The Hunger Game’s 16-year-old Amandla Stenberg delivers a crash course on black culture with a classmate for their history class. Continue reading
Category Archives: Inspirational Tuesday
7/14/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Misty Copeland- Dancing Her Dreams
Misty Copeland stopped by The View on July 6th to discuss her promotion to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre. Copland becomes the first African-American dancer to achieve principal status. In addition O&A NYC Magazine includes Copeland’s 60 Minutes Interview. Continue reading
7/7/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Sacrifice to Succeed- Never Give Up – Follow Your Dreams
5/30/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: President Obama Delivers Clementa Pinckney Eulogy
President Barack Obama on Friday eulogized the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims in last week’s church massacre, calling him a “man of God who lived by faith.” Continue reading
6/23/15 Inspirational Tuesday: Everything Happens For a Reason
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away they were meant to be there.
6/16/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Robert De Niro New York University Tisch School of the Arts’ Commencement Speech
Robert De Niro gave a speech to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts’ commencement telling the students they would have a hard time finding jobs after graduation. Double Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro told NYU’s art school grads Friday congratulations and then quickly added, “You’re fucked.” Continue reading
5/9/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: You’ll Never Walk Alone- The Bluebelles
The Bluebelles, and later Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, the group found success with ballads in the doo-wop genre, most notably, Down the Aisle (The Wedding Song), You’ll Never Walk Alone and Over the Rainbow. The founding members were Patti LaBelle (formerly Patricia Holt), Sundray Tucker, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. Tucker left before the group cut their first record and was replaced by Cindy Birdsong. Continue reading
5/26/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Les Brown- You Gotta Be Hungry
“Do not go where the path may lead, but go where there is no path and leave a trail” Continue reading
5/19/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Louise L. Hay- Your Thoughts Create Your Future
Louise L. Hay is a bestselling author, speaker and inspirational teacher whose healing techniques, affirmations and positive thinking have inspired millions worldwide. She is the founder of Hay House Publishers. “What are affirmations and how can I use them?” An affirmation is any statement that we make—whether positive or negative. If affirmations are used consistently, they become beliefs and will always produce results, sometimes in ways that we cannot even imagine”. Continue reading
5/12/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Dr Wayne W. Dyer- You Become What You Think About
We all know the sayings , “if you can see it then you can achieve it”,” you become what you think about”, ” you are limited only by your own beliefs”