Truth-Telling and Legacy Building with Chuck Hobbs
This episode explores the value of truth-telling and legacy building for being an agent of change. My guest is Chuck Hobbs, trial attorney and freelance writer. He has been using his platform of writing to shine the light on truth and issues that others may avoid. You don’t want to miss a minute of this conversation because this is not a conversation about abstract concept, but rather a conversation that is filled with practical information that can help you take action that aligns with your values.
This episode is dedicated to the epic president of Florida A and M University, Dr. Frederick Humphries.
What You’ll Learn:
-Strategies to deal with grief
-Impact of COVID on daily life
-Dealing with your own mortality
-Recognizing and being proactive with mental health
-Living in your purpose
-Using creative written expression to fulfill purpose and activism
Resources:
Mind Matters: A Resource Guide for Psychiatry in Black Communities: https://DrErickaBooks.com
Hobbservation Point blog: https://chuckhobbs.substack.com/
Where to find Chuck Hobbs:
www.instagram.com/RealChuckHobbs
www.twitter.com/RealChuckHobbs
https://www.facebook.com/RealChuckHobbs
https://www.facebook.com/chuck.hobbs.7
Steel Sharpens Steel: https://www.facebook.com/steelsharpenssteeltcsj
About Chuck Hobbs
Chuck Hobbs is a trial lawyer and award winning freelance writer. A Tallahassee native, Hobbs earned a B.A. in history from Morehouse College in 1994 and an M.A. with a concentration in history from Florida A&M University in 1995. In 1998, Hobbs earned a J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
While initially serving as a state prosecutor in Tallahassee, in 2001, Hobbs founded his own law firm, one that handled a number of high profile cases, including two jury trials that aired on Court TV.
Over the past ten years, Hobbs has been a regularly featured columnist in The Hill, The Grio and the Tallahassee Democrat. His editorials also have appeared in the New York Times, Miami Herald, and Florida Times-Union.
Hobbs has served as a legal analyst for the TV-One television series “Fatal Attraction,” a political analyst for “The Morning Good with Madelyne Woods” radio show on WAOL Radio in Washington, D.C., and hosts or cohosts several web based shows including “TCR Dialogues,” the “Hobbservation Point Roundtable,” “Front & Center,” and “Steel Sharpens Steel.” Due to his work in the courtroom and as a writer, in 2014, Hobbs was invited by the United States Department of Defense to travel to Naval Base Guantanamo in Cuba, where he observed and wrote extensively about the court proceedings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and the 9/11 terror co-conspirators. Hobbs also has provided legal commentary on CNN, Fox News, the “E” network and ESPN on topics ranging from hazing on college campuses to the Duke Lacrosse scandal.
A former legal adviser to the Florida NAACP, Hobbs is an active member of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Tallahassee Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, and Valentine Lodge #147, Prince Hall Affiliated Free & Accepted Masons.
