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You Gonna Learn...

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The text below can serve as a template of a letter that can be written to certain entities if one is concerned about the behavior of Dempsey Spears/D Derell on YouTube as it relates to the people he calls "Spengalis."  "Spengalis" is a term he uses to describe the network of folks who call themselves Anti Fraud Warriors. Take this text, pictures, links, and other information, shown below, to use in any way you see fit. This letter serves to express my concern about a mental health provider who receives payments from _____________.  His name is Dempsey Spears and he is a licensed professional counselor.  His license number is 61014 from the state of Texas. His NPI number is 1174653109. Dempsey Spears has a channel on YouTube on which he calls himself D Derell.  The text that describes the D Derell channel on YouTube is below. Focus on black mental health and black issues. This show will touch on a lot of issues pertaining to mental health that effects our s...

Release the Kraken

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Well, it seems that when TBA takes a hiatus, things just go nuts. Things seem to go particularly nuts when Dempsey Spears posts videos defending himself and/or Umar Johnson. Okay. When I picked up on things after my hiatus, it seems that the Reverend Gerald Palmer reported Dempsey Spears to something called Open Path Collective after Dempsey Spears, also known as D Derell, allegedly made some derogatory statements about LBGT folks. The organization, Open Path Collective, has a mission stated as follows: Mission and Vision of Open Path Collective In partnership with licensed mental health clinicians in private practice throughout the fifty states, Open Path Psychotherapy Collective provides middle and lower-income level individuals, couples, families, and children with access to affordable psychotherapy and mental health education services. The phrase "In partnership with licensed mental health clinicians" is is problematic for Dempsey for a couple of reasons: ...

A Meeting of the Minds?

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Could a meeting between a relative of Frederick Douglass and the younger son of Marcus Garvey result in positive movement for our people? I, for one, certainly hope so. Just think, my good people, of what good could come from a meeting with a relative of the Honorable Frederick Douglass and the younger son of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr., Dr. Julius Garvey. After all, it looks like Dr. Julius Garvey is quite accomplished. Derived from: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-julius-w-garvey Dr. Julius Garvey is a surgeon and medical professor. He was born on September 17, 1933 in Kingston, Jamaica. He began his early education there. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1957. Dr. Garvey then earned his Medical Doctor degree, also from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Garvey interned at The Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal in 1961. He started his first residency in surgery at The...