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Derrick Boazman, a native Atlantan, was born and reared on Atlanta’s southside. In 1997, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council and was re-elected for his second term in 2001. Councilmember Boazman resigned his seat on the city council in April 2004.

Mr. Boazman is President and CEO of Facilitation Strategies, Inc., which specializes in strategic planning and group facilitation activities.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Morris Brown College, where he began his political career as President of the Student Government Association.  He serves as a certified trainer teaching community leadership and organizational development skills for Midwest Academy, an instruction entity that travels throughout the country, and at  the Fanning Leadership Institute of the University of Georgia in Athens.  He has also served as an instructor at the Community Development Institute at Clark Atlanta University.

Mr. Boazman contends that “education is an equalizer”, and lives his life accordingly, by formally serving as a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) officer at Price Middle School and currently as a member of the PTA at Perkerson Elementary School.  He is currently very active with the United Youth-Adult Conference (UYAC).

In 2000 Mr. Boazman was the recipient of the Concerned Black Clergy of Metro Atlanta, Inc.’s “Award for Outstanding Contribution in Politics” and Morris Brown College’s “Going the Distance – Career Achievement Award”.  He was the 1997 recipient of the “Human Service Award” from the Georgia Greater Metro chapter of the Association of Black Social Workers.  He also received the 1996 Community Service Award from the Atlanta Project. Being selected as one of ten people to serve on the President’s Summit for America’s Future Committee, by former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, was one of his proudest moments. Mr. Boazman was also selected to be a prestigious German Marshall Fund Fellow. In 2002, he traveled abroad throughout Europe studying state, local and national government issues. His travels took him to Brataslava, Slovakia, Berlin, Germany,  Marseille, France, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Boazman was also selected by the American Council of Young Political Leaders. This organization is a bipartisan leadership development program that identifies promising younger leaders under the age of 40 and provides them with opportunity to travel abroad to examine
the impact of U.S. foreign policy. He has also traveled to Egypt and Israel.

Councilmember Boazman is an outspoken advocate for  the rights of minorities and has appeared on CNN’s Talkback Live, Nightline, Court TV, dozens of nationally syndicated radio
programs, as well as being interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the New Yorker Magazine.

Mr. Boazman is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and is very active with the Prince Hall Affiliated Masons where he has attained the 33rd degree. Mr. Boazman is a member of Mount Sinai Baptist Church.

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Too Much Truth Recap: JP Morgan Chase Loses $2 Billion Dollars

According to Politico.com, JPMorgan Chase’s massive $2 billion-plus trading loss has been exhaustively covered since the bank revealed it late last week. But this news shouldn’t be so surprising. We had a HUGE and extensive [...]

WVEE-FM–2012/05/15

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Gate City Bar Hosts A Community Law Clinic At Greenbriar Mall

The Gate City Bar Association will host its annual Community Law Clinic which provides a forum for free, one-on-one legal consultations in the areas of Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Family, and Criminal law. WHEN: Saturday, May 19, [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/15

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Too Much Truth Recap: FAMU Band Suspended For Yet Another Year

What an EXPLOSIVE show!! According to the Associated Press,   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/14

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Too Much Truth Recap: President Obama’s Support For Gay Marriage Sets Off A Firey Discussion

President Obama’s gay marriage endorsement has set off a fire storm of a discussion as we reach day #2 of the conversation. People had various opinions on gay marriage and the institution of marriage. Click [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/10

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Too Much Truth Recap: President Obama: Same Sex Couples Should Be Able To Wed

According to CNN.com, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he supports same-sex marriage, raising the political stakes on an issue over which Americans are evenly split. He had a GREAT AND HEATED conversation about this subject [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/10

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Too Much Truth Recap: Black Women Are Fat Because They Want To Be

What a great discussion today!! In a recent article from Eurweb.com, *Alice Randall has written and interesting essay/article for the NY Times on fat black women. Randall notes that FOUR out of five black women [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/08

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Too Much Truth Recap: Your Reviews Of Let Us Make Man 2012

We would first like to thank everyone who came out to Let Us Make Man 2012 at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga this past Saturday. Just in case you missed what a [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/07

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Too Much Truth Recap: Drum Major’s Family Wants to DisBand FAMU Marching Band

In recent news according to the AJC, The Family of a drum major from DeKalb County who died during a hazing incident says  Florida A&M University’s famed marching band should be disbanded. The family of [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/03

Too Much Truth Exclusive: Sheriff Thomas Brown Gives His Side On Dekalb Eviction

In a Too Much Truth Exclusive, we had the opportunity to talk to current Dekalb County Sheriff  Thomas Brown about his decision to  evict Dekalb resident Christine Frazer and her 85 year old mother out [...]

WAOK-AM–2012/05/02

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Too Much Truth Recap: Day 4 of Let Us Make Man Week!

All this Week we brought on Members from Let Us Make Man to discuss the Many modules that will take place May 5th, 2012 at the University of West Georgia. Also we discussed the New [...]

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