Sherry Sherrill is a Believer. Her motto, and which describes her life approach toward her Minority Community Activism Heritage, is "Action World". Introduced to religion at the tender age of 7, Sherry formally accepted Christianity, and Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, many years later. She learned, in the process, that sometimes the Lord will conduct a rescue effort in the midst of what we and/or others thought would become our utter ruin. Won't He do it? Armed with only her faith, and carrying only her child, and articles of their clothing, her Baby Grand Piano, a MIDI Controller Keyboard, her Apple OS and Windows OS Computers, her funky but gorgeous old 1998 Land Rover Range Rover HSE, and the Supportive Network of her loving Family, Sherry walked out her conviction that starting over in life was the correct avenue to take, at that juncture. She was led by the spirit, and was encouraged by outstanding spiritual lessons and instruction, administered by the pastoral hosts at Greater Refuge Temple Of Christ Church, in Buffalo (NY). It would be fantastical to suggest that her problems ended there, at that point in her Christian journey, but life never looked as bright as it does right now, at this intersection. Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence is an insidious Issue, all over the world. It can permeate and damage the life of even its survivors, if perpetrators revel in ensuring the imposition of its vestiges, or persistent in its active comportment. The scourge and harm of IPV/DV can take decades to undo, or unravel the truth concerning. What Sherry's experiences did enact, however, was the furnishing of the familiar themes evident within the messages conveyed through her music, and her creative writings. Amongst these, are the beautiful song "Prodigy [The King Inside]", and "Broken", Sherry's touching novel tributing Mary, the sister of Lazarus. Sherry says of the book:
"𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 '𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡' 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑑ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑒 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙."
Sherry Sherrill, today, is a 'jill of all trades'. She wears (very) many hats, including Minority Community Issues Activist, Neighborhood Improvement aficionado, Positive Youth Development Programme guru, and Minority Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Consultant. Her private small business company, Covington Associates Consulting, is presently organizing East Side/East Buffalo Community Residents for a visionary "at-risk" Youth Leadership Transformation and Neighborhood Improvement Initiative, titled "Youth Opportunity! Buffalo™. To learn more about CAC, visit Covington Associates Consulting, on the Web. To view the (proposed) programme components of YO! Buffalo™, visit this link. For additional biographical details concerning Sherry, visit the "About Sherry Sherrill" section, at The No. 1 Music Streaming Platform Service in the world, For Artists: https://soundcloud.com/sherrysherrill. To purchase music composed and performed by Sherry Sherrill, visit Apple Music, and most other Music Streaming Platforms around the world.
Sherry's thoughtful Year 2012 Essay, concerning the (then) ravaging impacts being imposed 'against' the historic VRA, can be read here. This is an (unedited) reprint of her Opinion-Editorial, as it appeared published within The Buffalo News.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of UAW.Org Obtained via Google Images. Copyright 2023 November 24. Creative Commons Licensed. Used for educational purposes, only.
Spice up your life, get some activity in it! Friend me, Sherry Sherrill, on Facebook. Not a 'friend', yet? Scared to try? Could care less? Anyway. Here's what's on schedule this week, (and later on), in my Active World:
Saturday, November 25, 2023: Youth Opportunity! Buffalo™ 's second Community Resident Organizing Meeting. Event Announcements were and are viewable, at
Facebook.Com/CovingtonAssociatesConsulting/Events
Select "Youth Opportunity! Buffalo™ Organizing Meeting". This is a Covington Associates Consulting | CAC Event and Presentation. There will be additional "in-person" follow-up Organizing Meetings held during month of December, and two Online Meetings within that same timeframe. YO! Buffalo™ Initiative is scheduled to launch during January 2024.
Monday, November 26, 2023: Interview with European broadcast news media outlet, concerning the 5/14 Attack On America At Buffalo, Domestic Terrorism Incident.
Christmas Eve Weekend 2023: The Harambee Circle of Children's Storybook Authors and Readers™ | Online Holiday Reading Event, 8pm-8:30pm, Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 (Christmas Eve). A Zoom Meeting-format Event, will be viewable at the We Are Women Warriors Facebook Group Page, i.e.:
Facebook.Com/Groups/WeAreWomenWarriors
Timely announcements are and will also be viewable, at:
Facebook.Com/CovingtonAssociatesConsulting/Events
Select "Harambee Circle of Children's Storybook Authors". We're still accepting Reader sign-ups, until the (17-Dec-23) weekend day prior to Christmas Eve. This is a Covington Associates Consulting | CAC Event, presented in conjunction with We Are Women Warriors.
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