Monday, September 2, 2013

Jacques Wiesel Continues to Push On

Jacques Wiesel Continues to Push On
By Teresa Sullivan

Jacques Wiesel was recently on internet TV WRPBIT. He was interviewed on his four published books. Jacques has been a motivational speaker, a coach, a mentor and a writer for over 50 years. He began his working career as a salesman and was number 1 in 4 International companies. Below is one of Jacques blogs titled A Conspiracy of Silence Against Women. The link to the Television program is https://www.dropbox.com/s/4pulfwcl5fhhag6/Weisel%20Clip.wmv.

A CONSPIRANCY OF SILENCE!
AGAINST WOMEN …engineered by women.

            Yogi Berra, master of the malapropism once said “The future ain’t what it used to be”. Today this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as more women look into the future with apprehension when it comes to their health.
           
            For the past 2 years I’ve knocked on the doors of no less than six highly respected women’s organizations in South Florida, asking for an 18 minute meeting. This includes our own Congresswoman Debby Wasserman Schultz. My reason for this short one-on-one with the heads of these organizations; I believe I can help educate women on how to eliminate the fear many of them have about breast cancer.
           
            One of these women’s groups held a meeting awhile back which was attended by over 800 interested attendees. Knowing that at this seminar at least 100 women (1/8) will develop breast cancer. Also, since the eminent cancer specialist
Dr. Bernie Siegel*** tells us that only 20% of his patients are cured, it looks as though 20 of the 100 have a living chance IF they fully understood the dynamics of becoming whole once again. As a survivor of both cancer and the Holocaust, I’ve researched both for years. My conclusion: both share common psychological reasons for their occurrence.
           
            The American Institute claims that 9 out of 10 cancers are related to factors WE CONTROL. In the past I’ve used this knowledge to heal a fractured femur and bleeding ulcers. I also walked out on a surgeon who recommended an immediate triple bypass in St Francis Hospital (LI) by telling him “I choose to bypass your triple!.”
           
            The National Cancer Institute claims the money spent on the “business” (my word) of cancer now averages $4.900,000,000 ($5 Billion) per year. Those who make $ off the suffering of others are not interested in cures.
Hello? Is there anyone out there listening?
***Love, Medicine and Miracles.

Jacques Wiesel
Master of Human Engineering.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Dennis Cole and Marc Gagnon

Dennis Cole and Marc Gagnon
by Teresa Sullivan of Marc Gagnon Inc.

When Marc Gagnon was only seven years old, he asked his father to watch the movie Powder Keg which starred Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole. The movie had a following and later became a show called Bear Cats. Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole were Western Heroes in the early 1990s. Their charachters Hank Brackett and Johnny Rich were guns for hire to help people who were victimized by criminals. The show Bear Cats lasted for only one year.

Marc Gagnon ventured to Florida in 1997 and through his volunteer activities as Board Member for the Alzheimer's Family Center, he met up with Dennis Cole. Dennis Cole has starred on the Love Boat as well as many detective shows. Dennis Cole is also known for his performance career at Las Vegas. Gagnon was part of the Board of Directors of the Center that helped the organization in purchasing the building in Margate. All of the Board of Directors names are on the face of the building, including Marc Gagnon. Pictured below is a picture of Marc Gagnon and Dennis Cole. Gagnon has attended some seminars with Cole at the hockey arena which Steve Forbes was the featured speaker. Dennis Cole was formerly married to Jaclyn Smith, one of the famed Charlie's Angels. 

Here is the link of the famed show Bear Cats - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ggsSwZBcLc

Dennis Cole and Marc Gagnon

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Jacques Wiesel Featured in Jewish Journal

Jacques Wiesel Featured in Jewish Journal





Jacques Wiesel, Speaker, Published Writer and Coach was recently featured in the Jewish Journal. Mr. Wiesel spoke at the Broward Aging Network Conference in Pembroke Pines. Jacques has a number a speaches and talks that he gives to a variety of groups. Some of these talks are about his Holocaust Survivor experience. Mr. Wiesel is also a noted author with four titles to his name. Below is a picture of his book 9 Knockdowns 5 Miracles. Jacques brings levity in his talks which keeps the attention of his audience. Most important, Jacques goal is to motivate people that they can accomplish anything.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Civil Rights Journey of Marc Gagnon

Civil Rights Journey of Marc Gagnon
By Teresa Sullivan

Marc Gagnon grew up in a State that had limited exposure to minorities. Gagnon went through his first 14 years of education without actually meeting one Afro American person. He first met Jaretta Copeland, Director of the Nashua Soup Kitchen in 1980. Gagnon served on the Leadership Committee then. Jaretta was a single mom, Afro American from Brooklyn, NY looking for a better life in NH. She has been a proponent for people of all races in her whole life.  She is now a caseworker in NH. It was not uncommon for people to state racial statements, probably because of the lack of minorities in the State. Statements like “what am I black,” when not being served expediently in a restaurant was common.  In 1992, Gagnon visited the University of Massachusetts to attend a speaking engagement given by Dr. William Cosby, ED.d.  Marc Gagnon thought the speech was a comedy act. In reality, the presentation was about humanitarian pursuits, specifically racism. In that gathering, Gagnon was touched and felt the pains of others that were victims of racism and close minded people; people he never met.  He met up with Dr. Cosby and made a commitment that he would do his part to speak up for those who did not have the same benefits that non minorities have. 

In the late nineties, he began searching out minorities to work with as models. Marc Gagnon even did an Ebony Magazine advertisement which the picture is shown below.  Gagnon began to utilize minorities in fashion shows for known charities.  Many people took objection with this. In 1997, a television station with a deep history of racism made Gagnon a target.  Gagnon was attacked on the news show late on night in January 1997. It just happens that some years before, the same station refused to air Welcome Back Kotter because they opposed forced busing.  Gagnon worked for a two week period of time for a collections agency as a consultant after being laid off from Fleet Bank which he worked for them for 14 ½ years.  At the time the News show slandered Gagnon, Gagnon was not working for the collection agency and the News station stated he did and never mentioned Gagnon’s 14 year history with Fleet. It was the goal of the station to damage Gagnon’s reputation.  On a separate note, a couple of people began harrassing Gagnon during this time and even stalked Gagnon's parents while driving to the Manchester Airport to pick up Gagnon from a vacation.

Gagnon pushed forward as an artist to speak up for civil rights through his artwork. He has gained the support of Bryant Gumbel as pictured below. His work hangs in the King Center which the piece was accepted by Coretta Scott King. Gagnon has been featured on NBC News showing off the Civil Rights collage. There have been a number of featured articles about Gagnon’s stance for civil rights which is shown in this blog. Gagnon had the recent pleasure of meeting the son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin Luther King III, pictured below. Below are also letters from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Coretta Scott King, a letter from Artists VS Racism, as well as a couple of collages that Gagnon created in support of the rights of many. Gagnon has been pursuing this aim, at least since 1992, some 21 years he recollects. As he has been quoted “three minutes of attacking me on TV will not hold me back.”  As you can see when Gagnon had a studio, half of the staff was part of a minority culture. The picture was taken back in 1984. Also below is model and actress Elina Sol, which Marc Gagnon personally manages. Elina Sol was worked with many black music people and Elina supports Gagnon's work on civil rights.

NBC News Interview





















Monday, April 15, 2013

Portsmouth, New Hampshire collage

Portsmouth, New Hampshire collage

The Portsmouth NH collage is one of Marc Gagnon's favorite places to visit periodically. Marc has been to First Night (New Year's Eve), and you will see him frequent well known restaurants in the area. Portsmouth is also home to Strawberry Bank as well as the Birthplace of John Paul Jones, legendery Naval hero in the American Revolution.

The piece can be purchase for $200 for a 16 X 20 dry mount piece. Checks can be sent to one of the following places:

Marc Gagnon Inc., 131 Daniel Webster Highway, #246, Nashua, NH 03060

Marc Gagnon Inc., 1844 N. Nob Hill Rd, #226, Plantation, FL 33322

Here is the collage:

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Your Lot in Life

Your Lot in Life
     by Teresa Sullivan

This collage is about the story of Sodom and Gomorrah from the Book of Genesis from the Bible. The inner part of the collage is about this story, while the outer part of the collage compares the story to America. In the story, Lot and his wife are told by God to leave the city and not to look back. Lot's wife turns to look at the destruction of the City and is turned into salt.

Referenced in Wikipedia:
Sodom and Gomorrah (pron.: /ˈsɒd.əm/;[1] pron.: /ɡə.ˈmɔr.ə/[2]) were cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and Deuterocanonical sources, as well as the Qur'an. According to the Torah, the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah were allied with the cities of Admah, Zeboim and Bela. These five cities, also known as the "cities of the plain", were situated on the Jordan river plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. The Jordan river plain (which corresponds to area just north of the modern day Dead Sea[3]) has been compared to the garden of Eden,[Gen.13:10] being a land well-watered and green, suitable for grazing livestock.
Divine judgment by Yahweh was then passed upon Sodom and Gomorrah along with two other neighboring cities that were completely consumed by fire and brimstone. Neighboring Zoar (Bela) was the only city to be spared during that day of judgment.[Deut.29:23][Gen.10:19] In Abrahamic traditions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of God's wrath.[4][5][Jude 1:7] Sodom and Gomorrah have been used as metaphors for vice.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

America's Sanctuaries collage

America's Sanctuaries collage

by Teresa Sullivan

America's Sanctuaries collage is a very unique piece of artwork created by Marc Gagnon. The piece is based on the literary work of American Script Writer and Producer Gene Roddenberry. Back in the 80s, he wrote a script which was essentially the history of the world. The time was the year 2008 where the economy was suppose to deteriorate which would lead to a great depression. By the year 2020, there would be a Sanctuary in every major city of the United States. In these sanctuaries would house the unemployed, indigent and eventually the mentally ill.  The clip below is from the show Deep Space 9 which shows life in the sanctuary walls. Today, there are some major cities in the USA considering the creation of these sanctuaries. Is this coincidental?

Deep Space 9 concerning the Sanctuary Districts
The name of Gagnon's collage is America's Sanctuary.