ACA Healthcare related subsidies. 
She suffers from back pain and Fibromyalgia making her life quite difficult. Especially when having others who are sick in your family ! And You are the soul Breadwinner and all are Uninsured.!

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Genesis Rodriguez
Genesis Rodriguez is 21 years old. She had a portion of a lung removed at age 17. She has chronic Lung Disease plus Asthma since Childhood. And is Uninsured Sick and desperately needs medicines to live. Her Medicines cost her $10,000.00 A month !  Something her Mom Amy (Above Story and Pictures)  Does Not Have !  Is it Right to let a Promising Young Lady Suffer like this ?

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Myself – Fred Christian (Pictured Above)
I am a 46 year old who Never has had healthcare in My Adult lifetime. I have had Asthma since age 16. Which caused me to be dropped from My Family Policy ! I have several disabilities since Childhood ! One an Eye Condition A Tracking Disorder I never knew I had !
“If I had Proper Access to Healthcare My life would have been better !” – Fred Christian Blog Author Founder #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact on Facebook Twitter.
So it led me to Found #ExpandMedicaidNow and #Impact to help others in my situation. I do not like seeing people sick and Suffering !

For more on Amy Rodriguez See ::
A Mothers Fight to #ExpandMedicaidNow Part 1 and Part 2
For More on Genesis Rodriguez See :
A Lifetime of Respiratory Illness – Miami Hearld by Daniel Chang
Treating Chronic Illness With Cough Syrup Washington Post by Danielle Paquette
#SaveGen Fl and America #ExpandMedicaidNow by Fred Christian
Pat’s Commentary Putting A Face to The Uninsured by Pat Taylor Fuller @bannerite Twitter
For More on myself Fred Christian See :
My Healthcare Journey Pre and Post Petition (Blog) on WordPress or Facebook Post
Your Stories Falling Through The Gap Miami Hearld by Patricia Bourns Pat’s Commentary Putting Faces to The Failure of GOP Policies by Pat Taylor Fuller @bannerite Twitter
Plus My Facebook Page Fred Christian #ExpandMedicaidNow Facebook Page Group #Impact Facebook Page Group
Twitter @FredChristian10 @fredchristoan13 #ExpandMedicaidNow

I hope You Will help Us #ExpandMedicaidNow The #Impact on Us is dire and could be deadly ! If We do not receive access to care we could die ! Currently 500,00 Plus Uninsured in Fl ! Thanks to Gov Rick Scott and A GOP LEAD Legislative Fl House who could care less !
Please Share Your Story if Uninsured ! We need You to Help Us #StepUp and #SpeakUp so We Can #ExpandMedicaidNow So #AllAreInsured !
Thank You
God Bless

Memes by Fred Christian Blog Author and Founder #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact and Twitter @FredChristian10 @fredchristiann13 #ExpandMedicaidNow

Art Paintings  in memes by Theresa Brown Gold Art As A Social Inquiry
Photos By Amy and Gen Rodriguez Amy w Fl Sen Rene Garcia 

Why Not 100 Percent Insured ? #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends There is Good News on Healthcare. According to Families USA and The ACA. 9 out of 10 Americans are Insured ! This is a huge Improvement over 8 years ago. Before The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (ObamaCare) became law !  At that time over 30 Million people were Uninsured !

Currently the numbers vary ! Yet in 19 States who refused Federal Medicaid Funds ! Many Still are Sick, Suffering,  and Dying ! The States are :
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,  Virginia, Tennesee, Idaho, Utah, Missouri, Alabama, Missippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Maine, Kansas, Wisconsin,  South Dakota, Texas.
With Louisiana ,and Wyoming Considering Expansion or Having Finally Expanded Currrently.

The Largest Population of Uninsured are in Texas and Florida. Florida is my home state and I too am Uninsured in it ! 

This should be an outrage yet it falls on Deaf Ears ! Many Nations do not sweat Giving Healthcare to their citizens ! They View it as The Morally Responsible, or Right Thing to Do ! 

They also Do Not Worry about providing Medicine to those who need it either ! We as a Nation have work to do on Health care ! Many are insured but can not afford medicines in America !  For Example My Friend Genesis Rodriguez who is Uninsured ! She needs Healthcare as She has only one lung working. But she also needs to be able to afford her medicines. They cost $10,000.00 a month ! Her mom Amy Rodriguez is a part time Social Worker. Who too is Uninsured and can not afford Medicine either !  Many Elderly and disabled are in this problem too !

So my Friends its not just the poor and Unemployed who need access to Medical Care and Medicines. But white Collar professionals and Our Elderly as well ! The reason the Co Pays are unaffordable.  So We must do this
1. #ExpandMedicaidNow So All Are Insured and Can See A Doctor !
2. Fix Prescription Drug Prices So They Are Affordable For All.
3. Fix Co Pays and Deductibles.
4. Make Sure All Medical Providers Honor All Inusrances both Public and Private.
5. Add Dental, Vision, and Hearing Aids Coverage
6. Transition to #SinglePayer Healthcare !

So my Friends There you have it We can stay at 90 Percent or go backwards ! Or We can be At 100 Percent Covered ! Your Choice America ! Give my Friend Genesis a Long Healthy Life or see her and her Mom Amy Struggle ! Both along with me are pictured beloe  For Them We Must : #ExpandMedicaidNow
#CloseTheFlGap and #InsureAll ! The #Impact is huge Lives are in the balance ! What Will You Do America ?

Thank You
God Bless

Memes by Blog Author Fred Christian Founfer of #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact – Facebook and Twitter @FredChristian10 @fredchristian13 #ExpandMedicaidNow
Pictures by Gen Rodriguez Amy Rodriguez w State Sen Bullard, U.S. Rep Wilson

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The 180Project.org What Is Church In The Park

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My Friends Today I am going to Share a little of My Faith based life with you !  As you know I was called to Begin my Healthcare Activism at Church ! That Church Calvary Chapel Hollywood . In Hollywood Florida has more given birth to more than my Activist Ministry ! Yes it is where #ExpandMedicaidNow Started !

But I have some friends who I used to serve with when I went there who are doing some really special things  !  Today I am going to tell you about a Special form of Activism ! One that began over 2016 years ago  ! It is the Ultimate form of Activism : Preaching The Gospel of Jesus Christ ! Many died doing this ! But many serve the Community by doing  this !
Jesus Commanded Us to :”Love Thy Neighbor ” 

Well my Friends at the 180Project.org do just that. This organization was founded in 2011 by Andres Phillipe Carrero, and Alex Duenas. They started Preaching the Gospel all ovet South Florida !  The Ministry wad and still is Called NotForgotten Ministries. But has evolved into the 180Project.org to Show with Christ You Change  and do not end up in the same spot ! These two men and Family members can be found Every Monday Night doing just that ! Their base is Arts Park @ Young Circle Hollywood Florida ! This is their Church !

Yes a Park is their Church just like it was to St. Peter in Acts Chapter 2. Where He Preached A Great sermon and many were Saved that day . They fo alot more than Preach ! They do All Christ Commanded them to do. They break bread with the homeless, lost, and destitute.  Ministering to them as Jesus told them to !  Yes they feed the hungry and Pray for those in need !

Because of their great Love for others they decided to take it a bit further . They are Now doing Church in The Park every month as a Formal Church Service Outdoors ! Just like it began ! 

And They are Not done sharing the Love of Christ. In November they plan the WeROne Music Festival in the same park ! They also partner with Us at #ExpandMedicaidNow !  As both of Us are called to help the less fortunate in Society.  So All please experience Church in the Park ! Its #Impact May Change Your Life !

Thank You

God Bless

Art by Andres Philippe Carrero Founder of : iKandi Design, NotForgotten Ministries, GoodNews Clothing, and The 180Project.org

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