Fw: The Latest Urban Arts Information

[Richard Mabion]

While I was sitting and thinking of how to do what I wanted to do, I received this email from the principal person for this adventure.  When I saw her response, I knew it was my spiritual motivation to proceed.

If you know my story, I have been banging my head against the environmental & conservation world since early 2000.  I have even used the tragedy of Katrina in 2005 as the foundation for me becoming who I have become.  Yet, other than a hand full of people, and likewise within the movement itself, the lack of people of color that I entered the industry to overcome, has faced the same rejection, as the We Shall Overcome Civil Rights movement in this country.  Yes, it is needed, but figuring out how to make it happen, is still the mystery. 

Instead of embracing people who look like me, the industry strives to get the people who looked like me to embraced them.  A move that got the following University to produce the below about my personal experience.

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The same lack of people of color that existed in 2006, when I met and became a friend of David Korten, still exists today.  So as I did at a Business Alliance for a Local Living Economy (BALLE), in Berkeley, California in June of 2007.  I am once again, proclaiming myself to be the National (now international) representative for the environmental and conservation movement in this country.  Be it known that I see the caliber of persons I am talking about not existing in America, is also not existing in many of our international locations either.

That is not something I just stumbled upon, it is something that I learned in an online Climate Change planning courses with Cornell University, last year.  My 3rd world cousins made me aware of their issues with the low-income portion of their world's too.  

My climate change brother in Laos, Nigeria, told us that when they plant 1,500 kilometers of trees in what is called the Green Wall, because of the need to uses trees for fuel, as they plant trees, the low-income community was cutting them down for survival.  

This is similar to the problems we are facing in America's low-income climate change consciousness too.  While the majority population thinks teaching folks how to manage community gardens or farms is what is needed.  I see teaching what growing food has to offer the individual heart, as being the need for this stage of our low-income empowerment.  Not how to make money, but how to survive. 

Attached is a copy of a PowerPoint that clearly shows the working strategies of the team of expertise I had the privilege of working and learning with and from, during that online Cornell University's course.  Out of 600 applications, 35 of us were selected and only 5 of the selected were Americans.  With me being to lone Black American, and of course the oldest student in the class (a class that to this day, I still cherish and maintain a working relationship with and to).  

So that is why my reach is not just local, or even national as far as that is concerned, I am seeking to reach a global market for the below Art event on 18th & Vine.  

I am asking everyone receiving this presentation from me, to work with me and see if it is possible to engage in a low-income event virtually, and start the ball rolling towards a low-income climate change empowerment strategy.

All you have to do is register, so this organization can see the boundaries of my reach.  It is my desire to uses this as a stepping stone to the value of what each of you are doing too.  Just let me know that you have registered, and I will take it from there.

Thank you for your understanding, and help (real help). 

Consider this my Black Lives Matters contribution, to show that all lives matter to us!  Or at least to me!

Richard

 

Richard Mabion

Building A Sustainable Earth Community

J Gordon Community Development Corp

KCK Branch of the NAACP- President

Kansas Sierra Club's Board of Directors

http://www.breakingthesilence.us

913-481-9920

PS:

Please share this with your market & read each of the below emails.  They all have their own merit for this effort.

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From: "pjor...@aol.com" <pjor...@aol.com>

To: rma...@sbcglobal.net <rma...@sbcglobal.net>

Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 07:34:28 AM CDT

Subject: Re: The Latest Urban Arts Information

Richard....what a wonderful email.  Thx for reconnecting!  And thanks for spreading the word.  We'll talk soon....Pat

Pat Jordan & Associates, Inc.

Pat Jordan/President

816.645.1052

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From: Richard Mabion <rma...@sbcglobal.net>
To: pjor...@aol.com <pjor...@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 14, 2020 7:23 am
Subject: Re: The Latest Urban Arts Information

Good morning Pat,

When I think of you, I think about sitting at the counter at the QBrew on Quindaro, meeting each other for the first time.  That was a meeting I have as a pleasant memory, in my fight to bring sanity to the Black Community in both Kansas City, Kansas, and Missouri.  It has (as I sure you know) been an uphill battle.   As I am turning that corner on the struggle, and finally seeing the end of the forest through the trees, God told me this morning, when I saw this email from you, now it's time to reunite with those who have also kept hope alive.

My list is long and exclusive but full of people who like you have found a way to survive.

So when possible, I would like to talk to you, about how we can join forces to benefit each other.   Let's wait until after the October 22nd event, to see what kind of response I can get for your virtual Art Show.  I know you remember my love for the Arts, and like I do when I see your name, I also get inspired when I see the names of some of the artists we were around in early 2000.  I will never forget that artist or the art show we did in St. Joseph, Missouri. 

If I am able to get it some attention, then you too will see a benefit I am still able to produce.  Then and only then should we talk

This is our city, and there are just not a lot of people like you and me, who have made independence a way of life.  So before God brings us home, let's do something with it. 

As always, it's good to see you still on this battlefield too.

Peace to you!

Richard

 

Richard Mabion

Building A Sustainable Earth Community

J Gordon Community Development Corp

KCK Branch of the NAACP- President

Kansas Sierra Club's Board of Directors

http://www.breakingthesilence.us

913-481-9920

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 04:17:09 AM CDT, Pat Jordan <pjordank...@send.mailchimpapp.com> wrote:

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[Richard Mabion]

It's October 22nd, whatever date that is...

On Friday, October 16, 2020, 05:18:26 PM CDT, Zack Pistora <zackp...@gmail.com> wrote:

Richard and friends,

Sorry for the slow reply here.  As always, I really appreciate your good efforts and insight here, Richard!  I really like your idea of a low-income climate change empowerment campaign and really appreciate your support of the Local Arts programs.  Of course, your activism story as well as your work in connecting local, national, and global actors together are both inspiring and impressive!  Furthermore, your sharing of the "Green Wall' in Nigeria story is quite provocative too.

As far as the event goes... it says the event is Monday, but also says Oct. 22nd (which is a Thursday, right?).  You may want to help clarify that.

Again, thanks for sharing Richard; keep up the good work!  

Sincerely,

Zack

Zack Pistora

Environmental Champion

Sierra Club