reparations - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T17:49:32Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/feed/tag/reparationsWHAT MUST WE DO ABOUT THIS LINGERING REPARATION SITUATION?https://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/what-must-we-do-about-this-lingering-reparation-situation2022-07-05T15:36:32.000Z2022-07-05T15:36:32.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><div> </div>
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<div>There is a great saying by my late father that I often quote to my friends about my family-" IT IS A TIGER THAT GIVES BIRTH TO A TIGER" . You are the true daughter of your father - a great Pan Africanist . Your Uncle was one of the great historical Pan Africanists - George Padmore .Your work is a reflection of your pedigree . You come from a breed of African freedom fighters and liberators who love our race. You are a great pride to our race and Africa. What you wrote about Reparation is a masterpiece of a great thinker . It is no surprise that your family is a part of our march to freedom ,in which Marcus Garvey is leading the fight carrying the African flag in front ; against our Oppressors who enslaved us as we sing our freedom songs to a great and free Africa . Unity and Freedom will be written in that flag. We shall unite very soon as long as there are leaders like you in our new march to freedom.</div>
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<div>I had the pleasure of meeting the late Prof John Henrick Clarke when he came to London in his summer lecture tours. The Reparation claim must be weighed and compared to what was paid to the Jews who lost 6 millioghn lives in the the Holocaust .We lost 120 million lives in the evil passage. The late Ambassador Dudley Thompson was highly regarded by A frican leaders and the African Union .Kathy , I say this to you- "YOU HAVE CLASS" .What can I say of a great Lady who is giving her all on behalf of Africa and our race. </div>
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<div>Africa belongs to ALL AFRICANS.I am a GARVEYITE . The continent belongs to all Africans from Africa and the DIASPORA .It is our home. The Africans in the diaspora are all members of our families. There was no family in Africa that did not suffer from enslavement of our race . We (Africans) as a People are proud of our extended family culture .Our mission must be the UNITY of all our People . A United People will be respected-look at the Chinese .The Europeans laughed at the Chinese in the past. Who is the pretty boy now !!!</div>
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<div>All Africans love you and thank you a million times for your work. Have a great day.</div>
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<div>Yours in the struggle for African freedom</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="http://aol.com" target="_blank">Dr Osakwe Osifo</a></strong></span></div>
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<p><strong>From: <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">KATHY HOWELL</a> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>MY BELOVED,</strong></p>
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<div><strong>BEFORE OUR BROTHER DUDLEY THOMPSON - WENT TO SEE HIS ANCESTORS I HAVE TRAVELED fWITH HIM TO CONFERENCES PERTAINING TO OUR LIBERATION.</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Today the struggle is still goin on. Last month I was consulted by phone by Dr. Osakwe Osifo, a PanAfricanist in London who is still on the battlefield. Seek 'The Unity of Africa"</strong></div>
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<div><strong>MY FEELING IS THIS:</strong></div>
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<p><strong><u>We need to create a Gobal Reparation Commission:</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>Reparation will not be possible – unless our government takes certain initiavates.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>1<sup>st</sup> step to take is :</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>FIND OUT WHICH AFRICAN COUNTY IS PREPARE TO WELCOME THE LOST FLOCK.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPA – SHOWED HIS WILLINGNESS – BY GRANTING LAND TO Jamaican. Under the EWF umbrella.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>2<sup>nd</sup> Step is </u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>To - nominate people as representatives to discuss with the AFRICAN GOVERNMENT – THE NECESSARY PREPARATION.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>IF AN AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES – TO PERMIT –IMMIGRATION –THEY MAY IMPOSE TEST ON THE IMMIGRATION.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>SETTLEMENT OF IMMIGRANT COST- MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. (P</u></strong><strong><u>reparing land, opening roads, building houses, water and light supplies and industrial capital)</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Congress endorses the claim that slavery, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Arab slave trade, genocide and apartheid were always crimes against humanity and therefore subject to reparative justice</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em> Congress endorses the establishment of the Caricom Reparations Commission and calls upon it to work with other similar commissions already established, in advancing the Global reparations process</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>All African , Countries, States, Regional and bodies must move immediately to legislate for the right of reparations, returning all African descendents who would like , settlement and dual citizenship in Africa . Those Africans- in the diaspora who have already returned as well as their stateless children.</em></strong><u></u></p>
<p><strong><em>The major problems and challenges facing the African World is injuries resulting from the crimes of slavery.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>We need to profile, document and erect monuments in all areas throughout the continent where slavery, slave embarkation stations and prisons are located. Holocaust memorial sites are used today by some countries as military and political buildings.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>We need to memorialize our heroes and heroines including those criminalized by enslavers and demand that African human remains housed in museums around the world be returned to their homelands. </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Sister Kathy Howell</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Love and Light</em></strong></p>
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<div>SOURCE: <strong><a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/viewmod/theblacklist/6abb40bac16c3cc1b9f18151508f34d6/msg00000.html">Fwd: RAPARATION</a></strong>, <em>KATHY HOWELL, 07/03/2022</em></div>
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<p> </p></div>PARCOE: On Matters Of Integrity, Ethics And Representation Within The International Social Movement For Afrikan Reparationshttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/parcoe-on-matters-of-integrity-ethics-and-representation-within2015-04-21T14:08:02.000Z2015-04-21T14:08:02.000ZTheBlackList Newshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListNews<div><p><br /><em><strong>This is PARCOE’s initial response to the open letter from Dr Barryl Biekman representing the Landelijk Platform Slavernijverleden to Dr Nathaniel Coleman in his capacity of being a member of the recently established European Reparations Commission.</strong></em> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnjxz3aab4o3nxp/LetterFromBBiekmanToNathanielTheERC.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnjxz3aab4o3nxp/LetterFromBBiekmanToNathanielTheERC.pdf?dl=0<br /></a><br />PARCOE members relate to both parties, Dr Nathaniel Coleman via the Afrikan Reparations Transnational Community of Practice, of which he is a member and via the Europe-Wide NGO Consultative Council for Afrikan Reparations (ENGOCCAR) of which Dr Barryl Biekman of the Landelijk Platform Slavernijverleden is also a member.<br /><br />The views expressed by Dr Barryl Biekman highlight ongoing tensions in Europe regarding matters of activist and organisational integrity, ethics and representation within the International Social Movement for Afrikan Reparations (ISMAR). These tensions include issues of leadership (both above and from below), accountability and mandate within the ISMAR.<br /><br />In the lead up to the International Reparations Summit which recently took place in New York, the European Reparations Commission announced its presence via the circular from the Institute of the Black World and social media networking sites. Its members are: Louis-Georges, Michael McEachrane, ModiNtambwe, Kenneth Donau Jessica De Abreu and Dr Nathaniel Coleman<br /><a href="http://ibw21.org/promotion/national-international-reparations-summit/" target="_blank">http://ibw21.org/promotion/national-international-reparations-summit/</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/natcphd/status/587011573597634562?lang=en-gb" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/natcphd/status/587011573597634562?lang=en-gb</a></p><p>It transpires that although no PARCOE activists attended the National/International Black Reparations Summit, PARCOE became the subject of some discussions between some members of the European Reparations Commission (ERC), some members of the Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) and those who represented CARICOM. It is clear that despite raising principled views on the need for not having a top-down reparations movement and other pertinent matter that were raised, the PARCOE open Letter to CARICOM Heads of Government <a href="http://1804caribvoices.org/articles/2013/07/open-letter-to-caricom-heads-on-reparations/#comment-317">http://1804caribvoices.org/articles/2013/07/open-letter-to-caricom-heads-on-reparations/#comment-317</a> and our follow-up Position Paper on CARICOM Reparations <a href="http://1804caribvoices.org/articles/2013/09/parcoe-response-reparations/">http://1804caribvoices.org/articles/2013/09/parcoe-response-reparations/</a> still appear to have left a bitter taste in the mouths of some reparationists who saw such interventions as undermining the CARICOM Reparations Initiative.<br /><br />We reject the notion that to raise fundamental questions about the context of the CARICOM reparations initiative is an indication of being opposed to reparations. When we highlighted the then limitations of the CARICOM reparations context; this was not a rejection of the need to mobilise people of Afrikan heritage in support of the quest for reparations or a rejection of the principle of unity amongst pro‐reparations forces at governmental and civil society levels. We do indeed support the notion advanced by Cheikh Anta Diop that we… ”must not abandon discussion out of tact...There should be no concession where there is a question of establishing a scientific truth.” As Afrikan people, on the continent and Diaspora of Afrika, we are focused on a quest for truth, liberation and reparatory justice. In this regard there are no sacrosanct idols. We concur with Law professors Adrienne Davies and Adjoa Aiyeoro who in their brilliant 2010 study, ‘Historic and Modern Social Movements for Reparations: The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) and its Antecedents’, point out that part of the largely untold history of reparations “is the struggle not only for reparations itself, but also the struggle between distinct Black classes over strategies for citizenship and the right to envision the racial future”.<br /><br />Nevertheless, PARCOE reasserts its position of critical support for the CARICOM Reparations Initiative including the 10 point programme. We reserve the right to also champion pre-existing reparations and in some cases, more complete agendas such as the Abuja Agenda arising from the First Conference on Reparations for Afrikan Enslavement, Colonization and Neo-Colonization, and its UK manifestation, the Birmingham Declaration. In addition to the Black Quest for Justice Campaign (BQJC) Agenda, and legal as well as extra-legal strategy on reparations. We have defended members of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), individually and collectively, against those who would seek to attack the justness of the sacred cause of reparations. Yet, we are somewhat dismayed by the fact that rather than talk directly to us, as has been requested of various members of CARICOM, the CRC and leading representatives associated with it, that there is still a tendency to talk about and round us.<br /><br />We state without reservation, that the positions we take are informed by our lived realities and experiences as Afrikans on the Continent of Afrika and in the Diaspora. We apologise to no one for the positions we in PARCOE have expressed, have not been invented by us as we speak for those whose voices are being marginalised and silenced within the ISMAR. PARCOE is a coalition embracing a wide diversity of forces and is in pursuit of an Internationalist Strategy of Pan-Afrikan Reparations for Global Justice. This means that we recognise that the struggle for Afrikan reparations is a global justice struggle. Our purpose is to give Pan-Afrikan liberatory amplification in Europe to the reparatory justice voices of Afrikan people and communities of resistance throughout the continent and the Diaspora of Afrika in furtherance of global justice. This is what is distinctive about PARCOE, we amplify the global voices of reparations communities of interest in Europe. We therefore prioritise promoting the reparatory justice voices of those whom have most often been marginalised or silenced in reparations organising processes thus far and agree with the maxim advanced by Critical Legal Scholar and Professor of Law, Mari Matsuda, that approaches to reparations must engender a “looking to the bottom” approach; asserting that “[r]eparations is a legal concept</p><p>generated from the bottom. It arises not from abstraction but from experience.”<br />Recognising the intergenerational nature of reparatory justice, we stand on the shoulders of our illustrious Afrikan ancestors and those who have given their lives and made sacrifices on behalf of our group struggle to effect and secure reparations. We therefore decry the hypocritical stance whereby historical figures are held up as tokenistic symbols of emancipation, such as the late Dr Walter Rodney, among others, who were heralded at the First Regional Reparations Conference which took place in Hairoun (St Vincent & The Grenadines) in 2013, but the example they set, values they embraced and principles they stood for are trampled on by some social, political and economic elites who are ‘proclaimed’ to be reparations leaders today.<br /><br />We humbly request that PARCOE is not treated as the unwelcome family member who despite having a right to belong and speak for those family members not invited or desired at the table, their presence is seen as a hindrance because they may say things that are uncomfortable for some. We continue to reject some of the national chauvinistic tendencies that have been apparent in some quarters of proclaimed leaders which have resulted in reifying separating us as an Afrikan people into regions defined by the borders of European imperialism. On this point, history and our ancestors will absolve us. It should also be recognised that many grassroots activists have made huge sacrifices and experienced many deprivations to their human (including personal and economic) security, enjoyment of family life, social standing and status as well as assaults on their dignity and reputation in taking up and sustaining the cause of reparations before it became as popular to identify with the cause of reparations as it is now.<br /><br />In closing, it is our view that there a need for greater integrity among and between activists, reparations social movement organisations and those that see themselves as being leading voices and activists on reparations, Ethics must become central in our quest to effect and secure reparatory justice. We recognise that the most transformative of movements generally represent a form of ‘prefigurative politics’. This requires that movement participants organise as if they are already in the process of bringing about the post Afrikan Reparations World Order by taking steps to bring about the internal repairs needed in our personal lives, families, organising processes, communities and society. We should therefore strive to model in our present-day lives and work the new values, social relationships and institutions we advocate for on a broader scale, as part of our strategy for bringing about the desired social changes we seek and remaking our World. In other words ‘being and modelling the change we want to see in the world’ which is taken generally to mean that we have to reflect the kind of society we’re fighting for in our lifestyle, organisations, movement/s and government.<br />We remain open to dialogue with all those genuinely seeking to advance the cause of holistic Afrikan Reparations for the Maangamizi, (Afrikan Holocaust of Chattel, Colonial & Neocolonial Enslavement).<br /><br /><em><strong>In Dedicated Service</strong></em><br /><br /><em><strong>Esther Stanford-Xosei & Kofi Mawuli Klu</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Co-Vice Chairs, PARCOE</strong></em><br /><em><strong>19/04/15</strong></em><br /><br /><em><strong>We can be contacted as follows:</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Email: info@parcoe.com</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Mobile: + 44 (0)7751143043</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Twitter: @Parcoeinfo</strong></em></p><p>~</p><div id="msgbody"><p><strong>Attachment: <a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/viewmod/theblacklist/e56feb12e95922501718950a411ebaea/msg00000/PARCOE_REPRESENTATION_AND_ETHICS.pdf"><tt>PARCOE REPRESENTATION AND ETHICS.pdf</tt></a></strong><br /><em>Description:</em> Adobe PDF document</p><p>~</p></div><ul><li><b><a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/viewmod/theblacklist/e56feb12e95922501718950a411ebaea/msg00000.html">FW: PARCOE COMMENTS IN RESPONSE</a></b>, <em>Landelijk Platform Slavernijverleden, 04/21/2015</em></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>Dr. Ron Daniels: Seizing the Moment to Galvanize the U.S. and Global Reparations Movementhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/dr-ron-daniels-seizing-the-moment-to-galvanize-the-u-s-and-global2015-04-08T15:07:56.000Z2015-04-08T15:07:56.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><table width="630" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><table width="630" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="110" align="left" valign="top"><table width="110" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="500" align="left" valign="top"><table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828836586,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828836586,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="630" class="align-full" alt="3828836586?profile=original" /></a>Queen Mother Audley Moore was an indefatigable teacher, advocate and organizer for Reparations, the fundamental idea that Africans in America are due compensation to repair the physical, cultural, spiritual and mental damages inflicted by the holocaust of enslavement. She called herself a “brain surgeon” dedicated to operating on the minds of constipated “Negroes” to create a consciousness of the urgent need for Reparations. I was a patient of this great “surgeon.” Queen Mother Moore introduced me to the concept of Reparations and became my mentor on this issue. As the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) prepares to convene a potentially historic National/International Summit, April 9-12, in New York, I believe our “warrior woman” ancestor is looking down with pride and enthusiasm as reparations advocates from the U.S. and the Pan African world gather to galvanize and intensify the global Reparations Movement.<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828836619,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828836619,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="630" class="align-full" alt="3828836619?profile=original" /></a>Reparations to repair the damages of enslavement has been a persistent demand within the multifaceted Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. The movement ebbs and flows, being intense at certain moments in our history and subdued at others. Despite the fact that there is a “State of Emergency” in America’s “dark ghettos,” the pride associated with the election of the first African American President has not made this the most fertile period for the Reparations Movement.However, two events have potentially provided the impetus for a new moment of intense interest and advocacy for reparations in the months and years ahead.</p>
<p>First, as I have written recently, the courageous decision by the heads of state of nations in the Caribbean to demand reparations from the former European colonialists for Native Genocide and African enslavement and the formation of a CARICOM Reparations Commission has captured the imagination of reparations activists in the U.S. and the Pan African world. It is one thing for scholars and activists to advocate for reparations, it is quite another for the leaders of nations who are still in the neo-colonial clutches of the former colonial powers to make such a bold demand. By doing so, they risk economic and political retaliation. No doubt the dismal conditions of the masses of their people and the pressure from civil society organizations influenced their decision, but there is no belittling the fact that the demand for reparations was/is a gutsy decision!</p>
<p>Second, the brilliant essay <em>The Case for Reparations</em> by Ta-nehisi Coates published in the Atlantic Magazine, has electrified a new generation of Black people who were largely unfamiliar with reparations or unconvinced of its validity and value as a goal. While a dedicated core of true believers have kept the issue of reparations alive, for the movement to grow it must be embraced by a new generation of potential advocates who, like Brother Coates, can be converted to the cause. Moreover, we need a moment when the movement can be broadened to form a critical mass, a formidable force to advance the demand for reparations. That moment may be at hand. Indeed, Queen Mother Moore would be excited to learn that a <a title="NAARC Members" href="http://ibw21.org/national-african-american-reparations-commission" target="_blank">National African American Reparations Commission</a> (NAARC) has been established in her memory! [visit the website <a title="NAARC Members" href="http://ibw21.org/national-african-american-reparations-commission" target="_blank">www.ibw21.org</a> for list of Members] Inspired by the CARICOM Reparations Commission and designed to function as a parallel body, NAARC’s primary mission is to develop a preliminary Reparations Program/Agenda as part of an education and advocacy process to expand the Reparations Movement in the U.S. Ultimately, NAARC will develop a final Reparations Program/Agenda as an outgrowth of input from a series of regional community-based hearings and town hall meetings across the country.</p>
<p>This moment presents a major opportunity for discussions on how the Reparations Movement in the U.S. should proceed. The Coates article tapped into what appears to be growing sentiment that reparations are due Africans in America not only for enslavement, but the damages done to our people during the era of de jure and de facto segregation as well as post segregation. Coates’ research on housing patterns in Chicago clearly demonstrates the intergenerational wealth deficit created by discriminatory housing policies and practices. Michele Alexander has also added her voice to reparations advocates who believe compensation is due for the massive damages to Black families and communities as a direct result of the “New Jim Crow,” mass incarceration. Damages from environmental racism are also a matter which some advocates contend should be on the table. These considerations expand the scope of the reparations demands.</p>
<p>There is also a need to discuss the collective versus individual payment of reparations. This often comes up as a question when arguing the case for reparations. While one could make an argument for both, I am hopeful that a consensus will emerge in favor of collective developmental assistance. The chronic wealth gap and state of emergency in America’s dark ghettos are a direct consequence of generations of exploitation and oppression which should be addressed in terms of compensation that will be used to end the underdevelopment of the National Black Community. Individuals in the Black community would benefit from increased opportunities resulting from developmental assistance for the group/collective.</p>
<p>Consistent with the concept of collective developmental assistance, it would also be useful to develop a consensus for a Reparations Trust Fund or similar structure to administer the various types of compensation that might be received from the federal government, state and local governments, corporations/businesses and institutions like universities, implicated in enslavement or other damaging policies and practices inflicted in other eras. Such a Trust Fund would be governed by a Board comprised of a cross-section of credible Black leaders and organizations that would receive various forms of compensation and allocate resources in accordance with a strategic development plan. As an aside, I have a particular interest in demanding that federal lands be transferred to a Trust fund with the same kind of sovereignty and rights eventually granted Native Americans for the criminal dispossession of their lands.</p>
<p>As the case for reparations for Africans in America is advanced, we need a much more coherent message about key issues and questions that are often raised by our people like the ones cited above. Hopefully, as NAARC engages in its deliberations, it can be helpful in formulating and advancing recommendations on these vital issues and questions. I continue to believe that HR-40, the Reparations Study Bill, introduced by Congressman John Conyers, Jr. every year since 1989, can be a valuable organizing tool to generate discussion and action on this vital issue.</p>
<p>The National/International Reparations Summit will not only be a moment to galvanize the U.S. Reparations Movement, it will serve to galvanize an emerging global Reparations Movement. A key goal of the Summit is to explore avenues for systematic information-sharing and mutual support as a means of strengthening the global Reparations Movement. As such, it will provide an opportunity for a dialogue/interface between NAARC and the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) and advocates from the Caribbean, Central and South America, Canada and Europe (21 countries as of this writing). Without question the CRC will be most closely examined as the model which has given a major boost to the U.S. and global Reparations Movements. At the end of the deliberations a mechanism will be put in place to sustain the momentum of this incredible moment in history. Let the word go out across the Pan African World, the global Reparations Movement is on the rise and Queen Mother Moore is pleased!</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em><strong>Dr. Ron Daniels</strong> is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer at York College City University of New York. His articles and essays also appear on the IBW website <a href="http://ibw21.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">www.ibw21.org</span></a> and<a href="http://www.northstarnews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">www.northstarnews.com</span></a>. To send a message, arrange media interviews or speaking engagements, Dr. Daniels can be reached via email at info@ibw21.org</em></span></p>
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</tr></tbody></table><p></p></div>Final 2012 Judgment Writings on Reparations and Suchhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/final-2012-judgment-writings-on-reparations-and-such2012-12-31T16:15:10.000Z2012-12-31T16:15:10.000ZTheBlackList Newshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListNews<div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;">FINAL JUDGMENT WRITINGS AND MEANING<br /> 2012 SOLAR CYCLE JOURNEY<br /> (Thoughts Centrally Focused on The Great Issue of Reparations)<br /> Part One <br /> By H. Khalif Khalifah<br /> </div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reparations_For_Africans/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3366ff;">[As published at Reparations_For_Africans · N'COBRA Reparations Forum</span></a></em></span></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject TextSizeLarge"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>Reparations_For_Africans] Digest Number 3158]</em></span></h2></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> DECEMBER 30, 2012<br /> NAT TURNER LIBRARY, DREWRYVILLE, VA </div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;">As the end of the Western Year of 2012 comes to a close, (one more day to go);<br /> and as the 2012 Solar Cycle Journey comes to<br /> the beginning of the fourth and final quarter of the suns progression through<br /> its proscribed course through the Cosmos, one way or the other, consciously<br /> or unconsciously, we are called on to face straight up facts about happening<br /> about our being alive. Our being entities in this part of existence. An<br /> existence where we breathe in our life force, on a nice, wholesome planet<br /> called the Earth.<br /> The Final Judgment is made by none<br /> other than our own selves. It is we who<br /> weigh the good, the not so good, the bad and the indifferent in our lives over the<br /> past twelve month. The Western world insist the end of the year begins The<br /> New Year of 2013. Those who end and begin there with him or her, will not<br /> benefit from natural work that is prescribed to be done during the gestation<br /> period called the Winter Solstice. This is<br /> important.<br /> PREPONDERANT EVIDENCE<br /> This is more evidence that back about 6,000 years ago,<br /> something occurred on the earth that brought into being the dynamics of<br /> another, a different life force than that of the Divine Force and Author of The<br /> Creation.<br /> The new life force that insist on<br /> starting the New Year before the end of the Suns progression, also changes many<br /> other natural occurrences to other than their own natural being or who and what<br /> they were created to be. . .<br /> If for Human Beings I heard Dr. Maulana<br /> Karenga, the acknowledged creator of Kwanzaa, I heard him say at a Kwanzaa<br /> event yesterday that, There is not honor in being other than<br /> yourself. I may not have the words as he said them, but Black people<br /> who take pride in being 2nd to white people have no honor. Someone<br /> correct me if I got words wrong.<br /> In example, we find in the Western<br /> world products of refined sugar and rice. When these products are refined, it<br /> makes them other than what they are in their natural state. Not being in their natural state makes them<br /> weaker and not stronger. Who would want<br /> such a thing.<br /> We know of a certainty there are<br /> only two kinds of Human Beings that would want products weaker rather than<br /> stronger in their Natural state. That is, they individuals who happens to be ignorant<br /> of the value of what was lost to them in the refining of sugar and rice.<br /> The other kind-of-individual that would want things in a weaker state than they would be in their Natural state is the individual human we commonly<br /> call the devil.</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> <em>[My 2012 Final Judgment writings will</em><br /> <em>continue at each opportunity during the next, approximately 40 hours. The</em><br /> <em>Articles will be posted as they are completed. Meanwhile, try to fix in our own</em><br /> <em>mind that the end of a fantastic, or not so fantastic, as the case may be, Holiday</em><br /> <em>Seasonis not the end of the Year. This is the end of the Harvest Season of</em><br /> <em>theyear. I will share my own thoughts on these matters as the time permit and</em><br /> <em>the means become available].</em></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>END OF PART ONE</strong></span></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> H. Khalif Khalifah is Founder, of Publishing company, UBUS Communications Systems, Organizer and Senior Tour Guide of The Nat Turner Trail, Author of 15 books, publisher of some 600, Founder of the Nat Turner Library in Southampton County, VA. He was one of the principle leaders and builders of the infrastructure of NCOBRA, The National<br /> Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America during the 1990s. He was NCOBRA<br /> Liaison to the Million Man March, making a mighty contribution to the success<br /> of the March (42 buses), he presently lives In Khalifah Kujichagulia Village<br /> Virginia, KKVV, on a Farm with his Daughter, Journalist Nadirah and Grandson<br /> Heru. Presently he is writing his Memoirs and doing all possible to assist and<br /> support the work of deserving, committed Black Youth who can utilize some of<br /> his considerable material wealth. He can be reached 10am to 3pm daily at<br /> 434-378-2140 or <a href="mailto:publish%40khabooks.com">publish@khabooks.com</a>.<br /> He is also consulting diligently with other Elders regarding what they could<br /> and should be doing to ensure their own legacies and histories, or that of<br /> their Mentors and Teachers will be preserved to benefit future generations.<br /> </div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>PART TWO</strong></span><br /> FINAL JUDGMENT WRITINGS AND MEANING<br /> 2012 SOLAR CYCLE JOURNEY<br /> (Thoughts Centrally Focused on The Great<br /> Issue of Reparations)<br /> By H. Khalif Khalifah</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> <em>[I hope one and all are anticipating the proverbial slamming of The unreconstructed Criminal, that Founder</em><br /> <em>Obadele of NCOBRA called him, this Criminal doesn'</em><em>t have the genetic make up to make amends and pay Black people due Reparations. Hopefully the</em><br /> <em>slamming will shake up those who does and also Black individuals who think it</em><br /> <em>honorable to be 2ndto the Criminal in the house of Lucifer (as Chief Osiris at SOA describe the USA). They mistakenly believe there is honor in</em><br /> <em>not Claiming all that was lost or stolen during the commission of the crime. Both</em><br /> <em>are described in the following]</em></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Begin Part Two:</strong></span></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"></div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;">Devils are humans who try to rival The Creator, Who created the<br /> heavens and the Earth. Rival in the use of the word in this instance means said<br /> human try create a world other than the real world. They use deception to give<br /> the illusion that unnatural is better than natural. There is no redemption for<br /> a so-called humans who thinks like this in this world. <br /> Some of us don’t believe there is redemption for him<br /> or her in the next world either. But that will take us beyond the scope of this<br /> article. So we move on to the other<br /> entity that is satisfied with life that is other than the natural State within<br /> which it is created to be.<br /> This is the ignorant individual who does not know, so he or she make mistakes,<br /> go into error or indulge in excesses. The ignorant person can be redeemed. Whereas<br /> the unreconstructed devil cannot be. Trying to reconstruct him or her is an utter waste of energy and time. The devil does knowsbut chooses the path that<br /> ultimately ends in a state where there is no redemption. I have read where they<br /> go headlong into destruction. The word destruction is the source for<br /> the unreconstructed persons we described above.</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;">THE IGNORANT HUMAN CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED<br /> The ignorant person can make a different decision at each instant that his or her Will is invoked. The devil can also made a different decision, but whereas the ignorant person may invoke his Will to make a sincere amend for previous bad behavior. But the devil invokes his or her Will to deceive or delay the consequence for his or her previous bad words acts and deeds. Though the devil know it is justified, based on<br /> preponderant evidence, deceptively, they want us to think that Demands<br /> for Reparations is unjustified whining to them. Or the stature of limitations<br /> has expired…<br /> This is the reason why there is no redemption in what<br /> the devil does, regardless to how good he looks or sounds after invoking his or<br /> her Will to avoid consequences for past deeds. Including the payment of<br /> Reparations. But Eventually we all must face the music for all bad decisions. This can't be avoided.</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;">GRADATIONS IS THE GRACE FOR THE IGNORANT<br /> UNKNOWING HUMAN</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"> This is the reason why there are many gradations to ignorance; stupid, not<br /> caring, caring but not with the strength of conviction, in the darkness never<br /> having seeing the light or heard the Truth presented in a way, in a form that<br /> will cause them to now make a different decision, etc. <br /> The said Right Decision will be made to do the right<br /> thing from the time the ill of your ways are realized, into the future of our<br /> existence. This will be our intention; the intention is to right a wrong because<br /> now we can see. But what about past bad behavior that was made when you suffered one of the various ignorance’s itemized above.</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> THIS IS THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX<br /> THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> That last question is what life is all about. It is the<br /> entire ball of wax in one way or the other. What goes around definitely does<br /> come back around. What you reap during one period of your life does come back<br /> to you in a future period of your life. If you do the Crime Against Humanity as<br /> white people did, you must do the time, pay Reparations, if it is in your genetic make up.<br /> This is where redemption enters the picture, or the equation. There are things we can do to receive redemption.<br /> These are prescribed things. They are not unknown. They are either known or<br /> there is a way that they can become known. Doing them is called making amends…<br /> The devil knows this and the ignorant<br /> person finds this out in any number of ways that are a part of his or her<br /> genetic makeup.<br /> Since the devil cannot be reformed,<br /> that is why he or she is called a kind-of-man, or a kind of woman. They do not<br /> possess the genetic code that would cause them to make the decision that will<br /> bring them Redemption. Am I saying there<br /> is no hope for them. That is EXACTLY what I am saying. <br /> That is why Leader of the New Black<br /> Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz may well be right. He says besides the<br /> payment of Reparations they also must pay<br /> with some lives.<br /> Keep in mind, I am speaking as a<br /> Human being. Humans can ill afford to believe the devil can be redeemed. I<br /> possess only two things in my own genetic make up to deal with an unrepentant,<br /> unreconstructed devil of a man or woman, Black or white individual. <br /> 1.Leave the<br /> devil to his own devices. The Creator will take care of this situation in due<br /> time. This is for sure. But the certainty of sureness is wrapped around the<br /> package of things that are prescribed to us to receive Redemption. 2. The other<br /> thing I can do is take responsibility for the execution of my/our Wills<br /> expressed through our words, acts and deeds.<br /> PACKAGE OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO RECEIVE<br /> REDEMPTION<br /> MAKE AMENDS AND PAY REPARATIONS IS<br /> NUMBER ONE<br /> The last sentence is also wrapped up<br /> in the package of things gifted to us, things we can do to receive Redemption. As<br /> I stated, the devil doesn't have this pool of genes. If he or she does have<br /> them someplace in their generic make up we are ill advised to base our life expectations, punishments and rewards on<br /> the chance that he does have the genes.</div><div style="width:524px;float:left;margin-bottom:6px;margin-left:40px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:19px;"><br /> END PART TWO<br /> <br /> <em>H. 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Presently he is writing his Memoirs and doing all possible to assist and</em><br /> <em>support the work of deserving, committed Black Youth who can utilize some of</em><br /> <em>his considerable material wealth. He can be reached 10am to 3pm daily at</em><br /> <em>434-378-2140 or <a href="mailto:publish%40khabooks.com">publish@khabooks.com</a>. He is also consulting</em><br /> <em>diligently with other Elders regarding what they could and should be doing to</em><br /> <em>ensure their own legacies and histories, or that of their Mentors and Teachers</em><br /> <em>will be preserved to benefit future generations.</em><br /> <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------<br /> <strong> CELEBRATE KWANZAA 2012 @ THE NAT TURNER LIBRARY 26070 Barhams Hills Road, Drewryville, Virginia 23844: Imani Day, January 1, 2013. Open house 12 noon to 6 p.m. Dedicated to Correcting, Preserving and Propagating Black History. 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</strong><div><strong><span class="font-size-3">David L. Horne, Ph.D</span> --</strong></div>
<div><br />This is either year two or year number one of the DOAD, depending on how you are counting. For yours truly, and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) organization, who jointly declared it, it is year one. Last year, 2010, was the period of announcement and dissemination of information regarding the DOAD. Work not already begun, begins now.</div>
<div><br />2011 is also the United Nation's declared Year of the African Descendants. This means the encouragement of action worldwide for, by and in cooperation with the African Diaspora. This year is to highlight the positive accomplishments and benefits of being an African descendant, and to expose the remaining bigotries, microracisms, xenophobia, and outright violence being perpetuated against the forward advancement of the African Diaspora.</div>
<div><br />The African Diapora must be organized, and there is a growing movement afoot---international, national and local--- to do just that. What organization are you a part of, and what is that organization doing to move the Afrcan Diaspora into a higher level future? If you are not a part of a collective, organized approach, why not?</div>
<div><br />For those who need reminding regardng the Decade of the African Diaspora, please continue reading. </div>
<div><br />Dr. Martin Luther King was a Diasporan. This was reflected in his statements at Ghana’s first independence celebration in 1957 as he shook Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah’s hand and joined him in envisioning a brighter future for Africans and African descendants in the world. Malcom X was a Diasporan. Not only did he advocate African American involvement in the Organization of African Unity, he created a group partially modeled after it, the Organization of African American Unity. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Negro History Week, which has now evolved to Black History Month, was a Diasporan . Many times in his teachings and in the Journal of Negro History, which he started, he discussed the Black American’s ties to those in the Caribbean, in Central and South America, in Europe, and in Asia.</div>
<div><br />In fact, there are well over 250 million Diasporans living in various parts of the world. What exactly qualifies one to be a member of the Diaspora? According to the African Union, one has to be an African descendant living outside of the continent, regardless of one’s citizenship, and one has to be committed to African unification, that is, to helping to achieve a United States of Africa. The definition does not emphasize race and ethnicity as we have always done. That is, it does not say you must be Black, first and foremost, to be a member of the Diaspora, nor does it say that simply because you are Black you are a Diasporan. So, it is African descendants who are committed to African unification. Hmmm. That means within that 250 million plus population of African descendants, then, there must still be massive education to remind them of who they are and where the motherland is. Diasporans must educate each other.</div>
<div><br />This article repeats an announcement made earlier in OUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (<strong><a>www.ourweekly.com</a></strong>) to remind us of our common, collective task. We are currently in the DECADE of the AFRICAN DIASPORA, from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2020. It is our time to stand up and shine. Our time to collect what’s due. Our time to show what we are made of and what we can contribute in a major way. During this heightened period of focused activity and accomplishment regarding the Diaspora’s work to help accomplish African unification---the United States of Africa, or Union of African States---the Diaspora will help to restore, regain and re-establish Africa’s dignity in the world, Africa’s earned respect in the world, Africa’s leverage and power in the world, and thereby help take continental Africans and African descendants to higher ground wherever they reside. During this fertile period, the Diasporan giant will indeed awaken and move us all forward. Whether any of us decide to migrate to a unified Africa or not, the status and life chances of Black folk wherever they live on the planet will be increased, enhanced and more valued once there is a strong, credible and sustained African presence in the world. To understand the connection, simply look at the history of other peoples---Japanese Americans and Japan, Jews and Israel, Chinese and China.</div>
<div><br /> HERE ARE SOME SELECTED EXAMPLES OF EXPECTED PROJECTS FROM DIASPORANS:</div>
<div><br />1. PAN AFRICAN PARENTS WILL TEACH THEIR CHILDREN TO HONOR AND RESPECT THEIR PARENTS, THEIR AFRICAN ANCESTORS AND ELDERS, AND THEMSELVES. THE CHILDREN WILL BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IGNORANCE OF THEMSELVES, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR WORTH IN THIS WORLD IS THEIR ENEMY, NOT THEIR ALLY.</div>
<div>2. THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REPARATIONS MOVEMENT WILL BE EITHER VICTORIOUS OR ABANDONED BASED ON WHETHER THERE IS THE PRODUCTION AND AGREEMENT ON A VIABLE PLAN TO WIN, CONCOMITANT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS WHICH FLOW FROM THAT PLAN, AND RELENTLESS IMPLEMENTATION WITH A PURPOSE. EXPERIENCE HAS ALREADY TAUGHT THAT WITHOUT A COGENT PLAN, VICTORY IS AND WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.</div>
<div>3. PAN AFRICAN REPATRIATION WILL BE ACHIEVED--DUAL CITIZENSHIP THROUGHTOUT AFRICA WILL BE AN ACTUAL, NOT FANTASIZED, OPTION---FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE DIASPORA.</div>
<div>4. BSUs AND ASUs WILL BE RETIRED TO LEGACY STATUS AND REPLACED BY PAN AFRICAN CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS FOCUSED ON AFRICAN REDEMPTIVE ACTIVITIES.</div>
<div>5. PAN AFRICAN CULTURE, WITH ITS MANY ARTISTS, INNOVATORS AND CRAFTS EXPERTS, WILL PROVE TO BE THE SOLID BRIDGE NECESSARY TO HELP CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN PAN AFRICAN UNITY.</div>
<div>6. THE SCATTERED GROUPS OF PAN AFRICAN ACTIVISTS WILL RECOGNIZE WHAT OPERATIONAL UNITY--UNITY WITHOUT UNIFORMITY--ACTUALLY MEANS AND OVERCOME THEIR OWN EGOS AND GRANDSTANDING LONG ENOUGH TO CONSOLIDATE INTO PAN AFRICAN PARTNERSHIPS THAT PRODUCE REAL LEVERAGE AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE.</div>
<div>7. PAN AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS CENTERS (BUILT, OWNED AND RUN BY DIASPORANS) WILL PROLIFERATE THROUGHOUT THE DIASPORA AND INTERCONNECT ALL LEVELS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE CONTINENT AND THE DIASPORA FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH.</div>
<div>8. PAN AFRICANS WILL RE-TAKE CONTROL OF THE EDUCATION OF AFRICAN FOLK AND PUBLICIZE TO THE WORLD THAT DIASPORANS, WHEREVER THEY ARE, ARE WORTHY OF SUCCESS, DIGNITY AND RESPECT. </div>
<div>9. MUTUAL RESPECT WILL INFILTRATE THE LIVES OF DIASPORANS AND HELP MAKE US WHOLE.</div>
<div>10. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT WILL BECOME A VIABLE PART OF THE PAN AFRICAN MOVEMENT---SAVING THE PLANET IS ABOUT SAVING OURSELVES.<br /> AND MUCH MORE.......</div>
<div><br /><strong>The only real options in this period for those of us convinced we are here to do more than merely take up space before we transition, are where is or where will your involvement be?</strong></div></div>