Boneqweesha Jones: "Hair Did University presents the Ghetto Science Team Job Counseling Sessions, where unemployed workers from the Ghetto Science community come to the Madame C.J. Walker Student Union for counseling and training twice a month. The purpose of the sessions is to encourage finding work in a struggling economy. Today's guest speaker is Melody 'Maker' McBride, church organist for the Vegetarian Church International, and founder of the 'Lord, Have Mercy! I Have a Job' Center."
Melody 'Maker' McBride: "Unemployed workers face the music of joblessness, dancing and shuffling to the beat of layoffs, buyouts and firings. Sour notes of doubt, fear and anxiety disturb their souls. And like Marvin Gaye sang, 'It makes them wanna holler and throw up their hands.'
"Allow me to bring you the sweet music of hope. As Corporate C.E.O.'s get richer and the economy slowly improves, let the 'Lord, Have Mercy! I Have a Job' Center put you back on the employment scene. My expert staff of job-search and training counselors will work closely with you. Pretty soon you'll sing a different tune, like that jazz group called the Black Byrds singing: 'Happy music makes you feel good all the time and takes the trouble off your mind!'
"Let the happy music of employment in the fields of janitorial, food service, security, transportation, computer technology, nursing or medical billing bring some joy to your soul and relieve the stress from your troubled mind. Lord, have mercy! I have a job!"
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