Author: HESONWHEELS

My name is Justin Graves. I am a 20-something young professional based between the Washington, D.C. metro area and Blacksburg, Virginia. I thank you for visiting this journal about my life: what I learn, who I love, what I am passionate about, what I eat, and who I impact. | Ut Prosim | Go Hokies! | Life is all about what you have done for other people.

Real talk. It feels great.

This whole motivational speaking thing was never truly planned, you know. When I was in middle school, and I was just chatting it up with classmates, my teachers would always tell me to quiet down. That was when I learned the term “Justin, your voice carries!” Oh wow, did I really NOT like that. When …

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“Little” leadership handout.

Good morning, ACUI Region VI friends! Please follow this link to download the handout from today’s 1:30 extended student education session titled “‘Little’ Leadership: 
How your Service Will Impact Others.” Continue the engagement on social media using Twitter using the conference’s handle @ACUIRegionVI, #ACUIRegionVI or find me, too, via @HESONWHEELS! Thanks for visiting!

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The New Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

As an African-American, as a sociologist, and as a person who really values culture and other’s backgrounds, I’ve learned much about exactly those two topics over the course of my life. There is much AA history that is taught in public schools, and lately a lot of folks have considered that to not be the whole …

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