Meet Davon D" Marque Hall" - Bold Journey Magazine

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Davon “D” Marque Hall. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Davon “D” Marque below.

Davon “D” Marque, so happy to have you with us today. You are such a creative person, but have you ever head any sort of creativity block along the way? If so, can you talk to us about how you overcame or beat it?
Great question! Maya Angelou said that, “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

I use ALOT of creativity so my supply is infinite. My number one resource is Positivity & love which is God-given.

The Positivity is more or less trained behavior and habits/reactions from my belief system. No matter the situation I see the best outcome and the way to get there. Writing enables me to tell stories about yesterday and today.

I research. I analyze. I probe. I interrogate Injustice and I mobilize. I petition. I am urged to contribute, to elicit or solicit support and enlist troops to fight. To write about what I do whether I am successful or not is necessary for my growth. I don’t promote campaigns to make money but fundraising is important and in order to do this successfully the story has to be told. My book, “Keep up the GOOD Fight, the Untold Story of an Unknown Athlete-Activist” will be followed by “For the Safe House, We Can’t Let the Dream Die”. The focus is on my family connection with Martin Luther King Jr.. My cousin, Theresa Burroughs was instrumental in keeping Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. safe at her home before he was assassinated in Memphis. safehousemuseum.org is where you can learn more about that faithful night and the museum that she founded until my book comes out in May but you will be able to pre-order soon, April 20th.
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I was also born where King graduated from Theological seminary, that is Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, PA [now Crozer Hospital]. I draw off of my own life, history and the connection that is significant.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I’m running an indigent campaign for Governor of Delaware on the Democratic ticket because this past year I thought I had cancer and so did my mother. My family is from Delaware, County Pennsylvania [Chester] and Brookmount Farms in Newark, Delaware. My community in Wilmington Delaware (where I live now) is still overly impacted by harmful decisions made that increase dollars for industry but damage our air quality, water and the land where we live. The main polluter I’ve been focusing on is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Wilmington, DE called Noramco and they make opiates and cannabinoids which cause cancer to those living in close proximity. The awareness matters. If you’re not aware you can not care.

The Democratic Primary Election will be 9/10/24. The maximum amount any one donor can contribute is $600. Donations can be made to our campaign via CashApp $DMarqueHall, Venmo @DMarqueHall, PayPal D.marquehall@gmail.com or by mailing checks or money orders to
Hall for Governor
1037 Clifford Brown Walk
Wilmington DE 19801

Any amount from $5 to $10 & $20 is greatly needed and appreciated. Thank you!
This campaign platform is Community, Love & Education which I see as the opposite of the 3 main evils: greed, hate and ignorance.

It is a moral obligation for the sake of my integrity to no longer contribute in any way to the war-economy or to the Ecological Devestation of my community so I no longer drive tanks, hummers and other war machines onto ships at the Port of Wilmington. I no longer sell drugs because I do not want to be a contributer to the opioid epidemic and I don’t want them in our backyard. 400 people to date have signed our petition (in person mostly) to oppose Noramco’s expansion. To sign please visit change.org/NoramcoWilmDE

I no longer fight in the ring because these fights outside of the ring for public safety, education, our families’ health, enrichment and our overall vitality and sustainability are more important.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
1. Community-Focus 2. Love of Culture/Our-story
3. REAL Lived experiences

I’ll tell young men not to make the same mistakes I made. I’ll tell them about the pain I had to endure but also what I have learned from it. If they listen they’ll gain wisdom and insight without having to make the mistake of trying to get somewhere too fast.

The message also applies to any person who might not identify as male but who may be a leader. Leadership is not exclusive to winners. Learn from your losses. Learn how to be better and how to make your people close to you and anyone who will listen in proximity as well as far away be better. Protect your assets and resources. Your people are your most valuable resource. We are all remarkable. Be the change that you want to see and remember that each day is a blessing. I always said every day is a battle and it is a blessing to know how to fight. But everyday is a blessing and the battle is already won.

Fights are easier to win when you’re not fighting alone so build your team. Team-work makes the dream work. When you don’t have the capacity you are not capable so reach-out and don’t be embarrassed to and don’t hesitate.

Reconnect with family. Forgiveness is so important for your growth and our overall victory together as a community. We need to repair our families. Reparation of families is a foundational pillar of our progress. So forgive the people closest to you who have hurt you the most. I know it is hard and that it will take time but that is my advice for our folks: To be human and forgive the humans in our lives who were humans and at times less than human. My book, “For the Safe House” also deals with this subject. “Keep up the GOOD Fight”, was the start of the story and the best is yet to come.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?
The Bible has played the most important role in my development and wisdom, specifically New Testament letters written by Apostle Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:
22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

God can help us flee activities and situations that could lead us away from Him—guiding us to run the other way when sin is nearby. In 2 Timothy 2:22, Paul writes, “Flee the evil desires.” And in 1 Corinthians 6:18, he says to “flee from sexual immorality.”

Philippians 3:7–16 (NIV)

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus

Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

Mentored by Gamaliel, the leading architect and teacher of Jewish faith of the day, he was a top commanding Pharisee, who saw the first Christian Martyr, stoned. He then saw a magnificent light on the road to Damascus like some of us have seen on dark roads through the wilderness of our lives. After realizing that his past was trash he saw everything that he had valued as no longer worthy of doing. Only Jesus and what He did on the cross should be first. From then on, Paul only petitioned for all people to grow in their faith of the Son, who was a Prisoner [like he was] who was executed like he was but He [Yeshua] was nailed to a tree like so many of our ancestors. Paul was decapitated for his love (Ephesians 1:16–18; Colossians 1:9–10).

Ephesians 6:10-17

10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and his powerful strength. 11 Put on God’s armor so that you can make a stand against the tricks of the devil. 12 We aren’t fighting against human enemies but against rulers, authorities, forces of cosmic darkness, and spiritual powers of evil in the heavens. 13 Therefore, pick up the full armor of God so that you can stand your ground on the evil day and after you have done everything possible to still stand. 14 So stand with the belt of truth around your waist, justice as your breastplate, 15 and put shoes on your feet so that you are ready to spread the good news of peace. 16 Above all, carry the shield of faith so that you can extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s word.

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