Countdown to a job...

I have been unemployed since October of 2008. But nothing will change a moment in history as was yesterday, the inauguration of President Barack Obama. I was glued to the TV since 7am. The only time I was able to unglue myself from the TV was from 4:45-7:15pm when I went to teach ESL at Sherman. Then, back to the tube. It was a historical day! Today we all wake up to a new Presidential administration and there is a lot of fresh air to breathe in America. We breathe an air of freedom and liberty, foundations that our forefathers brought to this country at one time. President Obama is the first African American to be elected to the highest office. I know Dr. King is having a party in heaven with his wife Corretta....and with Cesar Chavez too....okay, and Gandhi! President Obama represents what so many colored people felt was not possible. He is the President of the United States of America. To me, this means that we will now have a President that is sympathetic to the needs of urban America, the needs of the barrio and common people. His cabinet is composed of some amazing leaders that will get the job done and will reform education, health-care, immigration, and THE ECONOMY. I am glad to see the Bush era disappear, the moment Bush boarded that helicopter, there was a sigh of relief from my part. I mean, how could all this damage to our economy be caused by ONE man. Well, it did! Just as one person can make a difference, one person can also make the "in-diff-erent." As our new President wakes up to a new day, so is America alongside him. We are ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work for our beautiful free world ...that is America. May God trully bless President Obama, his wife Michelle and two daughters to lead this country to regain consciouseness of why we are here as Americans.

So, being unemployed worries me little. I am enjoying my time off and I am concentrating on other things that make me happy. And, I continue looking for a job. Yet, deep in my heart, I know that I have a lot of work to do especially if I have big goals. I have made it a personal goal (in 2008) that I would like to have my own community center. I give myself ten years to do it. I want to really begin this journey this year as I enter my third year of service to the Sherman Hts. Comm Ctr. in downtown SD. I was lucky to have finished a Masters degree at New College of CA in SF in Humanities and Leadership. I think that I would now like to pursue my PhD, but need a job to do that first. Or do I?

I would like to finish this application to apply for 501-c 3 status as my own non-profit organization. What a dream come true that could be! I would be able to apply for grants and get donations made to my organization. I will do a part of the app every week. That is my committment. I know that God will give me the organization once I get my butt to work. I pray that I am enlightened and inspired to finish this application soon. In Jesus name, Amen.