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Heroes For Hope: Rising Beyond The Ashes Thriving Beyond 9/11

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Our guest Eric “Rock” Ramos was the FIRST documented responder at Ground Zero. Standing in horror, Rock radioed-in Flight 11 striking 1 World Trade Center. Listen to his incredible survival ordeal that still haunts his days. This is his story of Thriving ON! Everyone there that day has a story that needs to be told […]

Heroes for Hope: Las Vegas Mass Shooting Survivor Tells his Story

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October 1, 2017 was a day that changed the lives forever for those who were in attendance of the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip. From the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel a gunman opened fire shooting over 1000 rifle rounds into the crowd below. The tragic result was the […]

Heroes for Hope: Heroes vs our new A.I. Overloads

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Deep dive into stories and healthy practices of survivors and turn trauma into superpowers. Join author, US Marine Corps veteran, and retired Police Sergeant Mark R. Clifford at “Doc’s Boneyard Heroes for Hope” audio podcast on Spotify. Join Mark and Joe “Doc” Drennen retired first responder (EMS, and Law Enforcement) and US ARMY Combat Medic […]

Heroes for Hope: Thriving Beyond Trauma

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“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”—Joseph Campbell (1949), The Hero with a Thousand Faces  Does the news leave you uneasy about a financial crash, climate change, the next world war, politics, social media, or pandemic pandemonium? We all get anxious. In fact, California’s First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom is using her influence to call anxiety a public health emergency with the greatest sense of urgency. You are not […]

Camp Southern Ground

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Met many wonderful people at the Halloween book signing! Your generous donations will benefit our veterans at Zac Brown’s Camp Southern Ground Warrior Week. Check out Three Points of Contact to learn about my experience at Camp Southern Ground campsouthernground.com

SiSi Caffe

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9 AM – Noon 910 Country Club DriveMoraga, CA Join us for a Typhoon Coast book signing by the author, Typhoon Coast inspired art, Car show and Live Music.  While you are there, enjoy great Latte’s, Mocha’s, Cappuccinos, Chai Latte’s, Frappe’s, Smoothies, Ice cream and milkshakes. Delicious pastries from Starter Bakery and bagels!  Si Si […]

FCC Free Radio

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Sunday noon to 3 on fccfreeradio.com in studio 2b. I’ve got author Mark Clifford back on the show. I’ve got real extraordinaire Jinelle Marshall In studio also. She’s great at a lot of things. Tune in! fccfreeradio.com

San Francisco’s Italian Athletic Club Fleet Week Luncheon

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Privilege to dine with Donald F. Reid today at San Francisco’s Italian Athletic Club Fleet Week Luncheon. Don served in the Korean War as a Marine machine gunner and was awarded three Battle Stars. Semper Fi! Don and his associates, who include former Peninsula Rep. Pete McCloskey, another Korean combat veteran, have raised more than […]

American Legion Post 105

An image of a school building with an American flag, taken by Mark R. Clifford in Typhoon Coast.

The San Francisco Bay Area has one of the highest veteran population in America. A Veterans Study polled more than 700 veterans to help identify opportunities for program development, public policy and community collaboration in the Bay Area. I was recently blessed to talk at the American Legion about my “Warrior Week” journey at Zac […]

California Writers Club

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Mark is proud to announce that he is the Program Chair for the California Writers Club. CWC is a group of novelists, memoirists, poets, and nonfiction writers. Mark’s goal is to make crafting both enjoyable and educational. Mark books speakers for September, November, January, February, April, May, and June. Workshop programs are booked for October […]