SendMeYourNews's Blog – January 2010 Archive (10)

BLACK ELDERS CONFERENCE, MARCH 19 & 20, 2010

JANUARY 31, 2010

SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA – The Planning Committee of the Black Elders who called for the convening of Black Nationalist Elders to come together and form an institution that will “vouchsafe” the wealth of visions, hopes, dreams and the “essence” of the ways and means they used to live a life of Resistance to “Slavery, 2nd Class Citizenship and other forms of Oppression,” have scheduled the Conference for the weekend of the Spring Equinox, March 19 & 20,… Continue

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The Frator Heru Institute (TFHI) opens the Spring 2010 semester with over 25 seminars, programs, tutorials and consultancy ranging from non-profit governance, professional writing, comic book creatio…

The Frator Heru Institute (TFHI) opens the Spring 2010 semester with

over 25 seminars, programs, tutorials and consultancy ranging from

non-profit governance, professional writing, comic book creation,

family wellness, rites-of-passage for girls and boys, acting, computer

literacy to human race studies and rites-of-passage facilitator

certification.

The Frator Heru Institute (TFHI) has offered affordable and high quality

community-based education to the… Continue

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The Frator Heru Institute offers A Practical Model for Community-based Education

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WAVE FOR CHANGE FORUMS & WORKSHOPS - Working Against Violence Everywhere

"We have to realize that our behavior today is our history tomorrow. The question is what history do you want to write for yourself?" Michael Lee Chin

Many black youths are facing a crisis. No Education, No Jobs, No Future. So many feel they are limited by their race many feel hopeless and helpless. A young child is filled with hope and dreams of the future and what they hope to become. Only to face the reality when they reach puberty it is not that easy to grasp. There are… Continue

Added by SendMeYourNews on January 10, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

REACHOUT COMMITTEE: Dedicated to the elimination of youth violence & the empowerment of youth & community.

REACHOUT COMMITTEE INC is dedicated to the elimination of youth violence and the empowerment of youth and community. We promote youth and community empowerment through awareness, encouragement and communication. We provide educational, cultural and social services programs to support the positive development of youth and their families; and as an alternative to crime. The primary focus of REACHOUT is youth between the ages of 5 - 30 years old.

REACHOUT COMMITTEE INC is a… Continue

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N'COBRA: Youth Leadership & Personal Development/Life Skills Training Project

Youth Leadership & Personal Development/Life Skills Training Project

"Changing Attitudes; Increasing Aptitudes ...Elevating Altitudes"

Operation Shoestring and Kuumba Promos has collaborated to facilitate a bi-weekly Saturday Seminar Series for youth leadership and personal development called Leadership/Personal Development and Life Skills w/OPS-KP. The seminar series is intended to introduce leadership skills and life management skills to Jackson area youth to… Continue

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RAINBOW PUSH WALL STREET PROJECT, JANUARY 13-15, TIME FOR A FINANCIAL PARADIGM SHIFT

If it’s January, it must be time for Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Wall Street Project. And if you haven’t already done so, this is the time to register and get your business cards dusted off, your resumes ready and your business suits out of mothballs, because you just might meet your next employer there.

Below isthe basic information on the upcoming events being held at the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan, 53rd and 7th Avenue. For further information or to register go on line an follow the… Continue

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Uhuru Movement Celebrating the life of Omali Yeshitela (formerly known as Joseph Waller)

Join the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library of the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg on Thursday, January 21 in celebrating the life and work of Omali Yeshitela (formerly known as Joseph Waller), leader of the Uhuru Movement and Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party.

USF librarian Jim Schnur will conduct an interview with Chairman Omali which will be accompanied by videos and photos of the Chairman's life and… Continue

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The Unofficial List Of Important Films Of The Decade by ArtMattan Productions

The past decade was turbulent and brought many important moments to our lives and our activities in the film industry. Just over the last two years, we released "Gospel Hill," "Youssou N'Dour: Return to Gorée," "Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume" and the controversial "Made in Jamaica." Music was the thing here at ArtMattan Productions headquarters.

Theatrical releases of Independent and Foreign Language films were many and diverse all over the country, with some more exciting than… Continue

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The Foremost Challenge to Our Movement & Growth

AKI ASINIA LUKATA CHIKUYU:

I thought it was such a beautiful thing the way Afrikans converged on Jena , Louisiana to support the Jena Six. What a show of Black Power! What a show of Unity! What a show of Nia (Purpose)! Add that to the support that Afrikans are currently demonstrating in the pursuit of justice for The Scott Sisters, Jamie & Gladys Scott of Mississippi and the gravitation of Afrikans towards observing Kwanzaa as an Afrikan Holiday lifts my spirits… Continue

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