• The Road We’ve Traveled

    Three years ago Jersey and I along with the rest of the city of Newark,NJ gathered on Commerce St for the inauguration speech of our President Barack Obama. The broadcast was amazing. The monitor our President was displayed upon stretched across the entire the street.  The night air was chilly but despite the cold temperatures it seemed as if the entire city of Newark was in completed admiration. The energy in the air was overwhelming. I felt such a feeling of accomplishment.  We did it! Our nation has elected the first BLACK President. In the days and weeks that followed I remember wondering is it too late? Is the mess that the former administration…