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<title><![CDATA[ Disability Life 2023 ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2023I am self-aware, self-sufficient, work smart, educated, assertive, fun loving, emotionally intelligent, grounded, deeply spiritual, quietly re ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Disability Discrimination 2022-2023 ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION 2022-2023February 10, 2023Since September 9, 2022 I’ve been trying my best to understand why MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY LIVING WITH ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ ADA and Reasonable Modifications of Policies, Etc. ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Health care is one area that ADA requirements especially apply to.  Here is a link to a pdf file provided by the ADA National Network (https://adata.org) you ca ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Law Enforcement/community reform ]]></title>
<link>https://www.kbrownenterprises.com/blog/post/law-enforcement-community-reform</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Link to the Community Reform Document ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ New Perspective ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ NEW PERSPECTIVEJuly 27, 2021 Celebration 31 years of the signing of the ADAWE ARE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIESWe are not “Handicapped”We are not “Disabled”We ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Living, Surviving, and Thriving with a Disability ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Founders Misstep ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The creators and signers of the constitution, missed one of the most important/essential pieces of legislation. They decided, what should be an impartial legal ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Politics ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Have You Noticed? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States of America:Has finally let its true colors be seen on every DayHas an Old White Racist, sexist, abusive, irresponsible, lying, narcissist as ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ My Message To Joy ]]></title>
<link>https://www.kbrownenterprises.com/blog/post/my-message-to-joy</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dear little Ms. JOY,As I write this letter to you today, May 8, 2019, we have not met in person. I have had the pleasure of meeting your Father and Mother. The ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Living, Surviving, and Thriving with a Disability ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Education for Children with a Disability[ies] ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ PART 1I’m a person with a disability. I was mainstreamed, in the Public Education System starting in 1962. I remained mainstreamed in the Public Education Syst ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Living, Surviving, and Thriving with a Disability ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ What Is America? ]]></title>
<link>https://www.kbrownenterprises.com/blog/post/what-is-america</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I’ve been alive on this earth, occupying this vessel called a human body for sixty-one years and three months. My memory takes me deep into my history. Irrespec ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Civil &amp; Human Rights ]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ Black Life ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Forgive/Forgiveness part 2 ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Forgiveness-The intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, let’s go of negative emoti ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Civil &amp; Human Rights ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Forgive or Forgivness ]]></title>
<link>https://www.kbrownenterprises.com/blog/post/forgive-or-forgivness</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Forgive or forgivnessForgive- to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake.Forgiveness- the intentional and voluntary pro ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Civil &amp; Human Rights ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Privilege ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Can a Person of Color with a disability[ies] also be a Person of Privilege?NOTPRIVILEGE- A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ How committed is new mayor to Minneapolis affordable housing ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Opinion Response: How committed is new mayor to Minneapolis affordable housingKenneth Brown: Past Chair Minneapolis Civil Rights CommissionMinneapolis Advisory ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Civil &amp; Human Rights ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Am I Free ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ AM I FREEOn July 26, 2017 we celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]. On July 2, 1964 the Civil R ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ A Message To The Community ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITYDear Community, I have been involved as an active participant in the battle for my individual rights as a human being with a disabili ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Children with disabilities are people too ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Children with disabilities are people too. My wish for children with disabilities is we [the other] give our children the humanity they were born with.  Each ch ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Living, Surviving, and Thriving with a Disability ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The DFL Caucus: What is wrong with this Picture? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I have never participated in the elections process beyond voting until this year. This month I attended and participated in my first precinct caucus. I never pa ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Civil &amp; Human Rights ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Do Black people with Disabilities Lives Matter?? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Do Black people with Disabilities Lives Matter??Do Black lives matter? I submit to all, if Black lives matter; Yes Black people with disabilities lives matter ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Black Life ]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ Able not Disabled ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stop The Madness ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Letter to the Editors and Mr. CirrusSTOP THE MADNESSI am A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. As a leader in my community I demand retractions on the articles written ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2015 09:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ A tale of Two worlds ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A tale of Two worldsA few weeks ago I attended my 40 year High School Reunion. It was celebrated in St. Louis, Mo. where I was born and raised and of course at ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Living, Surviving, and Thriving with a Disability ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Surviving, Living and Thriving with a Disability ~ Black Americans will never be “ONE” ]]></title>
<link>https://www.kbrownenterprises.com/blog/post/surviving-living-and-thriving-with-a-disability-black-americans-will-never-be-one</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama established a program: My Brother’s Keeper. I think the premise of the program is to have Black men treat each other with the honor and respect ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Black Life ]]></category>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2015 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Being a ‘team player’ is not my style ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over the past two weeks, I have had the opportunity to review portions of my “employment” history. I have been under the impression that I understood complete ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Winter and mobility impairments ]]></title>
<link>https://www.kbrownenterprises.com/blog/post/winter-and-mobility-impairments</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Winter and mobility impairments We are in Minnesota and the least favorite of the two seasons we experience here: our dreaded winter with snow and ice. I requ ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Early Years – Part 1 ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I am in the middle of my fifth decade of life. I acquired my disability at the age of two and one half years old. Living with a disability is a mighty challeng ]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenneth Brown ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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