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Introduction

I love the idea of the Meetup Group and I look forward to meeting everyone in it to share experiences and how we can get more out of our public speaking abilities. I'm very proud to be a member with you. There's lots and lots to talk about!

Is there anything else you would like to share?

I am a former Member of the Board of Trustees and principle lecturer at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles and the current host of weekly Sacramento TV broadcast "Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century" on Access Channel 17, Thurs., 9 PM. I was featured in the 2007 Ken Burns documentary "The War"..asked to participate in the UCLA Oral History Project concerning my political and social activism...author of seven books...play Trombone and piano and former member of the board of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society...had the first jazz band to play in the first Shakeys Pizza Parlor in Sacramento in 1955..a graduate of the University of Southern California...two awards for film entries in "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival...Op-ed pieces published in LA Times, San Diego Union, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento News & Review.

Please list any awards or special recognition you have received. Don't be shy!

1. Winner of Columbia Univ. "Major Armstrong" award for best FM public service radio program in Los Angeles. 2. Winner of four "Telly" awards for commercial video work. 3. National attention for community service in Watts after the 1964 riots. 4. Worked with Cesar Chavez during the Grape Strike of 1973. 5. Awarded a Cerimonial Blanket and made a "brother" of the Taos Pueblo for work in helping them keep their sacred Blue Lake Lands from a Federal take-over. 6. Was among many community activists in Los Angeles who sued the Los Angeles Police Department's "Public Disorder and Intelligence (?) Division" for illegal surveillance. We won $1.3-million. 7. Past member of the Los Angeles Democratic Central Committee. 8. You can read my entire bio by hitting the "info" button on my facebook page.

If you own a business, tell us about it.

My business is as a political activism consultant--how to win.

Have you written any books? List them here!

"A History of Sacramento Jazz 1948-1966" (1986)--my days as a jazz musician in Sacramento. "Complete Post Production with the Video Toaster" (1996)--a "how to" instruction book for the first computer-based video editing unit. "The Third Theory" (2000)--Creation according to the Ancient Wisdom. "Shakey & Me" (2001)--The life and times of Shakeys Pizza Parlors founder Sherwood (Shakey) Johnson. "The Leader" (2007)—a collaboration on a Russian-to-English version of a handbook for spiritual leadership. "Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century" (2008)--How the spiritual ethics of the Ancient Wisdom can be a positive influence on modern living. "The Crucifixion Cover-up" (2009)—A highly predictive theory of the nature of crucifixion and how and why it was covered up in the Bible. It is framed in the larger context of Jesus’ arrest, trial and crucifixion.

What topics do you speak about?

1. "The history of California's Water Wars" with the accent on the multi-attempts to construct a Peripheral Canal in the Delta. 2. "Creation According to the Ancient Wisdom" which is a pre-Christian account of how the Universe came to be and where we are now in it. 3. "2012 is Bunk!" which explains what the end of the Mayan Calendar is really all about.

Additional Information

"Am retired. Veteran. Age 79."