Vaccines and Blue Foot Syndrome Animal Advocates Radio:”Voices Carry for Animals #199″- WatchdogMary aka Mary Schwager- Journalist

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1. Louie C
   Dec 01, 2018 @ 03:42:20

   My Grandmother, at about 15, was cornered in the supply room by a man who apparently thought he had enough power to do whatever he wanted. She picked up a wrench that was laying on a nearby shelf and smacked him in the head…hard. She, of course, was fired..and told that “she must have done something to cause it”. That just infuriated her all the more and set her on a lifetime course of knocking down bullies. She so detested arrogance and misuse of power and saw it as a civic responsibility to always call “them” out and did so at every opportunity.

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2. ppjg
   Nov 30, 2018 @ 20:55:18

   Melody was a guest on TS Radio last month. Beautiful woman, with a good heart.

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3. Louie C
   Nov 30, 2018 @ 02:21:43

   From MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
   A few excerpts from an article that is well worth taking the time to read:

   A Black Woman Who Tried To Survive In The Dark, White Forest

   THE FOREST SERVICE’S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN FORESTER REFLECTS ON SEXUAL ASSAULT, JUSTICE DENIED, AND RACISM IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S PREMIER LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
   by Melody S. Mobley

   It was during these times, when I was at my lowest, I took strength in the fact that I am a spiritual person. My relationship with God kept me going when others, by their words and actions, sent a message that being Black is lesser. I told myself as a young woman and sincerely believed that “God does not make junk,” that I would never truly be alone, and “if God is with us, who can succeed against us?”

   Skin color does not always guarantee like-mindedness, friendship or support. In 1996, when I had finally reached my limit in tolerating discrimination based on my race, gender, and age and filed an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint, it was my Black brothers and sisters inside civil service who were afraid to be seen with or associate with me in public because of the stigma associated with filing complaints and the retaliation and reprisal that comes with it.

   I understood, but it taught me a valuable lesson I have never forgotten. My real friends stood with me, and they were predominantly white.

   One could say that they could afford to stand with me because they generally had higher grade levels within the agency and more power and authority. They could withstand most retribution. But, they chose to support me and even helped protect me from some of the punishment that would come my way for speaking out against discrimination. This is the only kind of courage that can bring real change when doing the right thing means possessing color blindness. And it applies to administrations run by both Republicans and Democrats.

   I learned a painful lesson in hypocrisy too. A member of senior management who tried to dismiss the issues I raised in one of my complaints (a panel ultimately ruled in my favor) later received a cash award for outstanding leadership, with one of the criterions used to assess his performance as having to do with his alleged promotion of “civil rights.”

   So, where am I today?

   I’d like to share with you a few things I learned along the way.

   https://mountainjournal.org/a-woman-recalls-her-nightmare-with-the-united-states-forests-service

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Vaccines and Blue Foot Syndrome Animal Advocates Radio:”Voices Carry for Animals #199″- WatchdogMary aka Mary Schwager- Journalist