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Remembering My Favorite Cowboy
On April 27, 2000 something happened that changed the course of history. Jonathan E. Gaines was born and the world has not been the same since.
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Growth In Leadership: Why I Joined the Arkansas Chapter of the New Leaders Council
People assume that overachievers are natural leaders. Unfortunately, this is a false equivalency. A leader makes the right call when the time comes. That doesn’t mean they’re the biggest or the strongest. Instead, a leader guides their team to utilize their respective means to achieve a goal or maximize an end.
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Try That in a Small Town | Black Rural Consciousness in 2023 and Beyond
This piece illuminates the hidden voices in the backlash against Jason Aldean’s, “Try That in a Small Town”. I bring to bear my and others’ findings on rural Black Americans and their modern political experience. My article centers on rural Black Americans, a population that is often considered a relic of the Jim Crow era, and presents considerations for scholars and activists looking to expand and understand the electorate in 2024.
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What It Is and What It Can Be.
At D. Gaines Consulting (DGC), I provide three categories of services related to communications and engagement. A throughline in each of those service categories is that I synthesize information prior to crafting responses or products. I deconstruct problems and answers into their constituent parts then identify the methods, tools, and information that explain and answer them. My personal and professional backgrounds have prepared me to excel at this work.