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Jess

Seriously?

About Me


My Interests

Children and Education Issues (think Pre-K Baby!), Alleviating Poverty, Intersection of Race and Class - C'mon, I know you think its exciting too.....Distracting myself with Myspace profiles, marathon racing and working out.

Music:

Everything. No seriously - everything - depending on the mood. Rock like Maroon Five, DMB belongs in its own category ofcourse, Country like Tim McGraw, Hip Hop like Jay-zee, Soul like Aretha Franklin, Jazz like Coltrane, Dance like Deborah Cox, and Gospel like Kirk Franklin.

Movies:

Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, The Fugitive, Braveheart, The American President, Primary Colors, Coming to America, Beverly Hills Cop. Also, I'm a big James Bond fan - Sean Connery was the best but Roger Moore fills the character in a diferent yet equally enjoyable way Childhood Favs. - Masters of the Universe, Indiana Jones (all three), Star Wars. Ok, they are sill my favs.....

Television:

Project Runway, West Wing, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Golden Girls, and the Cosby Show

Books:

Tom Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis. Cornell West, Race Matters and The Cornell West Reader Some of my favorite authors: Sinclair Lewis, Richard Wright, Kurt Vunnegut.

Heroes:

My family - my brother, sister, dad, and mom. Corny huh?