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EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN. WE SNOOZE. THEY LOSE.

8/19/2015

"...The authors of the study said that capitalizing on the storytelling skills of Black children is important in assisting them with their early reading development.“Building on children’s oral narrative skills is a strategy for schools looking to connect with children,” said Iruka, “especially as schools support children of color who come from a culture that has cherished these skills.”

Sankofa is Akan word from Ghana, which means “go back to the past and recover it,” “return to the source,” or “we must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.” If people of African descent want our children to succeed in literacy, we must go back to the past, to the ways of the griot."

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RESPECT 4 PEOPLE

8/7/2015

If we can NOT have truthful and respectful dialogue on EQUAL grounds we can NOT have truthful and respectful relationships.

#INTERVENTION: Racism, White Privilege and Supremacy
Posted by Brian Whittle on Sunday, May 31, 2015

Texas Spiritual Attack

7/22/2015

Why is it seemingly so very HARD to demonstrate RESPECT FOR PEOPLE?

Who are these folks in Texas that believe the rest of the world is ASLEEP????

DEADLY TRASH CAN BAG

"... During Monday’s press conference, Mathis said investigators would look for DNA and fingerprint traces on the plastic bag that was used in her death..."

I have dumped a lot of trash so far in my life.

I shop cheap.

It is very HARD for my brain to compute a brand strong enough to hold up a grown woman.

DO THEY THINK IT IS A MORE LOGICAL explanation than placing the plastic bag over her face?

DO THEY USE FLAX SEED BURLOP TRASH BAGS IN PRISON CELLS?

Someone please enlighten me on the weight capacity of prison trash bags!

She allegedly figured out how to maneuver a garbage bag in an hour???

‪#‎confusedonwhyNEEDEDsodurnstronginaprisoncell‬

TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. WE MUST FIGHT FOR THE REVELATION OF TRUTH.

We are in some very trying times.

My prayers to her family and loved ones as this investigation reveals...TRUTH.

South Carolina Spiritual Attack

6/22/2015

Our hearts go out to the families, friends and community of the slain members of the Emanuel AME Church of Charleston, South Carolina. We shall forever keep their spirits alive and work...FIGHT HARD...to make this world a better place for our children to feel safe...to be safe...to have faith in their FUTURE. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER.

McKinney, Texas and the Pool Party

6/9/2015

Behind the smoke screen of the slap!

There is so much more to this McKinney, Texas "POOL PARTY" that we must be diligent and proactive in getting up to speed on what is at the CORE of the problem.

RESPECT4PEOPLE
Realistically, how in the world CAN U value GOD and not HIS WORKS?

RESPECT4PEOPLE
Either U value GOD's creations or U DO NOT.
‪#‎PERIOD‬

Any town with a nice swimming pool is subject to shenanigans without a RESPECT 4PEOPLE.

If there are racist undercurrents brewing...trust what is in the dark WILL come to light!

ARE U EQUIPPED IN YOUR ZIP CODE TO DEAL?

How DO U know? The Supreme Court is poised to make a historic decision in the month of June 2015. It has the sweeping potential of setting back the clock on housing discrimination to the 1960's...just like the VOTING DECISION of 2013.

PLEASE VILLAGE STAY FOCUSED!

Instead of bickering over the videos and FOX NEWS DISTRACTIONS...independently conduct some basic research on how YOUR ZIP CODE would respond to a NEW SUPREME COURT RULING by attending the next city council meeting.

‪#‎BEPROACTIVE‬
‪#‎DONTGETCAUGHTOFFGUARDAGAIN‬
‪#‎ASKYOURLEGISLATURESBEFORETHEYAREELECTEDHOWTHEYFEEL‬
‪#‎DONTGETDISTRACTEDBYTHEFRINGEREPORTING‬

KEY ARTICLE

Lawsuit 11/9/2008

Supreme Court

AGENDA 21 AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

5/20/2015

BIODIVERSITY COUNCIL

AFRICAN AMERICAN POISONING

5/20/2015

There is a growing number of toxic environmental hazards impacting African American communities disproportionately. Please equip yourself with information and facts to take to your local elected officials!

BLACK FAMILY ECONOMICS

4/27/2015

Research Report

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Stop FUNDING our DEMISE!

Housing and Related Charges 33% Education 14%
Food 13%
Cars and Trucks - New & Used 6% Apparel Products and Services 5% Health Care 5%
Insurance 4%
Telephone Services 3%
Households Furnishings & Equip 3% Contributions 2%
Media 2%
Personal Care Products and Services 1% Travel, Transportation and Lodging 1% Consumer Electronics 1% Miscellaneous 1%
Computers 1%
Gifts 1%
Beverages (Non-Alcoholic) 1%
Tobacco Products/Smoking Supplies 1% Beverages (Alcoholic) 1%
Entertainment and Leisure 1%
Toys Games and Pets 0%
Appliances 0%
Sports and Recreational Equipment 0% Housewares 0%
Books 0%
TOTAL SPENDING 100%
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Types of Consumer Spending

a Necessities
"Necessities represent the food, shelter and clothing individuals need to maintain a certain quality of life."

b Non-durable goods
"Non-durable goods last less than three years; these include gasoline, paper products and office supplies."

c Durable goods
"Cars and houses are examples of durable goods, which last more than three years."

d Luxury items
"Luxury items include jewelry, high-priced cars and other items not necessary for living a standard lifestyle."

"...Significant changes to consumer spending in durable and luxury goods can be an important economic indicator. Consumer spending increases in these two categories usually represent individuals with higher income. Conversely, spending decreases may indicate lower individual income or consumer confidence. These spending categories can help businesses and governments determine if consumer spending is expanding or contracting based on the number of purchases."

The MONIYHAN REPORT on BLACK FAMILY

4/23/2015

412839-the-moynihan-report-revisited.pdf
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Original 1965 REPORT

Why DO some people think AFRICA is a country????

4/16/2015

PROBLEM:
Are We TEACHING our FUTURE DREAMERS, LEADERS AND ACHIEVERS ABOUT THE WORLD?

"SOULUTION": Learn about the HOME of HUMANKIND at HOME.

Let's Join and Say in a Loud Resounding CHORUS to our Children...

Africa Is Not a Country...

Africa is NOT a Country...

Africa is NOT a Country...

Africa is NOT a Country!

AFRICA IS A CONTINENT!

Coming Soon: A PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT "HOME"!

Click to visit AFRICA 20/20!

HIGH AFRICAN AMERICAN INCARCERATION RATES

4/13/2015

Wisconsin Prisons Incarcerate Most Black Men In U.S.

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"The explosion really took place in the year 2000 to 2008 where mandatory sentencing, three strikes was put in place and it more than tripled the population in just a few years, which meant about half of the black men in their 30s or early 40s in Milwaukee County would have spent time in the state's correctional facilities. And two-thirds of the men come from the six poorest zip codes in Milwaukee," says Pawasarat.

John Legend Launches Campaign To End Mass Incarceration Click on image to read more!

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Louisiana is the world's prison capital

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"...Nearly three percent of all black men in the United States are behind bars, compared to 0.5 percent of all white men in the country..."

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Why Prison Funds Louisiana?

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Each inmate is worth $24.39 a day in state money. Housing the inmates cheaply and providing few services means there's more money left over for the sheriff's department, says Chang.

"It's kind of a vicious cycle," she says. "If you can reduce the prison population, then hopefully you'll have more money to give the ones who are in the system more help. [But] the Sheriff's Association is one of the most powerful lobbies in the state. And they've consistently opposed any change that would reduce the prison population."

Louisiana's prison sentences are among the harshest in the country. The state leads the country in the percentage of inmates who are serving life without parole and exceeds the national average for the number of nonviolent offenders behind bars. Chang writes that a two-time car burglar can receive 24 years without parole. Three drug convictions can send a prisoner away for life.

Though the state's prison budget is $600 million, comparisons with other states are difficult, she says."

"Twenty-five dollars a day is incarceration on the cheap," she says. "In Louisiana state prisons they spend, on average, $55 an inmate, so the average in Louisiana comes out to $38 per day, per inmate, which is the lowest in the country. So if you look at the size of the budget, it's very misleading, because we're incarcerating two people to every one person in another state because we spend so little on them."

AFRICAN AMERICANS FUND LOUISIANA

#FIXIN4ORNOMORE

ESEENCE FESTIVAL EXECS signed a 5 year contract last year to STAY in Louisiana.

Why settle as black families cry foul about black male incarceration?

Why not NEGOTIATE 4 YEARS IN ADVANCE and force the elected officials and economic stakeholders in Louisiana to fix what is driving incarceration rates that are HIGHEST on this PLANET?

#FIXIN4ORNOMORE

So. We must LEARN.

WE FUND TOO MANY VICES OURSELVES AS AN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY.

It appears that WE hold the TRUE "PURSE STRINGS" on the resources required for a "soulution" in reducing the ‪#‎s‬ of incarcerated AFRICAN AMERICANS.

Where should 550,000 people spending $231,000,000 invest in 2019?

OUR SPENDING IS FUELING THE ENGINE TO INCARCERATE.

WHY NOT REINVEST IT INTO SOMETHING THAT ELEVATES AND EDUCATES OUR YOUTH???

How can we help more folks CONNECT the dots and STOP GIVING LOUISIANA POLITICIANS FUNDS TO DO WHAT THEY DO TO OUR MEN??????

AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES NEED TO READ CONTRACTS AND CHOOSE WAYS TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM IGNORANCE.

‪#‎NEGOTIATEBEFORESIGNINGA5YEARESSENCEFESTIVALCONTRACT‬

‪#‎STOPMAKINGEXCUSESTOBESTUCKLIKECHUCK‬

‪#‎CHOOSEWISELY‬

We need to STOP AND THINK about what we are economically elevating!

Every line in a contract should be READ AND EXPLAINED before signing.

BUT WAIT. Why sign a contract with LOUISIANA???

WHO IS NEGOTIATING THESE CONTRACTS TO PERFORM IN LOUISIANA????

Why DO we tolerate LOUISIANA RACISM????

NO AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO CLAIMS TO CARE ABOUT INCARCERATION RATES BEING HIGH should step foot in LOUISIANA...PERIOD.

EXAMPLE 1
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-orleans-louisiana-remains-home-of-the-essence-festival-272319941.html

EXAMPLE 2

http://madamenoire.com/445338/big-smiles-big-easy-essence-festival-major-economic-boost-new-orleans/

EXAMPLE 3

http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2010/09/29/mayor-landrieu-ensures-that-essence-will-continue-to-call-new

EXAMPLE 4
http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=742127

Why DOES the Essence Festival owners financially support the highest incarceration rates in the world for African Americans???

Over 60% of the prisoners are reported to be African American?

Why NOT rotate to more jail friendly cities???

Why NOT audit to showcase exactly how and where the funds have been reinvested in LOUISIANA to decrease the problems and create sustainable and long term "soulutions"?

DO THE FUNDS GO TOWARDS FESTIVALS LIKE THIS STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL POSTER CONTEST?

Why DO we tolerate LOUISIANA RACISM???? BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS CHARACTER

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

4/9/2015

A MUST READ FOR ALL FAMILIES!

Taraji P. Henson is sending her son to Howard University instead of USC

3/24/2015

This is WHAT PETAC is all about. Exercising our FREEDOM to make choices that we believe BENEFIT our offspring despite the YAP of the NAYSAYER or PUBLIC OPINION. It is OUR OFFSPRING and OUR ECONOMIC RESOURCES. Who will DO this for us? WE CAN DO THIS!

GO HBCU! Click on photo to read story!

How Black Middle-Class Kids Become Poor Adults

3/22/2015

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INVEST FOR DIVIDENDS

U.S. Job Gains Leave Black Women Behind

3/22/2015

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GENERATION Z WATCH

3/21/2015

GENERATION Z= FUTURE DREAMERS, LEADERS AND ACHIEVERS

WE CAN DO THIS!

WHAT IF THE THINKING AND MINDSET MARKETED TO THEIR BRAINS COULD BE MORE POSITIVE AND FORWARD THINKING?

EXAMPLE:

DON'T: MONEY=DRUGS
VS.
DO: MONEY=DIVIDENDS

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NCAA and HBCUs

3/20/2015

Limited-resource, HBCU schools improve

Small Dreams and Long Odds on N.C.A.A. Tournament

RACISM "SOULUTION" EQUATION

3/20/2015

WE ARE ONE

US CIVIL WAR VETERAN DOCTOR JOHNSON Jr. 1st Colored Calvary

Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story.

How much TRUE HISTORY U know is how far YOUR CHILDREN will grow.

Knowledge of Your History + Knowledge of Their History=Equality

EXAMPLE:
0 years + (-150 years)= (-150 years) of OPPRESSION

I had this insight while watching a local Sesquicentennial Play with my family tonight. Out of a fairly crowded theatre...there were probably 10 African Americans in the playhouse. That means our family made up 50% of ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS.

When WE DO NOT take the time to educate our children about OUR OWN FAMILY GENEAOLOGY... and then

... we only learn the NEGATIVE ASPECTS of THEIR GENEAOLOGY...DUH.

U HAVE HIDDEN AND BLATANT RACISM passed down generation after generation.

U HAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN MARGINALIZED IN PUBLIC CLASSROOMS because they DO NOT have enough HOME EXPOSURE to their own proud and precious family heritage, cultures and legacy.

They are NOT EQUIPPED to compete.

The equation CAN NOT prepare or equip them to succeed on EQUAL mindset with peers from other cultures who ARE EQUIPPED with their history.

What is taught in school is not a substitute to what MUST BE TAUGHT AT HOME.

WAKE UP.

Stop waiting around for someone to DO this for U.

DIYAH

DO IT YOURSELF AT HOME.

"U CAN DO IT.

WE CAN HELP."

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‪#‎THANKGODFORCARTERGWOODSON‬

‪#‎EDUCATIONIMPORTANTGEARFORLIFE

How are OUR kids using the Internet to get ahead or are they using it ‘mindlessly’???

3/19/2015

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EXAMINE THIS ARTICLE QUOTE!

"...But since social networks online tend to reflect social networks in real life, the wealthier kids have more people to draw on digitally to help advance their education and careers.

(Parents in the top fifth of the economic hierarchy have 20% to 25% more friends than parents in the bottom fifth, and they know people in a far wider range of occupations, studies show.)

In fact, the social connections common to the wealthy may be even more important in an age where everyone can freely download all the world’s information, Putnam says. “Just because teens can get access to a technology that can connect them to anyone anywhere does not mean that they have equal access to knowledge and opportunity.”

Anyone can access HBCU kidz, Inc. from anywhere.

1st AFRICAN AMERICAN HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN THE U.S.

3/17/2015

"...Homage is seeking to make a change in the American hotel industry, in which African Americans own less than 1% by opening a new hotel in downtown Oakland, CA. Though the vast majority of black owned hotels are a franchise of Marriott or Hilton, the Oakland hotel is slated to be independently and black owned..."

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Black Poverty

3/17/2015

"...almost half of African-American and Native American families,were low income. Furthermore, over a third of African-American and Latino working families fell into the lowest income bracket, earning less than $32,000 a year..."

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RACIAL BIAS TEST

3/17/2015

DO U think like a racist? This test claims it can identify it even when U can NOT!

Click to take the TEST!

Documentary "American Promise"

3/17/2015

Documentary "American Denial"

3/17/2015

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It is very important that the first images and impressions of self worth and value are considered as high priority for our FUTURE DREAMERS, LEADERS AND ACHIEVERS.

Bill Cosby Media Coverage Timeline

3/10/2015

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ADVOCATE
advocate (n.) mid-14c., "one whose profession is to plead cases in a court of justice," a technical term from Roman law, from Old French avocat "barrister, advocate, spokesman," from Latin advocatus "one called to aid; a pleader, advocate," noun use of past participle of advocare "to call" (as witness or advisor) from ad- "to" (see ad-) + vocare"to call," related to vocem (see voice (n.)). Also in Middle English as "one who intercedes for another," and "protector, champion, patron." Feminine forms advocatess, advocatrice were in use in 15c."
Source:
Onlyne Etymology Dictionary

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