Abstract Experimentation

Conscious elevation

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With profound knowledge that a mere sixty seconds is the factor that establishes whether one (circa 1965) is categorized as a Baby Boomer or Gen X’er… do you know activist, actress, author, comedian/entertainer, and all-around super cool chick, Whoopi Goldberg, experimented with acid and LSD, then detrimentally escalated to heroin addiction while young and homeless?

Having once described her struggle as a 60’s rite of passage, she abandoned heroin years ago, defends against presumptive conclusions by reminding of the existence of fully functioning addicts, and is the author or co-author of thirteen children’s, chapter, and non-fiction titles including Two Old Broads, Stuff You Need to Know That You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know.

A long-standing advocate of unhoused populations, she utilizes various platforms to facilitate understanding of at-risk and disadvantaged youth, HIV/AIDs, learning disabilities, reproductive rights, substance abuse, and other hum…