Mr. Will Brown was there( Manhattan Republican Coalition) with much accolades to the young men of the Harlem Eagle Academy and , of course, the “Young Marines” who helped with the pledge of allegiance as it was accompanied by the voice of a lovely songstress

It was encouraging to see Martin Chicon is running for the United States Senate braving the majority of democrats and asking ‘ What are the common issues between the Republicans and Democrats? (if any).” He was accepted.

As a middle of road conservative or centrist it was encouraging to know that the Democrats were advocating
that sometimes you can’t vote all “D” in the voting booth but
a balance of both “Republicans” and “Democrats”.

The issues at hand were the raising of young black boys in single parent homes, education, mentoring for these young black boys, cooperative economics in the black community which is a congregate $89 Billion, education especially in reading at third grade and math and science competitiveness in upper grades( America qualifies 32 globally),the breakdown of the nuclear family,career shadowing by youth of their parents or mentor. and the fact that 70 percent of NYC inmates come from seven different neighborhoods or zipcodes.

The panelists agreed there is still hope for the young African-American men but it requires a long time investment.

A member of the Fugees R&B/Hip Hop band was there on the panel and he is a Yale University graduate. He was applauded for his well spokenness although still trying to protect the image of the record label industry.

Hey, people are people and contrawise there are some good conservative Democrats.

Alas, a man of the cloth, Rev.Falkner will running as a Republican candidate for Congress and he is a centrist.