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Fwd: E-MAIL UNTIL OUR VOICES ARE HEARD
By Belr...@aol.com
The Educated Slave
By drk...@hotmail.com
Re: Marvin X's New Revelation on Waving the Flag
By Xblac...@aol.com
E-MAIL UNTILL OUR VOICES ARE HEARD
By Kcamm...@aol.com
Ghana/Guinea Diasporian Project: Nearing Final Call
By sam...@hotmail.com
Zackie Achmat in Oakland, November 17
By nunuk...@earthlink.net
2004 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ADDRESS STUDENT LEADERS AT NATIONAL=
CONFERENCE
By sist...@hotmail.com
VOW: A Vital Instrument for Peaceful Change
By cress...@chello.at
Re: [BRC-REP] Mass Rally Scheduled for Black Studies In Philly Schools
By kw...@globalpanther.com
MOBE Radio Update: Michele Hoskins on Oprah Show
By cham...@africreations.com
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:51:21 -0500
From: Belr...@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: E-MAIL UNTIL OUR VOICES ARE HEARD
Recently I was working for a lab, and it became crystal clear to me what Brother Boyd Grave is trying to tell us that targeting genes is definitely a reality and a part of a growing science. There are studies after studies that are able to target specific biomarkers. Dr. Grave is working feverishly trying to get us to understand this new level of bio-oppression and elimination. It is a scientific reality that we must understand --as our body tissue becomes part of tissue banks that we know nothing about and that in the future our genes will be targeted for many other deleterious illness that will come out of a lab.
Regards,
Linda
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:07:31 -0800
From: "Kwaku Person-Lynn. Ph.D." <drk...@hotmail.com>
Subject: The Educated Slave
THE EDUCATED SLAVE
By Kwaku Person-Lynn, Ph.D.
One of the most miscalculated assumptions is that when a person receives a
college degree, whether undergraduate or graduate, that individual is now
educated. It is true that individual is qualified to apply for various
positions or professions where a particular degree is required. However, if
one were to evaluate being educated by the first requirement passed down
from the ancient Nile Valley temples in northeast Afrika, the educational
center for the world during its golden era, most would not be considered
educated.
In ancient Kemet (Egypt), on the portals of several temples was the saying
"Know Thyself." The Greeks attributed this statement to the philosopher
Socrates, without ever mentioning that Socrates was trained in Afrika, in
the same temples previously mentioned. If the principle of Know Thyself
alone was applied to today's college graduates, most would be considered
illiterate, especially those of Afrikan descent.
It is not difficult to find one of the culprits in this matter. William
Bennett, who served as Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan
represents one example of many. He tried to lay the foundation when he
attempted to sway higher education towards a "classical and Jewish-Christian
heritage, the facts of American and European history, the political
organization of Western societies, the great works of Western art and
literature and the major achievements of the scientific disciplines." Under
this operative, no non-Western or non-European history or culture was of any
educational value. In other words, people of color were persona non grata
under this educational dictate.
The unfortunate factor is, education has primarily been conducted this way,
and under the philosophical premise in which Bennett aspired, and many like
him, the greatest falsehoods, distortions and omissions concerning the
history and culture of Afrikan people have been committed. Students of color
who receive degrees under this cloak of academic ineptitude are bound to
eventually reach a stage where they are struggling to "find themselves,"
because they basically do not know who they are. This can cause great
internal turmoil, even after reaching financial comfort. The mental and
intellectual void can cause one to be an eternal slave to a system, culture
or values that does not have their interest at heart and do not even like
them as a people.
It can cause some people of Afrikan descent to believe in a Bennett-like
premise so thoroughly they willingly betray their own people and expect to
be rewarded for it. This includes embracing the values, customs, habits and
looks of those holding them down. It is analogous to a Black person in the
segregated South no longer being told to enter the back door, sit on the
back of the bus or see themselves as inferior, for they will do these things
voluntarily. They will consistently label themselves as 'minority,' though
people of color represent 9/10ths of the world's population.
When a person of Afrikan descent is never exposed that his/her ancient
ancestors were the actual creators of civilization, built on the sciences
they created, the advanced mathematics they brought to the world, the
systems of technology they utilized, created the science of medicine for
healing, the art of writing, even the educational system which they obtained
their degrees, is just the beginning of mental deterioration and
intellectual incompetence. This is further implemented when they are not
even exposed to their recent ancestors who were part of the planning and
built the capital in Washington D.C., allowed everyone to have light by
creating the first light bulb filament, including the first stand alone
clock, performed the first heart surgery, created refrigeration to preserve
food, along with too many other creations to mention here.
Even today, in this present time, such great figures as Dr. Gabriel A.
Oyibo, a physicist, of the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, who has
worked out problems in the Unified Field Theory, which eluded Dr. Albert
Einstein, the so-called genius, and solved the most difficult turbulence
problems in aeronautics, or the late Dr. Ernest E. Just of Howard
University, who introduced the world to the most intense research conducted
in the field of biology, genetic engineering, and the innovation of DNA, are
not being hailed for the magnificent contributions they have made to the
world.
In light of all this, parents of Afrikan descent can prevent this mental
slavery of the next generation by making sure their children are exposed to
the subjects previously mentioned, having literature in the home addressing
their history and culture, including relevant videos and DVDs, making sure
they are aware of Afrikan world scholars and their works, monitoring
television usage, taking their children to events that expose them to their
own culture, being actively involved in their children's education,
insisting the curriculum include their history, but at the same time not
relying on public or private education to provide quality information
related to Afrikan world history and culture. That should be done in the
home, after school or weekend educational programs. The dinner table is a
perfect venue for these discussions.
Slavery was the worst and longest evil system ever perpetuated on any group
of people. But today, an educated slave is as dangerous as the slave masters
of old. One must always be aware that any effort to correct the situation
will be vigorously fought and opposed. Total liberation has not yet
occurred, but with a collective consciousness, it is obtainable. It starts
with the present reader.
Kwaku Person-Lynn is the author of On My Journey Now - The Narrative And
Works Of Dr. John Henrik Clarke, The Knowledge Revolutionary. E-mail
address: DrK...@hotmail.com
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:59:18 EST
From: Xblac...@aol.com
CC: jalke...@afsc.org
Subject: Re: Marvin X's New Revelation on Waving the Flag
When I'll Wave the Flag
By Marvin X
FrontPageMagazine.com | November 16, 2002
(posted from http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/sw/sw43/WaveTheFlag-poem.html)
I'll wave the flag
When the trillions in reparations are paid to the
African American Nation
For 400 years of being terrorized in America
When the bill of the Middle Passage is paid
When the bill from the cotton fields is paid
I'll wave the flag
When the damages due the descendents of mass murder
is paid
Mass kidnapping
Mass rape
I'll wave the flag
When the police stop terrorizing us for breathing
while black
Walking while black
Loving while black
I'll wave the flag
When the 2 million men and women in prison are
released
for petty crimes
And those guilty of stealing elections take their
place
in the cells
I'll wave the flag
When those guilty of stealing labor, stealing
energy,
stealing souls of the poor are jailed
I'll wave the flag
When those guilty of the miseducation of our
children are
jailed for crimes against humanity
I'll wave the flag
When those who terrorize the earth, pollute the
earth,
poison the food, the water, the air
Inject animals with hormones
Genetically alter vegetables and fruits
When these people are taken before the world court
for
terrorizing the world
I'll wave the flag
Until then
Kiss my m*****f**kin' ass.
2001 Marvin X.
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:02:03 EST
From: Kcamm...@aol.com
Subject: E-MAIL UNTILL OUR VOICES ARE HEARD
Greetings to All:
Dr. Boyd E. Graves (J.D.) is seriously in need of contributions. I cannot
think of a better way to recognize a brotha who has researched and documented
the actual facts that most of us, at one time, had only suspected, than to help
him out in his time of need. He has done volumes of work, and then he put it
out there for all of us to be made aware of - for FREE!!!
If everyone who reads this mail were to make a contribution to Dr. Graves in
any amount, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, please feel free to
forward this message to others.
For information regarding where and how to send contributions, please e-mail
Dr. Graves at: < boyde...@yahoo.com >. It is important that you contact
Dr. Graves prior to sending contributions because his past residence and phone
numbers are now obsolete.
Forward Ever (by any means necessary)!
Karen C. Aboiralor
********************************************************
From: Ngo...@webtv.net
ADDITIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS
BLAC...@INTERNATIOALNANSWER.ORG
Back...@internationalanswer.org
.... HIV/AIDS IS BIO WARFARE !!
WHAT GOOD WILL IT DO FOR BLACKS TO JOIN THE PEACE MOVEMENT IF WE ARE ALL OVER
COME BY BIO-TERRORISM
...FROM THE U.S. SPECIAL VIRUS PROGRAM HIV/AIDS !!!!!
BLACKCALL,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOICES ON BEHALF OF DR. BOYD GRAVES, JD
WHO IS NOW UNDER ATTACK
http://www.boydgaves.com/timeline
http://www.boydgraves.com/comments
http://www.boydgraves.com
<><><><><<><><><><><>>>>><><><>>
Greetings To ONE and ALL,
RE: In answer to the question,
"is there something we can do to get this issue on Democracynow.org?'
We can volunteer to write until we get a response
In addtion we can contact other organizations who have access to the public
through the organizing efforts now on going in world wide protests.
OTHER SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOMED
http://www.freespeech.org
http://www.internationalanswer.org
http://www.moveon.org
http://www.notinourname.org
http://www.unitedforpeaceandjustice.org
http://www.blackvoiceforchange.org
http://www.givemeliberty.org
http://www.globalexchange.org
http://www.truemajority.org
http://www.voices4change.org
The point is if we can get their agreement to include what is happeneing to
Dr.Gaves and with the U.S. HIV/AIDS Special Vrus Bio Warfare program on there
platform, they have WORLDWIDE REACH, through their current organizing efforts
against the Iraq genocidal invasion and occupation.
What do we have to lose?
We can at least try to enlist there assistance to get the word out.
*************************************************************
From: Boyd Graves <boyde...@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2003 7:15 PM
Subject: "Democracy Now" is no t allowed to talk about the U.S. Special Virus
program
10/25/03
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Neither Democracy Now or any of the other C.I.A. controlled (fake
organizations) will ever call for the review and investigation of the U.S. Special
(AIDS) Virus program (1948 - 1978).
Please note two things: a) this program began when the CIA began.The 1948
name of the program is MK-NAOMI. We now believe the initials beyond the hyphen,
represent the following U.S. broken code: Negroes Are Only Momentary
Individuals. See, www.boydgraves.com/timeline/
b) this program ends in 1978 after producing 60,000 liters of ESP-1 virus
(HIV/AIDS) and other synthetic ethnic bioweapons, then and only did were there
'dueling epicenters' of death. See, www.boydgraves.com/flowchart/ (Phase V).
Earlier today the 'national Medical Association' (Black Doctors) asked that I
send them no more email. Here, you have the best African doctors in the
world, refusing to infuse their own government's cure for AIDS. GO FIGURE!
Who will be first to stand up for review of the U.S. Special Virus program?
Our case is now before the NINTH CIRCUIT. I am one court away from my fourth
U.S. Supreme Court Case. May a Higher Power have no mercy on the United States.
Respectfully, Boyd Ed Graves, J.D.
--
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:46:04 +0000
From: "Samuel Burnham" <sam...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Ghana/Guinea Diasporian Project: Nearing Final Call
Sisters and brothers, the deadline is fast aproaching, although it may be=
=20
possible to make reservations after October 30th. Keep in mind that me and=
=20
Elder Adunni have been sending out this call for months now. For=20
distribution to African/Black people only!
Ghana Diasporian Community Project
SPECIAL NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF PEOPLE=
=20
TRAVELING TO AFRICA VIA THE GHANA AIRWAYS AND THE LIMITED FLIGHTS OUT OF TH=
E=20
U.S. TO GHANA DURING THE DECEMBER HOLIDAYS. MANY AFRICAN NATIONS LITEARALL=
Y=20
=93CLOSES DOWN=94 DURING THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH CAUSES US TO RUSH OUR EFFORTS.=
=20
Also, we will visit Ghana only, instead of Guinea, due to cost and=20
logistics. There will still be plenty to do. Again, we all apologize for=
=20
such short notice, however, we=92ve sent out the call three times before in=
=20
the past year and a half, and can delay no longer. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES=
=20
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
DESTINATION: Ghana Only (INSTEAD OF GHANA AND GUINEA)
DEADLINES FOR FEES: 0CTOBER 30(MOVED UP FROM NOVEMBER 30TH)
ADDRESS OF GHANA CONSULATE IN U.S. ADDED
MY CONTACT ADDED (FOR LEON COUNTY FLORIDA RESIDENTS)
ESTIMATED PRICE FOR ROUND TRIP:$1557( UP FROM $1500)-PAYABLE IN THREE
INSTALLMENTS OF $525.67
Welcome all willing and able Africans in the Diaspora. I request that this=
=20
letter is sent to all our HBCU=92s, Black Student Organizations in various=
=20
colleges, Black Professional Organizations with a commitment to African=20
people, Black/African individuals willing to volunteer and/or work in Afric=
a=20
for various short and long term time periods=85 Especially African-centered=
=20
Organizations and COLLEGE STUDENTS/STAFF with a strong commitment to the=
=20
self-sufficiency and protection of African people worldwide.
Due to communication woes in our community, some of you may be receiving=
=20
this email for the first time. However, I=92ve been sending out the word=
=20
since last year. This letter is a request for the types of people mentione=
d=20
above to go on a PROJECT ORGANIZING/FACT FINDING mission in Ghana to help=
=20
design and build a literal SELF SUFFICIENT community! The land has already=
=20
been secured and there are people from both the African Continent and the=
=20
Diaspora working to make things happen! The minimum requested stay is 7=20
days. We hope that all participants can do the 14 day and 21 day trips=20
however, as this will ensure that the project is planned with the utmost=
=20
care.
SPECIAL NOTE: Our immediate and future goal to make this ongoing project=
=20
more affordable=85ESPECIALLY to college students=85involves getting Black=
=20
Organizations, individuals, various departments of our Historically Black=
=20
Colleges and Universities, as well as dedicated =93African Americans=94 in =
all=20
colleges and Universities to sponsor trips. For example, Florida A & M=20
University has a couple of departments that occasionally sponsor trips to=
=20
Africa. Perhaps they can sponsor this one! The work in Ghana will be=20
ongoing, so we encourage everyone to contact the people listed at the end o=
f=20
this letter.
Here=92s the breakdown concerning the project.
1.DATES:
Deadline for fees October 30th, 2003.
Leaving for Ghana at JFK International Airport, New York, New York on=20
December 27th . Departure time is 1:00pm. So the Goal is to be at the=
=20
airport by 10:00 A.M. to make sure there are no delays due to the heightene=
d=20
security and other unseen delays.
2.Social/political requirement:
The project will be organized, controlled and owned by Continental Africans=
=20
and Africans in the Diaspora. This project=92s #1 goal is the self=20
sufficiency of the community to be built.
3. Location of the project: Ghana
A. Ghana location: Kratchi-Nkwanta: (=93Cross Roads of People=94)
In North Volta Region of Ghana, Western Africa
4. Skills needed to make the trip a success:
All Africans in the Diaspora are welcome. However, for the skills needed w=
e=20
must have AT LEAST SOME individuals=85ESPECIALLY STUDENTS=85 majoring in or=
=20
practicing in the fields of study that provide the =93FIVE BASICS=94 of foo=
d,=20
clothing, housing, education, and health. Examples of skills in these areas=
=20
are SURVEYERS, LANDSCAPERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SCHOOL TEACHERS,=20
ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, ARCHITECHS, ENGINEERS, ECONOMISTS, etc.
5. Activities while on trip:
After arriving in Ghana from JFK via Ghana Airways, you will travel Nort=
h=20
to Kratchi-Nkwanta: =93Cross Roads of People=94 ( Pronounced Cro-chee N Qua=
nta)=20
via a local guide. This will include extensive car travel and walking up=
=20
and down the site. You will meet with community leaders and elders to=20
access their needs concerning the five basics mentioned above, establish=
=20
friendships, and even for lodging. During your stay, plans will be discusse=
d=20
for building homes, expanding existing agricultural endeavors, design of a=
=20
library research center, culturally enriching economic activity, and design=
=20
of a hotel. Consequently, the plans for proper plumbing, sanitation, clean=
=20
running water, and electrical power distribution will be discussed and=20
decided upon as well. Your time to do these activities in Ghana will depen=
d=20
upon whether or not you and/or your group chooses the 7, 14, or 21 day trip=
.
6. What to expect during the trip:
This is NOT a traditional vacation. It is designed for African people o=
f=20
the Diaspora (i.e. Blacks living outside of Continental Africa) and=20
Continental Africans to help design and Build a self-sufficient, African=
=20
centered community in =93Cross Roads of People=94. Therefore, expect lodgi=
ng to=20
be provided by the local people once you reach your destination. Also,=20
expect to build friendships, social, educational, and economic solidarity=
=20
with each other. It is advisable to travel with only ONE piece of luggage=
=20
that weighs under 70 lbs. However, if you must bring more, pack as light as=
=20
possible, taking care to bring your needed grooming material. One American=
=20
dollar in Ghana is worth a great deal, so the opportunity to by what you=
=20
need during a brief stay in Accra, Ghana will be greatly enhanced! THE ARE=
A=20
IS PEACEFULL AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF GHANA AND GUINEA ARE STABLE.
7. PRICE:
The bare bones minimum for the trip from JFK New York via Ghana=20=20=
=20=20=20
Airways ranges from $2000 to $3500, depending on whether or not you and/or=
=20
your group choose the 7, 14, or 21 day stay. The ticket price is $1577 and=
=20
CAN BE PAID IN 3 INSTALLMENTS OF $525.67! PLEASE PURCHASE AS SOON AS=20
POSSIBLE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT! Keep in mind the price per person MAY be=20
reduced if we can get groups of people to leave together, especially large=
=20
groups! Keep in mind that the $3500 per person for a 21 day trip does NOT=
=20
include the following:
1.Required shots: Yellow Fever, cholera, Malaria(pill form of Malaria is=
=20
cheaper). Be sure to take the Malaria pills 7 to 10 days before leaving.
2.The required Visa, or passport if cheaper, for Ghana
3.Transportation to JFK International Airport in New York
4.Transportation From JFK to your home or origin of travel in the U.S.
The good news is that the $2000- $3500 covers the following:
1. The $1577 airfare; round trip total(major Expense)
2. lodging
3. Food
4. Ground transportation(major expense)
Price Break down Analysis example of the 21 day(max of 3 choices)trip:
Subtract $1577 for air fair. This covers the round trip flight from JFK=20
International in New York to Ghana(Ghana Airways). This leaves the=20
individual with $1923. Total cost, including, travel to JFK MIGHT be reduce=
d=20
depending on group participation. It=92s estimated that the remainder of th=
e=20
money spent depends upon whether you and/or your group chooses a 7, 14, or=
=20
21 day stay.
Suggested accessories:
1.Vitamin B1, mosquito repellant(Off Spray and/or witchazal is good).
2.Needed grooming supplies
3.Note taking or record keeping capability.
4.Cell phone if desired
Elder Adunni Oshupa Tabasi, a project organizer, wishes to remind
all interested participants of the following:
It is advisable to travel with only ONE piece of luggage that weighs
under 70 lbs. But if more must be carried, do so wisely. Pack for mobility=
.=20
Please start now paying your airfare so it'll be complete by October 30,=
=20
2003. Remember that it CAN be paid in Three Installments. I, Samuel=20
Burnham, have been tasked with doing a head count for the Tallahassee/Leon=
=20
County area. My email is provided for Tallahassee and Leon County residents=
=20
after they purchase their tickets from =93Good Luck Tours, info on which is=
=20
below. If we get enough organizational participation, it=92s possible that =
the=20
cost of getting to JFK can be GREATLY reduced. Take note to the points of=
=20
contact below, especially college staff members who want to organize presen=
t=20
and future trips, toward the college point of contact.
Points of Contact:
Travel Agent:
=93Good Luck Tours=94 by =93Good Luck=94 Diigbo
130 West 42nd street. Suite 704
New York, New York (Manhattan Burro)
Toll Free: 1-877-Gettluck (yes, it IS =93Gettluck=94)
Local:(212)852-9000
BE SURE TO TELL =93GOOD LUCK=94 THAT YOU ARE TO ACCOMPANY ELDER ADUNNI OSHU=
PA=20
TABASI=92s GUIDED TRIP TO GHANA.
Ghana Consulate (for Passports or Visas)
19 East 47th Street
New York, New York 10017
(212) 832-1300
COLLEGE CONTACT! (ALL COLLEGE STAFFERS PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS)
Safiya Bandele
MEDGER EVERS COLLEGE, New York City
(718)270-5155
Elder Adunni Oshupa Tabasi, A project Organizer, member of the Pan African=
=20
Film Festival
718.448.8490 (Location in Staten Island, New York)
(Anytime night or day)
OR
Contact the =93Black list=94 moderator
mode...@TheBlackList.net (also main Email contact)
phone: 866-764-1358
POC for Ghana and a local lodging provider:
Olayemi Tinuoye
Email: yemit...@hotmail.com
Location: in Ghana travels back and forth to the U.S. about twice a year!
Samuel Burnham=92s Contact for head count of people leaving from Leon Count=
y,=20
Florida:
Email: bur...@eng.fsu.edu
_________________________________________________________________
Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed=
=20
Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop providers.=20=20
https://broadband.msn.com
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:34:41 -0800
From: Nunu <nunuk...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Zackie Achmat in Oakland, November 17
>>Priority Africa Network (P.A.N.) presents...
>>
>>
>>"FIGHTING TO LIVE"
>>- Zackie Achmat and Nonkosi Khumalo
>>
>>
>>MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2003
>>6:00 - 8:00 PM
>>
>>Requested Donation $10
>>(No one turned away from lack of funds)
>>
>>Laney College Forum
>>900 Fallon Street in downtown Oakland
>>
>>(Yahoo map)
>>http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=dOWA1.p_0Tp.mwUFyMUzhTjFTQsZGQPxeFw-&csz=Oakland%2C+CA&country=us
>>
>>
>>Proceeds from this event go to TAC's new treatment campaign.
>>
>>
>>Internationally-known activist Zackie Achmat is a founder of South Africa's
>>Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) established in 1998 to mobilize national
>>support for access to treatment by people living with HIV/AIDS.
>>
>>Zackie Achmat and his Treatment Action Campaign colleagues began a campaign
>>to persuade the South African government to make drug therapies accessible
>>to South Africans with HIV who rely on public health care.
>>
>>Zackie had refused treatment for his HIV disease until a commitment to
>>provide treatment for other South Africans with HIV/AIDS was secured from
>>the South African government this past summer. TAC recently received the
>>2003 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, established by the
>>Henry J. Kaiser Foundation to recognize extraordinary leadership in
>>improving the health of disadvantaged populations.
>>
>>A longtime anti-apartheid and gay rights activist, Achmat gained worldwide
>>notoriety during this campaign for his refusal on principle to take
>>antiretroviral therapy until the government made those therapies available
>>to others. This summer the government committed to implementing such a
>>program and Achmat began taking anti-HIV drugs.
>>
>>Nonkosi Khumalo, a member of the African National Congress, has led TAC's
>>campaign to enforce the historic Constitutional Court judgment on the
>>prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. She is currently building
>>TAC programs in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, two of South Africa's
>>poorest and most rural province.
>>
>>This event is sponsored by Priority Africa Network (PAN). For more
>>information, call (510) 527 4099 or write to priorit...@yahoo.com
>>Priority Africa Network is a group of San Francisco Bay Area organizations
>>that inform, educate, and mobilize people in support of the peoples of
>>Africa for sustained peace; economic, political, and social justice;
>>democratic development and full access to health and HIV/AIDS treatments,
>>prevention, and education. We have come together because we understand
>>that the same factors of race, class, gender, and militarism contribute to
>>people's limited access to health, education, and quality of life both
>>domestically and in Africa."
>>
>>P.A.N Member organizations are:
>>ACTUP East Bay
>>AIDS Project of the East Bay (APEB)
>>Allen Temple Baptist Church
>>American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
>>Berkeley African Students Association
>>Black Coalition on AIDS
>>California Coalition for HR40
>>California Newsreel
>>Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO)
>>Child Family Health International (CFHI)
>>Church World Service/CROP
>>Coalition for African Immigrants & Refugees (CAIR)
>>Downs United Methodist Church
>>Global Exchange (GX)
>>Global Fund for Women
>>Haiti Action Committee
>>HEPPAC
>>International Development Exchange (IDEX)
>>Jubilee Bay Area Debt Cancellation Coalition
>>MACHINGURA
>>Mobilization Against AIDS/HealthGAP
>>National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA)
>>Ota Benga Int'l Alliance for Peace in Congo
>>Vukani Mawethu
>>War Times
>>Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC)
>>Women Organized to Resist Life-Threatening Diseases (W.O.R.L.D)
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:02:47 -0500
From: "Tamara M. Hunter" <sist...@hotmail.com>
Subject: 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ADDRESS STUDENT LEADERS AT NATIONAL=
CONFERENCE IN
October 24, 2003
Contact Person: Farajii R. Muhammad
Phone: (410) 494-1588
Email: youth...@nllc.org
http://www.nllc.org/ys2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2004 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ADDRESS STUDENT LEADERS AT NATIONAL=20
CONFERENCE IN BALTIMORE
Baltimore, MD=97On Sunday, November 23, 2003, 2004 Presidential Candidate R=
ev.=20
Al Sharpton will address an audience of student leaders at the Baltimore=
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Convention Center from 12pm =96 1pm.
Sharpton=92s keynote address will conclude the 5th Annual Youth & College=
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Leadership Summit, =93The Time is Now! Sparking a Movement for Youth=20
Empowerment.=94 Beginning on Friday, November 21, this event attracts hundr=
eds=20
of young leaders from high schools, colleges, and universities across the=
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country to network, develop leadership skills, and plan a national agenda=
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for youth.
In the words of a young leader who attended last year=92s event, =93NLLC pu=
t on=20
an informing, powerful, and enlightening conference. It=92s amazing that yo=
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put this event together. It gives me inspiration that nothing is=20
impossible.=94
Other speakers include NY Times Best-selling author Omar Tyree and actress=
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This youth-organized conference is hosted by the Baltimore-based nonprofit=
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group New Light Leadership Coalition. Conference partners include the=20
Mayor=92s Office for Children, Youth, & Families, WEAA 88.9 FM Radio, the=
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the=20
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, the National Black Graduate=20
Student Association, and many other organizations committed to the=20
advancement of youth.
New Light Leadership Coalition, Inc. (NLLC) is a non-profit organization=
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that empowers youth between the ages of 16-25 years old through leadership=
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development. Founded in 1998 by two teenagers who wanted to see young peopl=
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make a positive change in their communities, NLLC continues to be a voice=
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for youth in the city of Baltimore and throughout the nation.
For more information about the summit, visit our website at=20
www.nllc.org/ys2003 or call 410.494.1588.
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5th Annual Youth & College Leadership Summit
"The Time is Now! Sparking a Movement for Youth Empowerment"
November 21 - 23, 2003
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:58:07 +0100
From: "James Cumes" <cress...@chello.at>
Subject: VOW: A Vital Instrument for Peaceful Change
VOW
A Call to Action
Bringing Activism to Life with Practical, Coordinated Democratic
Action
Victory Over Want (VOW) is a vital instrument for peaceful change.
Our cooperative effort to rebuild the world economy and to ensure its future
strength, will empower and enrich men, women and children everywhere, rich
and poor, developing and developed, of all races and all religions on all
the continents. It will counter terrorism and violence, and promote
political and strategic stability.
What is VOW?
Let's Give Peace a Chance
In his famous Four Freedoms speech in 1941, President Roosevelt called for
Freedom from Want. Sixty years later, his successor, President Clinton, in
his BBC Dimbleby Lecture, reminded us that billions, including many in the
richest countries on earth, still live in dire poverty, are homeless or
poorly housed, are educated far below their potential, and lack adequate
medical care. He told us that one and a half billion people - a quarter of
the world's population - never get to drink a glass of clean water. Despite
the rhetoric and the promises - despite the efforts of the United Nations
and the World Bank - millions more join the armies of the poor each day,
each month, each year, all around the world.
Isn't it time we determined - and acted - to remedy this tragic situation,
to strive to reach the 60-year-old goal and free the world from want?
If governments won't do it, should not the people, in the exercise of direct
democracy, take the matter into their own hands?
That is the essential concept behind "A Democratic Initiative for Victory
Over Want (VOW)."
To realise worldwide victory over want is a sufficient challenge in itself.
It is a sufficient reason for us to bend all our efforts to achieve it.
However, there are other, compelling reasons why we must accept the
challenge.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will not bring an end to terrorism or
deliver us the peaceful change we need. Nothing can justify the monstrous
acts of September the Eleventh and Bali; but we must be positive in our
response. We need to show vision in acknowledging the extent of human
poverty and deprivation. We must acknowledge our failure to respect human
aspirations and ensure that people are not humiliated nor, in Roosevelt's
words, "ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished."
We are right now in the paradoxically "fortunate" position that we can be
both hard-headed and humanitarian. We can help ourselves while we help
others. For once, we can "globalise" in our own self-interest while we lift
up the lives of billions of our fellow human beings.
We can do that especially now because the world's three largest economies -
the United States, Japan and Germany - are already either in dubious
"recovery" or in a recession that, in the coming months, could deepen and
spread. Other major economies in Western Europe are in or at the edge of
recession.
Only the elderly now have personal memories of the Great Depression of the
1930s. The entire economic, social and political systems of old, proud and
powerful societies seemed then to be crumbling. Many had a quarter or more
of their workers idle. From the Okies who trudged to California to the
tramps on the dusty roads of the Australian outback, the story was of people
who had little left except courage and a will to endure.
We sought desperate remedies. Some valuable and progressive left-wing
ideologies gained support and authority; but fascism, nazism and militarism
took over in several of the most powerful countries. By the end of the
1930s, countries still crippled by economic distress and insecurity stumbled
into the most widespread, destructive and murderous war the world has ever
known.
Only the elderly remember; but none of us should ever forget.
Nothing we did to solve the long economic crisis really worked - or not
enough. Some expedients - balancing budgets and cutting public expenditures,
for example - served only to dig the depression deeper.
However, some policies did lighten the darkness. They were projects of
public investment mostly forced on unwilling governments in order to give
some relief, however inadequate, to the armies of unemployed.
Britain had its public housing projects. In the United States, the famous
Tennessee Valley Authority showed what public enterprise could do to help
private enterprise get back on its feet. In Australia, parts of our cities
were sewered for the first time by relief workers toiling with pick and
shovel for a day or two each week, earning 75 cents a day.
In the last twenty years, public investment has gone out of fashion, but we
must be clear that it is not the enemy of private investment and enterprise.
On the contrary, and especially when times are tough, public investment is,
for the private sector, a close, stalwart and indispensable friend.
So we have a need to re-launch the world economy back to prosperity and a
simultaneous long-term, global need to lift the quality of life and meet the
aspirations of billions of our fellow human beings.
Those are the imperatives that Victory Over Want is designed to meet. Can we
meet them? Do we have the resources?
President Clinton is confident that we do. For the cost of the "cheap war"
in Afghanistan, costing $12 billion a year, the United States can meet its
share of the cost of abolishing poverty, he said, and still have "money left
over." On 30 January 2002, he told an international audience in Dubai that
"technology can accelerate by a generation" victory over want everywhere.
Our crime is that we waste our resources. We throw them away. It has been
estimated that the rise in unemployment from about four to nearly six per
cent cost the American economy about $350 billion. Just consider how that
cost compares with the total gross national product of many small and
middle-ranking countries. Consider the contribution elimination of this
waste could make to the abolition of poverty, homelessness, disease,
environmental pollution and the rest, not only in the United States but
around the world.
We must bear in mind that the rise in unemployment in the major economies
might be far from over. We might be only at the start. The recent tendency
for the jobless rate in the United States to level out might be temporary.
If the United States rate were to reach 8 or even 10 per cent, the impact
would be devastating. In Germany, the workless now number more than 4
million. In Japan, unemployment is at record post-war highs and could go
higher still.
If Governments Won't Act, the People Must
If governments won't act to stop this waste and turn our resources into
productive channels, then private individuals - exercising their right to
direct democracy - must act or force them to act in ways that they, the
people, direct. That is what VOW proposes.
VOW envisages a process whereby people of all races, religions and secular
beliefs will work together for the common good - to accelerate, as President
Clinton suggested, our reaching the goal of freedom from want "by a
generation" - and perhaps by even more.
The process involves, first, a gathering of moral support from all around
the world. Then Commissions will be convened on a wide range of issues.
We will have Commissions on, for example, Economic Growth and Employment;
Wealth, Income and Inequality; Mobilising Financial Resources for the War
against Want; Financial and Other Pledges for the War against Want; Priority
Destinations for Public Investment; Housing the Homeless; Free, Universal
Education; Free, Universal Health Care; Water Resources; Saving the
Environment; Transport and Communications; Rights of Economic Migrants and
Asylum Seekers and Regulation of Economic, Social and Political Migration;
Logistics for the World Conference; and Conference Participation and Issue
of Invitations.
People sitting around the tables at these Commissions will be from India and
Ireland, China and Peru, Nigeria and Nicaragua. They will be Moslems and
Methodists, Brahmins and Buddhists, Catholics and Jews.
Some will be poor, others rich. The disadvantaged will sit alongside the
"elites."
Their common quality will be their determination to promote the common
"global" good, to reconcile differences, to abolish want and, through it
all, to achieve peaceful, continuing change for the betterment of all.
The Commissions will report to a World Conference which will decide on ways
to implement agreed measures.
It is crucial that, within this process, voices of dissent be heard and the
content of dissent thoroughly debated. They must not be shut out as they
have been from intergovernmental gatherings from Seattle to Genoa, Montreal
to Melbourne; from the World Economic Forum, in Davos and New York, where
agenda and guests were acceptable to the world's 1000 foremost corporations
and their smaller governing group; and from the World Trade Organisation.
That exclusion of other voices, other ideas must stop.
Governments and their mainstream advisers have failed. They have failed even
to listen. Participants in the VOW process must therefore help us make a
fresh start, with fresh ideas and fresh policies. Governments of goodwill
and equivalent individuals in the economic, social and political mainstream
are welcome but they must not be allowed to dominate the process.
We must have a real globalisation of ideas, not a globalisation of formulae
devised to serve the self-interest of particular countries or particular
economic, social or other groups.
The process will draw on the expertise of those who know both the immensity
of the task and the means by which it can be successfully accomplished.
Finance for the VOW process and national and international infrastructure
projects will come eventually, we hope, from most or all governments but
especially in the preparatory stages and in stimulating governments to act,
funds from private associations, foundations and individuals will be vital.
Over many years, far-sighted individuals have made generous contributions
to many causes in many countries and regions. We envisage that we must look
to private initiative to supply both the vision and initial funding for the
VOW process, while governments must necessarily be called upon, at the
conclusion of the VOW process, to provide the policies and the public
resources necessary to implement the programs for peaceful change which the
VOW process has formulated.
VOW opens horizons for peaceful change we have scarcely glimpsed before and,
in the new millennium, can lead us forward, not only with hopes high but,
above all, with newfound assurance that we know the road we must travel by.
It is a road we can and must all travel together - hands clasped, as in the
VOW logo - living together, working together, prospering together.
This is not an impossible dream. It is a realistic vision. All we need is to
accept the challenge and feel again the fire in our bellies that we knew at
great moments in the past. In 1969, Man walked on the Moon. Now is the time
to make another "giant leap for mankind" - this time right here on Earth.
Donations
You may wish to donate to support the VOW process. Funds needed to finance
the process are relatively small - certainly as compared with the billions
of dollars spent on war and violence. However, some thousands of dollars are
needed to spread the word about VOW and to move the process forward by
appointment of convenors and commissions, leading to the World Conference.
Please donate whatever you can to this cause - $10, $25, $50, or more. You
can donate right now by sending cheques or other forms of payment to Victory
Over Want, GPO Box 1707, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; or by transfer of
funds to BNZA (Bank of New Zealand Australia) Account No. 082-062 68552-6696
at GPO Box 507, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia. All donations will be
gratefully acknowledged.
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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:19:40 -0800
From: "kwaku duren" <kw...@globalpanther.com>
Cc: <a.mo...@usip.edu>,
"Black Radical CongressFightback" <brc-fi...@yahoogroups.com>,
<JOAlf...@aol.com>,
"Kazembe" <un...@yahoo.com>,
"Khara" <AGre...@aol.com>,
<Nc...@aol.com>,
"Reparations Congress" <repco...@yahoogroups.com>,
"Take Back Our Schools" <oursch...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [BRC-REP] Mass Rally Scheduled for Black Studies In Philly Schools
Those who are involved in educational advocacy on the local level should take a look at the African American Learners Initiative being implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The pace is slow, but the implementation plan has become "district policy." Anyone interested in knowing more about this unique initiative should contact me at kw...@globalpanther.com or give me a call at (323)290-6146 - Kwaku Duren, New Panther Vanguard Movement
----- Original Message -----
From: S. E. Anderson
To: BRC Reparations ; Global Afrikan Congress ; brc-ny...@yahoogroups.com ; PAC/SLA ; Rethinking Schools ; TheBla...@topica.com
Cc: a.mo...@usip.edu ; Black Radical CongressFightback ; JOAlf...@aol.com ; Kazembe ; Khara ; Nc...@aol.com ; Reparations Congress ; Take Back Our Schools
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 5:47 PM
Subject: [BRC-REP] Mass Rally Scheduled for Black Studies In Philly Schools
A march is scheduled to commemorate the November 17, 1967 mass based protest of hundreds of people which descended on the Board of Education in
Philadelphia. The marchers in 1967 demanded an education that better reflected the history and culture of Afrikan people as opposed to the white
supremacist education that was being received.
Many of the marchers were only young students!
During the protest, racist police officers began to attack them. David P. Richardson, our honorable ancestor, in helping a girl who was being beaten
during the march, was himself beaten by some of the officers. As a result of that historic march, Black Studies and history was supposed to be
implemented in the Philadelphia School District.
As of this day, it has not happen! The struggle was never completed, and it's time to take it to the doors of the Board of Education again. The Philadelphia
School District does not reflect or respect the cultural reality of the near 70% of the children of Afrikan descent in the schools. The schools reflect the
cultural reality of the 70% white teachers who OVER-POPULATE the teaching positions due to racist hiring and recruitment practices. The children of
Afrikan descent in Philadelphia are thoroughly mis-educated and failed by the current, racist, school system.
The people of the Philadelphia community have consistently demanded that drastic changes be immediately implemented to ensure the proper education
of Afrikan children. The African and African Descent Curriculum and Instruction Reform Committee have collected thousands of signatures from the
Philadelphia community of people who are demanding for the infusion and implementation of Black Studies in grades K-12 in throughout the schools.
For a detailed outline of some exact changes which must be made, see http://www.mukasa.info under Black Liberation News, the article entitled
"Interpreting the Facts, History, and ACTING."
On Wednesday November 12, 2003 there will be a Community Town Hall meeting at Temple University in the Gladfelter Building at 6:30pm which will be
the kick-off for the mass rally the following week on Monday November 17, 2003 at the Board of Education.
These events will be in memory of David P. Richardson who devoted his life to the struggles of Afrikan people in Philadelphia and everywhere else. These
events will be in commemoration of the 1967 march, and the children who marched. Also, these events are a continuation of that unfinished struggle to
correct the crisis in education suffered by Afrikan children. For the proper and rightful education of Afrikan children, we demand changes now! Mukasa
Afrika of the African and African Descent Curriculum and Instruction Reform Committee Look for updates regarding the meeting at Temple and the
march on the Board of Education.
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:52:26 -0500
From: "Delores Chamblin" <cham...@africreations.com>
Subject: MOBE Radio Update: Michele Hoskins on Oprah Show
FYI ~ Black woman started multi-million dollar business while being a single mother of two. See forwarded message below. You can also get more information about Michele Hoskins and Michele Foods at http://www.michelefoods.com/history.asp
Delores
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----- Original Message -----
From: MOBE
To: cham...@africreations.com
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:05 PM
Subject: MOBE Radio Update: Michele Hoskins on Oprah Show
*** Tune in to MOBE Radio Wednesday at 8:00 PM EST to listen to Michele Hoskins of Michele Foods, discuss the "Anatomy of a Deal."***
Set those VCRs now. Michele Hoskins of Michele Foods will be featured as a Millionaire Mom this Thursday, October 30th on the Oprah Winfrey Show! The jazzy MOBE Institute Member will share the story of building her multi-million dollar business based on a secret family recipe while a single mother of two. The gourmet Michele Honey Cream syrups are available for purchase at all progressive grocery retailers. Our recommendation: Buy the product today and watch Oprah on Thursday, because stores are likely to sell-out as a result of the show. It's a success story we've followed since the 1980s, so we'll be glued to our television. Don't miss this show!
Don't miss MOBE Radio http://www.mobe.com/radio.html
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