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Imagine Leadership

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December 31st, 2009 12:00am UTC

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With a new year before us and so much to be done, we share with you a video sent to us by contributor and friend Ray Brown:

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  1. Margot McNeeley says:
    December 31, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Love this video!! Thank you to Ray Brown for the inspiration!

  2. EJ says:
    December 31, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    We need to show this to every one in Memphis. We are the solution to our problems.

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