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Why the Historic Women's March Was Controversial for Some Black Women - Atlanta Black Star
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2017-01-27T00:30:00.000Z
2017-01-27T00:30:00.000Z
Nana Baakan Agyiriwah
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<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b5b-q1MixoM/WHOqPbj_SII/AAAAAAACjBA/KyUGrQCyv_UM2fM0uk0fkL3xAuxpAja0QCPcB/s1600/2016-04-04b%2BNana%2BBaakan-6.PNG" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b5b-q1MixoM/WHOqPbj_SII/AAAAAAACjBA/KyUGrQCyv_UM2fM0uk0fkL3xAuxpAja0QCPcB/s320/2016-04-04b%2BNana%2BBaakan-6.PNG" width="130" alt="2016-04-04b%2BNana%2BBaakan-6.PNG" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align:left;">NB Commentary: <span style="font-weight:normal;">Sharing this article from Atlanta Black Star. A must read speaks to the disparity between the needs that vary between White and Black Feminism movements. <a href="http://nanas-rants.blogspot.com/2017/01/why-historic-womens-march-was.html" target="_blank">SOURCE</a></span></h3><h2 style="text-align:left;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:left;">Why the Historic Women's March Was Controversial for Some Black Women - Atlanta Black Star</h2><span style="color:#444444;font-family:'open sans';font-size:8.25pt;">By </span><span style="font-family:'open sans';font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://atlantablackstar.com/author/tanasia/" style="font-family:'open sans';">Tanasia Kenney</a> </span><span style="color:#444444;font-family:'open sans';"> - </span><span style="color:#444444;font-family:'open sans';">January </span><span style="color:#444444;font-family:'open sans';">24, 2017</span><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="color:#222222;font-family:cambria;margin:0in;"><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2AfLrMRv9JE/WIqVATRKIbI/AAAAAAACjfQ/yWvg8WmkfEYBgNHBkR6JycDB2LXPAxWrgCLcB/s1600/WOC-e1485198077408-300x220.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2AfLrMRv9JE/WIqVATRKIbI/AAAAAAACjfQ/yWvg8WmkfEYBgNHBkR6JycDB2LXPAxWrgCLcB/s400/WOC-e1485198077408-300x220.jpg" width="400" alt="WOC-e1485198077408-300x220.jpg" /></a></div>Just one day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, an estimated 470,000 people (and millions more across the United States and the world) flooded the streets of Washington, D.C., for the first Women’s March on Washington.</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Men, women and children — but mostly women — turned out for the historic march on Saturday, Jan. 21, to stand up for women’s rights but also to protest against newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, who made a series of overtly misogynistic remarks during his campaign.</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Millions ultimately gathered to unify <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584086c7be6594762f5ec56e/t/587e843f6b8f5b0c2fb20a45/1484686400188/WMW+Guiding+Vision+%26+Definition+of+Principles.pdf">under the umbrella</a> of feminism, civil rights, immigration and environmental activism, among other issues. However, many Black female organizers and intellectuals had their doubts about the march meeting the needs and concerns of Black women.</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Old rifts between Black women organizers and the white feminist movement began to arise soon after the idea for the Women’s March on Washington was announced. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/the-somehow-controversial-womens-march-on-washington"><span style="font-style:italic;">The New Yorker</span> reported</a> that the idea for the march was credited to Teresa Shook, a retired white lawyer who resides in Hawaii. After Trump’s surprising presidential win, Shook launched a Facebook event page suggesting a protest. Word of her anti-Trump idea quickly spread, garnering more than 10,000 supporters overnight.</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Shook initially called her event the Million Woman March, a moniker originally attributed to a massive protest for Black sisterhood and self-determination held in Philadelphia in 1997<span style="font-style:italic;">.</span> The retired attorney eventually changed the name of her rally, but some Black women still weren’t convinced and accused white women’s rights advocates of appropriating movements started by Black women.<br /> <br /><table cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51gDRQ4w-j4/WIqUzcEBQcI/AAAAAAACjfM/1_IoXSVeSBARacOQDZvxF577J-KI85kFgCLcB/s1600/MWM%2BAP_1997-10-26%2B0309.jpg" style="clear:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51gDRQ4w-j4/WIqUzcEBQcI/AAAAAAACjfM/1_IoXSVeSBARacOQDZvxF577J-KI85kFgCLcB/s320/MWM%2BAP_1997-10-26%2B0309.jpg" width="224" alt="MWM%2BAP_1997-10-26%2B0309.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">MWM 10-25-1997 Philadelphia, PA</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;">“The many mistakes inherent at all levels of organizing the Women’s March event from very early on demonstrate the very problematic nature of ‘white feminism,’ ” Jalessah Jackson, a Gender and Cultural Studies major working on her master’s at Simmons College in Boston told </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;text-align:left;">Atlanta Black Star</span><span style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;">. “That is, white feminists’ tendency [historically] to align themselves with white supremacy to achieve their own goals.”</span></div></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">“What we see happening is white women tokenizing and using women of color to advance their own agenda,” Jackson continued. “I don’t think that’s genuinely intersectional. I’m not interested in faux solidarity or intersectionality being merely an afterthought.”</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The “intersectionality” Jackson spoke of is a term coined by African-American feminist and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 and is the concept of inextricably linked facets of race, sex, gender identity and economic status.</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The galvanizing issue behind the march was the election of President Trump, who walked to victory with <a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/20/14061660/women-march-washington-vote-trump">53 percent of the white female vote</a>. But could white women who couldn’t convince other white women to vote against Trump now center themselves in the “resistance” against his policies?</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Many African-American women questioned why they should respond to white women’s call for human rights when they felt their own calls had gone unanswered. Historically, African-American women’s rights advocates have taken issue with the feminist movement overall, highlighting its sometimes racist and exclusionary practices. Was this present-day equality march tumbling down the same rabbit hole? Was it catering to the anxiety of white women over Trump’s victory, while bypassing the real concerns Black women (and communities) have been organizing around for centuries without the resources or support from the people now jumping in front of the line?</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Lastly, if Hillary Clinton had won the election and broken the glass ceiling, would there still not be a need for a march to make sure Clinton was clued in that women, particularly Black women, would still be facing income and wealth gabs, police and incarceration issues, terrible public education policies, as well as reproductive rights issues?</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Columnist Jamilah Lemieux addressed these concerns in an <a href="https://www.colorlines.com/articles/why-im-skipping-womens-march-washington-opinion">op-ed piece for <span style="font-style:italic;">ColorLines</span> </a>on Tuesday, Jan. 17. In it, Lemieux explained that she wouldn’t be participating in the Women’s March because she didn’t see the point in “putting my body on the line to feign solidarity with women who, by and large, didn’t have my back prior to November.”</div><div style="font-family:cambria;margin:0in;"><div style="font-size:14pt;">“When I learned that some of those women had decided to channel their disappointment into a ‘Million Women March,’ my twisted moment of pleasure quickly gave way to a familiar sense of annoyance,” she wrote. “Once again, the labors of Black folks (in this case, the 1995 Million Man March and the 1997 Million Woman March organized by Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam) were being co-opted and erased by clueless White ones.</div><div style="font-size:14pt;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>Correction</b>: <span style="font-family:cambria;">The Million Women’s March grassroots approach to organizing involved Black women sharing information through groups such as Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black media and word of mouth. <b>Organized by Phile Chionesu and Asia Coney,</b> that march focused on the idea of Black women supporting each other. Speakers had included Jada Pinkett Smith, Sistah Souljah and the daughters of Malcolm X. Assata Shakur also read a message from Cuba. People marching held signs that read “I am one in a million,” and “Black Women: No more AIDS, abuse, addiction,” according to CNN. </span><a href="http://www.phillytrib.com/news/local-women-to-rally-for-women-s-march-in-d/article_850a3906-51da-53cc-84de-93fed0a4587e.html" style="font-family:Cambria;">http://www.phillytrib.com/news/local-women-to-rally-for-women-s-march-in-d/article_850a3906-51da-53cc-84de-93fed0a4587e.html</a></i></blockquote><div style="font-size:14pt;"></div></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">“Will the Women’s March on Washington be a space filled primarily with participants who believe that Black lives matter?” Lemieux added. “I’m not sure.”</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Black women’s rights advocates like Lemieux and others who spoke out against the march’s lack of intersectionality and called for more inclusivity were quickly deemed “divisive” and destructive to the vision of feminist solidarity. White feminists condemned African-American, LGBTQ, and Muslim activists who dared to speak up when their interests were forgotten or ignored, creating what critics called “conflict.”</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">“The attempted hijacking of the march’s agenda and all the nasty tit-for-tat between white vs. black/queer/Muslim/trans and other identities tells a very disturbing story about the divided state of feminism today,” contributor Emma-Kate Symons wrote in an opinion piece for <span style="font-style:italic;">Women in the World.</span> “It saddens me to see the inclusive liberal feminism I grew up with reduced to a grab bag of competing victimhood narratives and individualist identities jostling for most oppressed status.”</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Jackson countered Symons’ argument, however, by pointing out how white feminists who supposedly care about the rights of ALL women failed to rally behind Black female victims of police brutality. She added that white women’s rights advocates have a tendency to pick and choose whose female rights they care about.</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">“Most of the women who marched pat themselves on the back and go back to ignoring women who reside at the intersections of multiple identities,” Jackson told <span style="font-style:italic;">ABS</span>. “Identifying these issues is not being divisive. I believe that in order to affect social change, we must identify what hasn't been working in order to fix it.”</div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Some of these issues were resolved or at least finagled by including experienced nonwhite women organizers and activists in the writing of the guiding vision of the march, including them in the list of speakers and having them help lead the organizing process after the rocky start.</div><div style="font-size:14pt;"></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The Women’s March was a historic success in bringing out the masses, with far more people turning out for the protest than for Trump’s inauguration, according to <span style="font-style:italic;">The New York Times</span>. But as the feminist movement struggles to become more diverse and open, many concerns need to be addressed, such as leadership, resources and the next steps in creating a viable “resistance” to Trump’s agenda. Moreover, there’s a need to tackle the liberalism of the historic feminist movement, which has too often fought for a place for white women at the expense of Black ones.<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ktn92RM_wVk/VwqSetoDunI/AAAAAAACZCc/C_ag_xSVGCgMAWOIOKbY1njCBDmt4h4LgCPcB/s1600/divider-2.png" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="14" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ktn92RM_wVk/VwqSetoDunI/AAAAAAACZCc/C_ag_xSVGCgMAWOIOKbY1njCBDmt4h4LgCPcB/s320/divider-2.png" width="320" alt="divider-2.png" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div></div><div style="color:#666666;font-family:tahoma;margin:0in;"><a href="http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/01/24/historic-womens-march-controversial-black-women/?utm_content=bufferdfee8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/01/24/historic-womens-march-controversial-black-women/</a></div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;">The original women’s march took place in Philly 20 years ago</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-style:italic;margin:0in;">Hundreds of thousands took to the Parkway</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;">BY <a href="http://philly.curbed.com/authors/melissa-romero">MELISSA ROMERO</a> JAN 19, 2017, 10:30AM EST</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"><a href="http://philly.curbed.com/2017/1/19/14312658/original-philadelphia-million-woman-march-1997">http://philly.curbed.com/2017/1/19/14312658/original-philadelphia-million-woman-march-1997</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;">Two years after the Million Man March, two grassroots activists organized the Million Woman March in Philadelphia for black women to come together and address the ills in their communities. They walked for two miles past symbolic settings, including the Liberty Bell and City Hall, spilling onto the sidewalks of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"></div><div style="color:#666666;font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-womens-march-live-before-the-women-s-march-on-washington-1484942715-htmlstory.html">http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-womens-march-live-before-the-women-s-march-on-washington-1484942715-htmlstory.html</a></div><div style="color:#666666;font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;">Some also took issue with the name Shook had proposed, the Million Woman March, which was the name of a 1997 black women's march in Philadelphia. The racial concerns set off a heated conversation on the group's main Facebook page, with some African-American women especially taking umbrage.</div><div style="color:#666666;font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"></div><div style="color:#666666;font-family:Cambria;margin:0in;"><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/It-started-with-a-retiree-Now-the-Womens-March-could-be-the-biggest-inauguration-demonstration.html">http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/It-started-with-a-retiree-Now-the-Womens-March-could-be-the-biggest-inauguration-demonstration.html</a></div><div style="font-family:cambria;margin:0in;"></div></div></div>
50 Years After Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech—Amerikkka Is Still A Goddamn Nightmare! 3 Points and a Challenge in Response to Obama's Speech!
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/50-years-after-martin-luther-king-s-i-have-a-dream-speech
2013-08-30T16:16:02.000Z
2013-08-30T16:16:02.000Z
Carl Dix
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<div><p><span><strong>1)</strong></span> Barack Obama stepped to the mic and spoke of the importance of non-violence … for oppressed people. When any representative of the U.S. ruling class preaches non-violence, they mean non-violence for those who might get in the way of their empire. Obama was referring to people who had suffered under Jim Crow segregation and lynch-mob terror. This from the commander-in-chief of the global Amerikkkan empire, who has presided over more than 280 drone missile strikes, maintains a torture chamber prison at Guantánamo Bay and presides over a criminal injustice system that is carrying out a slow genocide aimed at Blacks and Latinos. There might as well have been blood dripping from his jaws as he spoke.</p><p><span><strong>2)</strong></span> Obama said: "If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit that during the course of 50 years, there were times when some of us, claiming to push for change, lost our way. The anguish of assassinations set off self-defeating riots." That's Bull Shit! People didn't lose their way in the '60s: In fact, they were beginning to find their way, coming to see that the horrors they were up against were built into the very fabric of this set-up and couldn't be reformed away. But they were met with vicious repression—leaders assassinated, activists dragged into court on trumped-up charges, and railroaded off to prison and more. In the face of all that, the movement of that period wasn't able to develop the understanding needed to do what was needed: make revolution and end the horrors Amerikkka enforced on humanity then and continues to enforce today.</p><p><span><strong>3)</strong></span> Many, many people are asking big questions about the unjust nature of this system, and this has forced Obama to speak to some of the problems Black people face today. But he doesn't get into the depths of these problems or what to do about them, except to say rely on him to work on them. For example, he didn't say a fucking word about the more than two million people warehoused in prison. He did say that the unemployment rate for African-Americans has consistently been about twice that of whites and that the wealth gap between Blacks and whites has GROWN over the past decades. But he talked about this like it had nothing to do with the system he presides over.</p><p><span><strong>THE CHALLENGE</strong></span>—There is a way to uproot all these horrors. It'll take Revolution—Nothing Less! I speak to this in depth in a recent talk: "<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/73295340" target="_blank">We Don't Need a New Civil Rights Movement—We Need Revolution!</a>" Watch that talk at <a href="http://www.revcom.us/revolution/current-en.html">revcom.us</a>. And dig into <a href="http://www.revcom.us/movement-for-revolution/BAE/film.html"><em>BA Speaks: REVOLUTION—NOTHING LESS!</em></a></p></div>
Million Woman March Reunion 2013 "CALL FOR PAPERS" for the AMANDLA Convention
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/million-woman-march-reunion-2013-call-for-papers-for-the-amandla
2012-11-23T04:00:00.000Z
2012-11-23T04:00:00.000Z
Original MWM Sistahs
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<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828542775,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828542775,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="194" alt="3828542775?profile=original" /></a></p><p>The historic <strong>Million Woman March (MWM)</strong> is the largest gathering in the world of women <em>anywhere</em> ever; thus making it not only Black/African history and Women's history, but also <strong>World History</strong>. While many historians and so called scholars have failed in recognizing this incredible accomplishment, its possible and actual potentials, the continued work and ongoing mission to uplift and empower women and girls of African descent throughout the Diaspora,and the quest for true freedom, justice, and self-determination for our families and communities that MWM has embarked upon, both nationally and internationally, the masses will, nonetheless, bear witness in October 2013 to some of the fruits of its labor when the long awaited "next steps" follow up program (that includes strategic operations and initiatives from the 1997 MWM gathering) will be disclosed and widely presented. </p><p>The <strong>Million Woman March "SWEET 16" Reunion</strong> will take place on (or around) <strong>October 25, 2013</strong> (Location to be announced on February 28, 2013); preceded by the <strong>National MWM "AMANDLA" (Power) Convention</strong> that will consist of a week long event filled with powerful presentations, reports, workshops, Strategy and Training Sessions, Think Tanks, a Film Fest, and more. The MWM <strong>REUNION 2013</strong> program will, amongst other things, rekindle the true spirit of MWM (and its now Universal Movements) and represent a unified stand that will give much needed recognition to the greatness of African traditions, cultures, and accomplishments, demonstration of appreciation of the strength, tenacity, and sacrifices our ancestors and the ongoing commitment to obtain true Freedom/Independence and Justice; and in that the expedition of appropriate remedies and holistic repair (healing and restoration).</p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>CALL FOR PAPERS:</strong></span></span><br /> <strong><span class="font-size-3">Official "SWEET 16" REUNION &</span></strong><br /> <strong><span class="font-size-3">National/International - Caribe' "AMANDLA" (Power) Conventions</span></strong> <strong><span class="font-size-3">2013</span></strong> <br /><strong><span class="font-size-3">(USA-October & Caribbean-November 2013)</span></strong></p><p> <br /> <span class="font-size-3">The "<strong>AMANDLA"</strong> (Power) Conventions will</span> <span class="font-size-3">Feature local, national, and international Women of African Descent, (mover and shakers), from all walks of life "From the Grassroots through the Glass Ceiling", in addition to ally organizations and groups, institutions, associates, and concerned persons who want to be a part of this solution oriented interaction and many who will play actives roles in creating a dynamic and unique synergy; t</span><span class="font-size-3">alking the talk and waking the walk in business, social justice, education, politics, arts and culture, health & healing, and a variety of professional and relative social arenas.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTERS, & ARTICLES</strong></span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Submission Date Deadline: <strong>December 31, 2012</strong></span><br /> Acceptance Response Received by: March 31, 2013</p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Topics:</strong></span> Specifically, issues and concerns relevant to females of African descent and, in general, topics/matters of concern and interest to Black/African People as a whole. (Including but not limited to subjects such as: Justice/Injustice, Culture, Social/Civil Interactions, Politics, the Arts, Health & Healing, Education, Economic/Finance/Wealth Development, Religion/Spiritual, Community & Nation Building, Politics, Institution Building, Self-Determination, Relationships, African Reparations, Prison Reform, Environment, Consumer Protection, Business & Entrepreneur Development, Communications, Technology, Human Rights, Employment, Leadership, Gender Violations (violence and abuse of women & girls) Recidivism, Gentrification, 21st Century Pan Africanism and Black Nationalism, Liberation Theology, etc. (Submit as many papers as desired)</p><p><strong><span class="font-size-3">Submission Format</span></strong>: 250 words or less Abstract in Word, PDF, or another compatible program. Also acceptable: DVD, MP3, and Slide Show presentations (5 min. max)</p><p>Papers selected will be made available for review at the National MWM "AMANDLA" Conventions (October 2013 in the USA and/or November 2013 in Trinidad). Papers that relate to specific issues relevant to the "African Diaspora Human Rights Convention" (in December 2013 in Benin, West Africa). Various papers will also be published in the International "AMANDLA" Journal 2013</p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Event/ Project Overview:</strong></span><br /> The historic Million Woman March, the largest gathering in the world of women anywhere, ever, and now the first global Movement for women and girls of African descent throughout the Diaspora will hold its16 year anniversary celebration and "SWEET 16" Reunion Mass Assembly in October 2013. This gathering will honor and pay tribute to the beauty and greatness of the "Mother of Civilization" and activate the Resurrection of the Wondrous Original Woman (WOW). The 2013 REUNION celebration will also enable females of African descent to reconnect, recommit, and resurrect in the tradition, legacy, and spirit of the original Million Woman March in addition to introducing its long awaited "DIRECT ACTION" Plan and Black Print for Power, Prosperity, and Peace.</p><p>Leading up to the "SWEET 16" REUNION MASS ASSEMBLY will be a week long event, the MWM National "AMANDLA" (Power) Convention, that will offer a variety of workshops, open forums, strategy and training sessions, think tanks, etc. The AMANDLA Convention will play a key role in establishing the Universal Movements of MWM, the National/International Sistahoods and the MWM International Pan African Women's Federation.</p><p>Selected papers/presentations will be shared (seen and heard) with thousands of participants, attending the above mentioned events (and others), who will also take part in reviewing and evaluating an array of selected reports and research data that will assist in a process designed to help identify and further development of possible solutions, remedies, and other related plans of Action.</p><p>Inquiries and papers can be submitted via e-mail to: nationalmwm@aol.com or by postal mail at: <strong>National MWM P.O. Box 53668 Philadelphia, PA 19105</strong> Attention: Papers Review Committee <br /> All interested parties are encouraged to participate.</p></div>
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GLORIA DULAN-WILSON - MARCH 21ST, 2012, CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE!
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/happy-birthday-gloria-dulan-wilson-march-21st-2012-celebrate
2012-03-21T08:19:10.000Z
2012-03-21T08:19:10.000Z
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
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<div><div class="navbar section" id="navbar"><div class="widget Navbar" id="Navbar1"></div></div><div id="outer-wrapper"><div id="wrap2"><div id="wrap3"><div class="header section" id="header"><div class="widget Header" id="Header1"><div id="header-inner"><div class="titlewrapper"><h1 class="title"><a href="http://gloria-dulan-wilson.blogspot.com/">Gloria Dulan-Wilson Blog</a></h1></div><div class="descriptionwrapper"><p class="description"><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="color:#993300;">Eclectically Black News for Eclectic Black People VIP <br /> <br /> Views . Interests . 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Yaaay!</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#993300;"><br />Aries in the house - oh yeah! Celebrate good times - come on!</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#993300;"><br />I am so stoked to be here on this crazy, mixed up ball of dirt we all call earth, and "I still standing"! (you should really listen to Israel Houghton and New Breed do that song, or the Lakewood Choir - they're fantastic). <br /><br />And I admit I really had a tough 2011 - glad I won't see that one again. <br /><br />I am definitely looking to a much better, brighter, happier, healthier, powerful, loving, successful, prosperous 2012, 2013 2014, 2014 through 2045. No more lack, loss, limitation. <br /><br />As a rule, I absolutely love birthdays - mine especially, but everybody else's as well. If we don't celebrate ourselves, why should anyone else want to? <br /><br />Gotta love you 'cause God didn't make no junk. So, I will be celebrating me during the rest of March, starting this very second, right on through and up to Taurus - April 22 (?). <br /><br />I've also come to the realization and understanding that I have the great good fortune to be blessed with some of the most beautiful friends in the world. I have had an opportunity to witness that over and over. I am saying right here and right now: Thanks for being my friends, and I truly hope I can reciprocate whenever you need me, as well.<br /><br />To my Oklahoma Homies - we've been friends from Kindergarten through today - that's truly special and most amazing. Wow!<br /><br />For my family, especially my Mom, Ruby Love Dulan, wow! I have to make sure that I'm keeping up with the gene pool, because my mother, now age 89, is one remarkable lady. And to my brothers Warner and Sylvester and sister Brenda - I love you each and all. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">For the Love of my Life - thank you for being kool, crazy, wise, sentimental, fun, talented, spiritual, Tall, Dark & Chocolate, concerned, creative, smart, generous, music, knowledgeable and the consummate night owl. <br /></span><br /><br />Of course to my own little set of Africa/Jamaica-Baysha-manians, Kira, Rais & Adiya you are each precious, special and smart to me. Thanks for being my kids - and thanks for the beautiful grands Jahzara, Akili, Hugh 5, Jaden and Kijani, as well. <br /><br />Now I know the weather has changed the vernal equinox from March 21, to March 20; but we Aries who were born before a certain period, still recognize the original. So as far as I am concerned, my birthday is still on the First Day of Spring. <br /><br />Time to break out the bright colors and light shoes, and let the sun shine in.<br /><br />You keep me writing and trying to get it right for all of us. We are beautiful Black people on a major journey. We've got so many talents, skills, abilities that we are blessed with that we can pool and consolidate, and create our own fabulous planet. I am so glad I'm Black (and Indian). Nothing against the rest of the homo sapiens, we each have our own set of God's given gifts. But we seem to have the transformative power, when we really apply it, to make worlds, bring energy, heat, light and elegance to the scene. And I love that. <br /><br />I am open and receptive to all the good there is manifesting right here and right now. And play for all of you are a part of it. <br /><br />It's my birthday. I'm going to find a huge chunk of German Sweet Chocolate Cake and enjoy it.<br /><br />Luvya<br />Gloria<br /><br />Stay Blessed &<br />ECLECTICALLY BLACK<br />Gloria Dulan-Wilson</span></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span style="color:#993300;"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10697937958373924179" title="author profile"><span style="color:#993300;">Gloria Dulan-Wilson</span></a></span></span> <span class="post-timestamp">at <a class="timestamp-link" href="http://gloria-dulan-wilson.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-birthday-gloria-dulan-wilson.html" title="permanent link"><span style="color:#993300;"><abbr class="published" title="2012-03-21T02:59:00-04:00">2:59 AM</abbr></span></a></span> <span class="post-icons"><span class="item-action"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=8661755859413500477&postID=7252781070013308256" title="Email Post"><span style="color:#993300;"><img alt="" class="icon-action" src="http://img1.blogblog.com/img/icon18_email.gif" height="13" width="18" /></span></a></span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-870342552"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8661755859413500477&postID=7252781070013308256&from=pencil" title="Edit Post"><span style="color:#993300;"><img alt="" class="icon-action" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" height="18" width="18" /></span></a></span></span></span></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1">PS: In lieu of gifts & cards, Money would be most appreciated. </div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1">MuyGracias, Arigato, Thanks! 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Are you coming to the National Day of Justice rally & March
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2011-12-09T03:57:53.000Z
2011-12-09T03:57:53.000Z
Brotha Lukata
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<div><p><font id="yui_3_2_0_1_1323361150079902" face="Calibri"></font> </p><p><span class="font-size-4"><font face="Calibri">Commemoration Ceremony of the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (April 4, 1968)</font></span></p><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1323361150079907" class="msg-body inner undoreset"><div id="yiv226066673"><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1323361150079906"><div style="background-color:#fff;font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;color:#000;font-size:12pt;" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1323361150079905"><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1323361150079904"><div><span class="font-size-4">April 4, 2012 - Kickoff Celebration - Jackson, ms</span></div><div>by Asinia Lukata Chikuyu -7 November 2011</div><div>On April 4, 2012, the Full Pardon for the Scott Sisters Campaign Committee will begin the process of rejuvenating the revolutionary spirit of the people to bring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s idea of justice everywhere to fruition. Dr. King said "A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies...". That day is here!</div><div>It is time to question how 50% of the prison population could be made up from 10% of the nations population. The day is here for us the question how innocence men could be executed when a strong shadow of doubt existed, where "a reasonable doubt" should have exonerated his in the first base. Yes, is it time to question how the usa justice system can claim to have a mission "to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all..." and still justify outrageous mandatory sentencing for non-violent crimes by impoverished people while corporate executives receive extremely lenient sentences for embezzling billions and starting the current economic recession/depression.</div><div>April 4, 1968 is the date Dr. King was assassinated and should be the anniversary date we commemorate his work by speaking truth to power about how "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The National Day of Justice will do that by gathering at Farish Street Park to open the Truth to Power Ceremonies. With national and international New Afrikan Celebrities mingling with grassroots folks, we’ll open with Photo Ops & Networking prior to our National Day of Justice Rally & March.</div><div>Opening Statements from some of those New Afrikan Celebrities and a Inspirational Moment from an acclaimed artist will be the official start of our National Day of Justice Rally & March. The Rally will be a Call for National Justice via a Moment of Cultural Collective Inspiration at 10am/cst by letting "Freedom Ring". The ringing of freedom bells will be followed by a reading to the Mission Statement of the National Day of Justice.</div><div>From there we will proceed to the governor's Mansion to speak truth to power of our demand for equal justice for all. Human Rights advocate from across the nation will inspire the marchers to become tireless advocates for justice working collectively for a change of americans in values toward life versus materialism. Revolutionary messages will be spit by elders, adults and students.</div><div>After admonishing the governor, we will proceed to state capitol with inspirational messages and cultural expressions that speak to the need for the nation to honor Dr. King’s message to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, look over and see the promise land. The National Day of Justice will culminate with Expressions of Appreciation from Jamie & Gladys Scott (The Scott Sisters), Revolutionary Messages from Celebrity Justice Advocates and a Kazi Na Usoni Ujumbe (Message of the Work That Lies Ahead) by Attorney Chokwe Lumumba.</div><div>While advocating for "just punishment" for lawbreakers and the "fair and impartial administration of justice", the National Justice Conference will culminate with the National Day of Justice on April 4, 2012 with a commemoration ceremony acknowledging the tremendous loss to the nation of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (April 4, 1968). At the same time, we will rededicate people power to his dream of "A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies..." as Dr. King once said. April 2-4, 2012 the place to be is Jackson, mississippi for the National Justice Conference and National Day of Justice. For more details, call 601.353.4455 or email afrikan_tbt@ yahoo.com or pardonthescottsisters@aol.com. Most importantly, mark your calendar and make plans to be a part of this history making Commemoration and Movement for Justice for All.</div><div>Asinia Lukata Chikyu</div><div>National Outreach Director</div><div>National Justice Conference & National Day of Justice</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
Dr. King Memorial Dedication Should Not Forget Dr. King's Last Campaign On Earth
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2011-10-17T03:31:23.000Z
2011-10-17T03:31:23.000Z
Mark S. Allen
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<div><table cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div><p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>Dr. King Memorial Dedication Should Not Forget Dr. King's Last Campaign On Earth</strong></font></p></div><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>MARK ALLEN TALKS <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blackwallstreet.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_0">www.blackwallstreet.org</span></a> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_1" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">773-392-0165</span></strong></font></p><p align="center"><strong><font size="4"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_2">www.chicagonow.com</span></a> "And The Ordinary People Said"</font></strong></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">Remembering Dr. King's <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_3" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Chicago</span> legacy should include returning to the spot that used to house Dr. King's last Chicago National SCLC headquarters where he kicked off his national Operation Breadbasket program where part of his War On Poverty included his community economic program that call on Black and poor communities to keep a slice of their own"bread"/money in their own local financial institutions to create community owned businesses and jobs.</p><p align="center"> </p><div>That site of Dr. King's Chicago National SCLC headquarters is now a big empty lot on 79th & Halsted that was the old Capital Theater. Dr. King did march for jobs and justice, but he also programmed his organization and allies around public policy like the Jobs Act, as well his local economic program that if followed today could help address the bad economic conditions of Black and poor communities.</div><div> </div><div>These Dr. King Memorial dedication events and media features thus far have all dealt with Dr. King with more symbolism than of substance. Dr. King's last campaign on earth was his Poor People's Campaign and his national Operation Breadbasket community economic empowerment campaign, and with the Black community facing double digit unemployment, this community needs to hear how Dr. King's program could help decrease those unemployment figures in addition to the fight for a current government public policy like President Obama's Jobs Bill.</div><div> </div><div>Marching, followed by fights for public policy to address jobs in Black and poor communities was part of Dr. King's legacy, but even more important today is Dr. King's community economic empowerment campaigns that again, a majority of the memorial dedication talk seems to forget.</div><div> </div><div>And the Dr. King Memorial Dedication takes place on the historic date of the 16th year anniversary of the Million Man March, and the 90th year anniversary of the 1921 Race Riots on the original Black <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_4" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Wall Street</span> District of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_5" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Tulsa Oklahoma</span>. What a fitting time to remind a Million Black men who used this date to reestablish a new sense if purpose that this day can also be used to reeducate Black and poor communities of Dr. King's community economic empowerment message that could create new Black business and jobs districts in majority Black communities just like the original Black Wall Street did with just 35 city blocks and Black people using their own economic power to sustain and increase Black business in majority Black populated areas. If it could be done back in 1921, the surely it can be done today, if we actually followed Dr. King's economic message with today's National Black Wall Street movement. (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.blackwallstreet.org/"></a><a target="_blank" href="/">www.blackwallstreet.org</a>)</div><div> </div><div>October 21-23, the National Black Wall Street <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_6" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">USA</span> will continue the substance of teaching Dr. King's community economic empowerment programs at the 2nd National Convention in Gary <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318820832_7" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Indiana</span> in the true spirit of the original Black Wall Street District.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
National Day of Action to Defend Public Education
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2010-02-22T15:19:46.000Z
2010-02-22T15:19:46.000Z
SendMeYourNews
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<div><img style="float:left;" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828514604,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3828514604?profile=original" /><div class="description">All across the US parents, teachers, students and activists are standing up for Public Education in the face of the privatization
of education by way of Charter Schools and other schemes!<br /><br />High School
& College Students Defend Your Right to a Free, Quality Education ...
WALKOUT!!!<br /><br />PARENTS/TEACHERS ESCORT YOUR STUDENTS TO:<br /><br />10 AM: TEACH
IN AT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD CHURCH (425 ATLANTIC AVE. BET NEVINS & BOND
STS., BKLYN)<br /><br />1 PM: "SHUT DOWN CITY HALL NOT OUR SCHOOLS" ON THE STEPS OF
CITY HALL TO PROTEST THE DOE'S MOVE TO CLOSE 20 CITY SCHOOLS<br />* FIX PUBLIC
SCHOOLS DON'T CLOSE THEM!<br />* PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOT
CHARTER SCHOOLS!<br />* WE WANT A PEOPLE'S BOARD OF EDUCATION -- NOT MAYORAL
CONTROL!<br />* MONEY FOR STUDENT METRO CARDS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, HOUSING AND
JOBS, NO BUDGET CUTS, NO LAYOFFS, NO CUNY TUITION, NO MONEY FOR WAR, NO MONEY
FOR MILITARY OCCUPATION OF HAITI, NO MORE MONEY FOR CORPORATE AMERICA!<br />*
RESTORE COUNCILMAN CHARLES BARRON AS CHAIR OF CITY COUNCIL HIGHER ED
COMMITTEE<br /><br />4 PM: MARCH AND RALLY AT GOVERNOR PATERSON'S OFFICE (3RD AVE.
AND 41ST ST.) AND MARCHING TO MTA HEADQUARTERS<br />* STOP THE DENIAL OF TRANSIT
PASSES FOR OUR STUDENTS<br />NO TUITION HIKES - NO BUDGET CUTS!<br /><br />COALITION
FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION / COALICION POR LA EDUCACION PUBLICA<br /><br />FOR INFO:
212-348-5732<br /></div></div>