8/4/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: We are the World- USA for Africa

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We Are the World is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie (with arrangements by Michael Omartian) and produced by Quincy Jones for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide. Continue reading

8/4/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: USA for Africa – We are the World

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We Are the World is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie (with arrangements by Michael Omartian) and produced by Quincy Jones for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide. Continue reading

8/2/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: President Barack Obama’s 2016 Democratic National Convention Speech

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President Barack Obama painted an optimistic picture of America’s future and offered full-throated support for Hillary Clinton’s bid to defeat Republican Donald Trump in a speech that electrified the Democratic National Convention. 
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7/26/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: The Power Of Giving

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“Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That’s why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.” – Mortimer Adler
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6/28/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Jesse Williams BET Speech

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Actor Jesse Williams discusses race relations and equal rights in America at the BET Awards. The actor, who received the network’s humanitarian award from BET chairman and CEO Debra Lee, for his prominent role in the Black Lives Matter movement, dedicated his award to “the activists, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers, the students that are realizing that a system built to divide and impoverish and destroy us cannot stand if we do.”  Continue reading