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3-Year Anniversary Issue!

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Clifford Ryan’s

OG’s Against Violence

Local Artist Meet & Greet

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RD Peace ♣ Warrior Richardson ♣ Mr. McStrange ♣ Mistah Wilson on Pasadena Transit’s New Design ♣ Imani Akil ♣ McSteezy ♣ K-Rahn ♣ Tone Grizzard ♣

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Our story, as told before, began when Mistah Wilson created ThaWilsonBlock Magazine in February 2013. It started out as creative project. Something that would challenge my creativity and force me to find ways of reinventing myself. And for the past 36 month, we’ve been faithfully releasing a new issue of our magazine.

ThaWilsonBlock Magazine Issue35 featuring Culver City, California wasn’t our best piece of work. Though innovative, we admit, it came with dead links and misplaced photos. But, it played a very crucial role in our transition as a publication. thawilsonMAG Issue35 is our first ever issue to receive over 500+ downloads in one week.

With the release of Issue36, we are entering a new phase of publication. Our magazine now works as a publisher & distributor in one single PDF. We are excited for the future of ThaWilsonBlock Magazine. And you should be, too! Because it’s here to stay 

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View Article 26 Elongated Panoramic Vistas View Article How a Step Ladder is Useful for your Photography View Article The Most Astonishing Photos that Won Awards in 2015 View Article 14 Portrait Photography tips you’ll never want to forget View Article 5 things photographers will learn switching from dSLR to mirrorless View Article

How to Photograph People in the harsh Midday Sun View Article How to use On-Camera Flash View Article A Photographer’s Guide to Aesthetic Visualization View Article 30 perfect photos of famous people at their most charismatic View Article

Publisher/Editor In Chief Michael Taylor Layout & Design Michael Taylor Content Creation Michael Taylor Photographer Michael Taylor Distribution/Circulation Michael Taylor Advertising Sales Mgr. Michael Taylor Outreach Coordinator Michael Taylor

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50mile Walk Lancaster, CA to Sylmar, CA for Displaced #Refugees Around The Globe *Inspired by Humanity Helping Sudan Project

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1500 N. Cahuenga Boulevard Hollywood, California by Mistah Wilson Photography

1500 N. Cahuenga Boulevard Hollywood, California by Mistah Wilson Photography

Clifford Ryan’s

At a day & age like this, we had to take this time out to honor a special person. A person whom we’ve never met in person. A person we discovered on facebook. A person…on the other side of the country…

His name is Clifford Ryan and he is making it clear that he is an OG Against Violence! The reason we felt the need to give Mr. Ryan the spotlight was because he is doing exactly what we expect from our elders. Our big homies.

Our OG’s. Clifford has been very active in the community getting people involved by having them post photos of unity while holding a sign that says “OGs Against Violence”. And he’s even got the kids involved!

One thing is for certain: Clifford Ryan understands the importance of setting a proper example for our youth and aspiring artists. It is clear that he also understands the power in a picture. In fact, Clifford’s movement is so active that it inspired this article. We included some screenshots of Ryan’s community outreach work. It is imperative that we work towards a solution for the sake of our children’s future.

“The youth really want to change if you reach out to them,” says Clifford Ryan in a facebook post about10 young people taking a unity photo holding the sign. “This is the proof. Stop the violence.” What makes all of this so cool is that Clifford recognizes that even the kids want to be united. And he’s gone to the extent of making appearances with city officials like the mayor and chief of police.

“Some of my older homeboys can learn a lot of Clifford,” says Mistah Wilson. “To see my elder stand for the cause of young people gives me hope for a better tomorrow.” For young, positive men & women in our communities, it means something to see our OG’s involved for the betterment of the next generation. This is what is expected if we are to strive to become a better individuals.

1500 N. Cahuenga Boulevard Hollywood, California by Mistah Wilson Photography

Featured Petitions Allow private citizens to sponsor refugee families

Sign this Petition We don’t have to be helpless.The Canadian government has set up a system whereby groups of private citizens are permitted to raise money and sponsor a refugee family.

For 12 months, the sponsors are responsible for the refugee family’s financial and social well-being. They do everything from picking up the family at the airport, to providing them with housing, food and even clothing. The Canadian private refugee sponsorship program lets citizens play a larger role in the resettlement program. It also takes some of the financial burden of refugee resettlement off the taxpayers.

This crisis calls for such innovation, and the US government should follow suit and create a similar program. Please join me in asking the State Department to allow private citizens and organizations to sponsor refugees, so that we as a nation can help save more people, even faster.

When we rely solely on government-sponsored refugee relocation, we can only accept a very small pool of people in need. Even those people encounter roadblocks to success because of the minimal financial support they receive from the government.

I believe there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans just like me who would be willing to make a yearlong sacrifice in order to make a difference in the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable communities.

A refugee in the midst of resettlement should have a community of people behind them who have a vested interest in their success as a new resident.

Justice for Tamir Rice

Sign this Petition Tamir Rice was only 12-years-old when he was shot and killed last year by a Cleveland police officer as he played in a park with a toy gun. Timothy Loehmann, an officer in training, shot and killed Tamir within two seconds of arriving at the park. The police car hadn’t even fully stopped before he began shooting.

He shot my little cousin so quickly it would have been impossible for him to tell Tamir to drop the toy airsoft gun, much less for Tamir to respond to them.

Tamir’s killing was captured on camera. That should have been all that was needed to charge the officer. But next month marks a full year since his death and the County Prosecutor, Timothy McGinty, has still not even presented this case to a grand jury to determine if charges will be filed against the officers.

This is unacceptable. Timothy McGinty needs to be replaced with a special prosecutor, who are used in high-profile cases, to ensure that there isn’t bias.

Our family believes that McGinty is clearly biased and in favor of the officers. This week he released two “expert” reviews which sided with the officers even though neither of the review writers had even interviewed the officers.

Please join Tamir’s family in calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to this case.

1500 N. Cahuenga Boulevard Hollywood, California by Mistah Wilson Photography

30 Places to Promote Your Soundcloud Songs ThaWilsonBlock Magazine encourages musicians to learn ways to promote themselves and distribute their own content. This is how you build leverage in a competitive industry. Below, we comprised a list of 30 Soundcloud Groups that musicians on Soundcloud can share their music to. If you share your tunes to these groups regularly (once a day or 2-3 times a week), you will see your music grow organically. This is an essential and FREE way of getting listens, downloads, comments, & shares of your music.

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