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Two weeks after graduating from college, I was sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling drugs. I served seven-and-a-half-years of that sentence. Instead of allowing it to define me, I completely turned my life around. I’ve spent the last two decades trying to build my community through the art that I create and the lives I impact through lectures, workshops and now, a community art center.
No one gets to choose where we are from, but all of us get to choose where we’re going.
A strong government affairs team can help a business fight off unfavorable laws, encourage the passage of favorable laws, and facilitate smooth, business-friendly interactions with regulators. This results in cost savings, easier product or service roll-outs, and less burdensome regulation.
Among the many remarkable firsts that President-elect Barack Obama can lay claim to during the course of his political career, the one he’d probably gladly do without is becoming the first president to inherit a formidable trinity of two wars and a financial crisis of global epic proportions. But as a man known to enjoy a good game of poker, he clearly understands he must play the hand that’s been dealt him. According to many experts, Obama is doing a good job so far as he transitions to power and a majority of Americans agree. In an ABC News poll, 67% of those surveyed said they believe Obama is managing his transition well.
When the FCC approved a controversial bid by Sirius Satellite Radio to acquire XM Satellite Radio for a reported $3.5 million in July, many in the broadcasting industry saw the approval as giving big media an advantage to form monopolies and shut out small minority-owned operations.
