April 2008


Allen and Donna at the Honeycomb Hideout

My good friend Donna "Blue" Powell is attending Drew University’s Theological School in Madison, New Jersey. She also hosts the school’s Sunday morning Gospel Radio talk show, The Honeycomb Hideout . She is truly a remarkable, gifted person who has a passion to impact the lives of those she meets.

Donna Blue Powell

I was blessed to be a guest on the show (which airs at 7am -8:30am on WMNJ 88.9FM) on April 6, 2008. We had a great time talking about my book, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers and the impact it’s having, my childhood experiences, college, graduate school, mission work in Ghana West Africa and other things. The hour and a half flew by very quickly. You know what they say, "Time flies when you’re having fun!"

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(’Who Am I?’  Photo taken by Larry Reid. 2007)

What can we do to help our young Black men?  This morning, while waiting for my train, I ran into a young man I know.  We hadn’t seen each other for a while and as we caught up on things, he admitted the struggles that he faced: to make a real change in his life that would take him away from illegal activities.