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Ingrid

I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not

About Me

..I am positive, progressive, single sister in St. Louis working hard everyday to make a difference!!!I am a business development consultant and I enjoy working with youth, politics, policy and program development, music and meeting positive, active, people.

My Interests

Music, poetry, reading, community activismSINGING Some of my Karaoke recordings are below..

I'd like to meet:

Positive, progressive individuals who are serious about contributing to the community in a positive manner.

Music:

I have diverse music tastes from jazz to hip hop to classical. I love old school R&B!!! I also enjoy Musiq Soulchild, Phyllis Hyman, Prince, Rochelle Ferrell, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Outkast John Legend Nelly (I live in the STL!)Much luv to my fellow Central High Alum and the BEST band on the Planet MINT CONDITIONSome of my favorite music is below on my playlist. I like most genre's, but luv my R&B slow jamz and old school.

Movies:


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Television:

not much of a tv person but I enjoy Girlfriends, Meet the Press, Oprah.About the Jena 6 Case AboveRest in Peace cousin Luther

Books:

Most recent recently the Secret. Other books I enjoy(ed) are Seat of the Soul, A Purpose Driven Life, The Four Agreements, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, A Fool in Love, by Steven Ivory, The Bush Dyslexicon, Race Matters, The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama, The Millionaire Next Door, The Art of Peace, Peace is The Way.Authors I enjoy include Gary Zukov, Cornel West, Frances Cress Welsing, Zane, Miguel Ruiz, and Deepak Chopra.

Heroes:

My late grandmother Edith who was undeniably the strongest woman on the planet!!!

My Blog

"Snowed in" in St. Louis

The streets are icy and covered in snow and I am stuck in the house.  Kind of got me thinking about other things that have me feeling pretty cold:   I am feeling cold that as a country we a...
Posted by Ingrid on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:16:00 PST

I object to your objectification

  Why is it that we have become so comfortable with objectifying one another?  We have become judge and jury and then sentence one another (usually to life without possibility of parole).&nb...
Posted by Ingrid on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:14:00 PST

The So-called Independant Woman

I recently received a note from someone who wanted to congratulate me on "holding it down" as an independent black woman.  Although I could appreciate that he was trying to be complimentary, the ...
Posted by Ingrid on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:34:00 PST