Positively Speaking: The value of self-validation
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media After years of taking acting classes, I learned something interesting from one of my teachers: begging for approval […]
Positively Speaking: Erin Brockovich
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media Some events are so heinous that finding a positive aspect can be challenging. In these situations, the only […]
Positively Speaking: Jesse Owens
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama, to a family of sharecroppers, amid the Jim Crow era […]
Positively Speaking: Frederick Douglas
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media Born into slavery, Frederick Douglas was driven to seek freedom at an early age and escape the bonds […]
Positively Speaking: Robert Smalls
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media Robert Smalls was born into slavery in South Carolina in 1839. From a young age, the plantation sent […]
Positively Speaking: Making a difference: Harriet Tubman
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media On a sprawling plantation in Maryland, Harriet Tubman took her first breath into a life of servitude, surrounded […]
Positively Speaking: James Armistead Lafayette
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media In 1748, James Armistead was born into the world, and his life was far from ordinary. James was […]
Positively Speaking: The heroism of Malala
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media We’ve seen so many superhero movies that we’ve been conditioned to think that a hero must have superhuman […]
Positively Speaking: Responsibility
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media You could be hurting, and your family could be in trouble. Every day feels like a grind; you […]