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by Dr. David L. Horne,
SRDC and PADU

 

Last week, in Pretoria, South Africa, the current and past administrative capital of the country, there was a meeting sponsored by the South African government based on its 2006 mandate from the African Union to hold several conferences in and about the African Diaspora in order to identify what makes the Diaspora tick. This was all related to the AU's 2003 invitation to the African Diaspora to come and join that organization to assist in unifying the Afric

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by Dr. David L. Horne,
SRDC and PADU

 

Last week, in Pretoria, South Africa, the current and past administrative capital of the country, there was a meeting sponsored by the South African government based on its 2006 mandate from the African Union to hold several conferences in and about the African Diaspora in order to identify what makes the Diaspora tick. This was all related to the AU's 2003 invitation to the African Diaspora to come and join that organization to assist in unifying the Afric

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: TWO YEARS AND COUNTING—WHITHER THE DEMANDS OF BLACK FOLKS
David L. Horne, Ph.D :

On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, President Barack Obama will deliver his second State of the Union address, as called for by the U.S. Constitution. This will also be his fourth speech to a joint session of Congress. It is hoped that there will be no more of the egregiously disrespectful conduct exhibited by South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson, with his “You lie!” outburst(a violation for which

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The political economics of Dr. King’s legacy

  

Practical Politics

The Martin Luther King holiday is 25 years old this month. Not bad for a true product of American democracy at its ugliest and its best.

Remembering the loud, raucous, and sometimes racially vicious political war fought to get the holiday established, one is doubly honored to watch one of Dr. King’s movement progeny work his POTUS magic through a relentlessly dangerous minefield of negativity.

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CHAPTER V

LEADERSHIP MA’AT:
MA’AT AND MODERN YOUTH LEADERSHIP


INTRODUCTION TO THE CHAPTER

There exists a prevailing crisis of African American leadership at all levels. That is a predicament both dangerous and adverse to the continued progress of the various dimensions of theAfrican American community. The crisis is both of content and conduct and it (along with other social factors) may be preventing the youth from learning what they must know and how they must
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A LITTLE DIAGNOSTIC IN BLACKFACE

Diagnostic True and False Test in Blackface by Prof. David Horne

Below are fifty-five (55) True-False questions on Black Culture (African American Culture. See what your Black Cultural Literacy (BCL) is. Answer sheet at end.

____1. There used to be a Black Culture in America, but it is dead. Blacks are now generally mainstreamed as just Americans.
____2. If there is a Black Culture, one does not have to be Black to be a part of it; there are Whites who are part of Black Culture, Latinos, et
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SRDC/PADU Statement on Haiti from Prof. David Horne via Sis. Iman Hameen. Asante.
(Prof. Horne is the International Facilitator of Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus and Pan African Diaspora Union.)


SRDC/PADU ON HAITI (Ayiti)

In January, 2010, a devastating series of earthquakes hit the nation of Haiti and left a stunning aftermath of death, infrastructural collapse, broken families and other harsh consequences.

We have watched and listened to much of the world's rescue and relief efforts, and indivi
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ANNOUNCING THE DECADE OF THE DIASPORA

Submitted by Sis. Iman Uqdah Hameen SRDC By Prof. David Horne, Ph.D Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) After thousands of conferences, Ndabas, roundtable discussions, forums and meetings talking about the need to unify for positive action, action is now upon us. From January, 2010 to December, 2010, the DECADE OF THE DIASPORA has now been formally announced in OUR WEEKLY in California by the Sixth Region Diasporan Caucus/PADU. The unity and partnership of African descendant folks now has a sp
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Black Women and the Radical Tradition 2009

A National Conference presented by Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education Saturday March 28, 2009 ALL DAY (come early- seats are limited!) City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) New York City http://www.blackwomen2009.org On March 28, 2009 the Graduate Center for Worker Education at Brooklyn College will welcome some of the leading activists and scholars to take part in a national conference that will discuss the historical and current accomplishment of
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