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What does it mean to talk today about a black radical tradition?

 Arguably, the idea of a radical tradition has been an important part of modern black intellectual life, shaping the constructions and reconstructions of an ethical-political connection across the rupturing history of black dispossession, displacement, and disenfranchisement. Part of the attractiveness, no doubt, of the idea of a black radical tradition is the way in which it offers an idiom of belonging, a vantage from which to narrate a shared past, and a perspective from which to imagine a common future. In recent years, however, in a growing number of books, we have seen the idea employed with more coherent force, perhaps more systematic intent.

This conference seeks to offer a critical platform on which to clarify the conceptual and political range of this idea of a black radical tradition. Needless to say, there is no interest in producing some kind of unifying coherence around this idea. We are, however, interested

Truly Living Well is conducting another gardening class.

The class will provide participants with an overview of natural and organic urban agricultural methods. This beginner's course will prepare you for spring planting. The class will cover:

Soil Preparation

Soil Management

Composting

Vermiculture

Crop Management

Seasonality

Planting

Multi-cropping and Plant Diversity

Companion Planting

Weed, Insect, Disease Control

This will be a learning experience conducted at our Old Fourth Ward site. You will leave with new knowledge, a packet of information and a seedling or two for your garden.

The cost is $50 per person. Class size is limited. To reserve a place mail a check to:

Truly Living Well

P.O. Box 90841

East Point GA 30364

You can also sign up through PayPal:

K. Rashid Nuri will teach the class. Rashid brings forty years of experience to Truly Living Well. He now lends his experience to urban areas where good health and nutrition are lacking.

Contact: K. Rashid Nuri

rashid@trulyl