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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Parableof the Poet
Parable ofthe Poet
It is not about money, fame or fortune.Not about ego, greed and domination. It is not about the teacher but thestudents who are taught the higher things of life, above the thingsbelow. It is not about attacking the politician, the man of religion oreducation, for there is a duty that comes to the poet--beyond nurseryrhymes and beats, pussy and dick jingles and a turn of phrase, a cutemetaphor or simile.
It is beyond all this in the realm o
Why Governor Quinn Singles Out Walls Candidacy - Latest In Attacks On Black Men and Boys !!
One of the first community organizers to work with Barack Obama in Chicago for over 20 years. Now Associate Editor of The South Street Journal Newspaper and 37 year activist/journalist, recently selected as 2010 Who's Who In Black Chicago. (312) 624-8351 or cell (773) 392-0165
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Now that Independent gubernatorial candidate Scott Lee Cohen's challenge has been withdrawn and Cohen will offic
Activists Remember Unsolved 9 year old Mya Lyons' Southside Murder Two Years Ago Today July 14th,
One of the first community organizers to work with Barack Obama in Chicago for over 20 years. Now Associate Editor of The South Street Journal Newspaper and 37 year activist/journalist, recently selected as 2010 Who's Who In Black Chicago.
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COMMUNITY ACTIVIST REMEMBERS TWO YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY (JULY 14TH) LITTLE MYA LYONS BRUTAL MURDER ON
OLD SCHOOL 70'S PARTY AND FUNDRAISER
SATURDAY, JULY 24th !!
Regal Theater 1645 East 79th Street
New School come out and see how Old School Did it in the 70s
Watch Old Movies - Foxy Brown, Shaft, Blackular, etc.
Do the bump, rubber band, spank, soul train line...
Do the bump, rubber band, spank, soul train line...
$20 in advance $25 at the door -- DJ HOT
Tickets at SSJ/BWS - 449 E 35th Street (Lobby Level)
TOG - 14524 S Halsted - Harvey
So East Chamber of Commerce - 8334 S Stony
Team 15 U - 2440 East 63rd Street
So East Chamber of Commerce - 8334 S Stony
Team 15 U - 2440 East 63rd Street
70's style best dress contest
70s dress option
70s dress option
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Sharon Thurman, Director of External Affairs
Roseland Community Hospital
PRESS RELEASE
Chicago, IL (July 8, 2010) –
ROSELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: THE TRANSFORMATION
An open house and tours of the facilities will be held Wednesday, July 14, 2010 from 11am-12pm beginning in the Multi-Purpose Conference Room at 45 W. 111th Street, Chicago, Il 60628.
Chicago Southside Community Hospital Perseveres Through Economic Turmoil to Restore Image and Continue Excellence in
* Invited Guest Speech at theJoshua Generation Summit organised by the Town Hall Meetings Project (THMP) andTimeless Magazine held on Saturday 26th June 2010, Lagos, Nigeria.
† Global Coordinator, ChampionsFor NigeriaInternational
‡‡ I owe a very large part of this section to Dr Femi Ajayi’s paper titled “Nigerian Politics-Past, Present, andFuture” Presented at the 46th Independence Anniversary of Nigeriaorganised by Nigerian Association of Southern California, Colton, Californiaand published in N
The Rev. Al Sampson of Fernwood United Methodist Church is a man of many words. The Rev. always have a lot to say and he have accomplished a lot a long the way.
Rev. Dr. Albert Sampson is an internationally known and respected icon and leader renowned as one of the most insightful and inspirational motivators in the field today. WGN -TV describes him as a spiritual leader whose message of leadership and self development has inspired millions in the United States and in 72 countries around the wor
Monday, July 12, 2010
Parableof Walter Riley
Parable ofWalter Riley
PlatoNegro's friend and supporter, Attorney Walker Riley, was beaten andarrested by OPD pigs as he attempted to enter his office on Broadway asrioters and looters ransacked the Footlocker next door.
Thelegendary civil rights attorney and humanitarian works closely withactor Danny Glover on radical social projects. Walter, wife anddaughter, were in Haiti on the day of the earthquake. The Bay Area wasconcerned for their lives until we
Habari za jioni [Good Evening] New Afrikans
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To achieve we must believe! unfortunately belief only does not create achievement. at the same time, truly reparations is not a selfish reward. truly reparations is not for you or me. reparations is for the generations unborn.
Verse 2 - Lift Every Voice & Sign
Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a stea
Bethlehem Star M.B. Church
9231 South Cottage Grove, Chicago, Ill 60619
Rev. Roosevelt Watkins III, Pastor
773-487-8441 - Fax 773-487-8603
For Immediate Release
July 12, 2010
For More Information (773) 487-8441
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Bethlehem Star Church's HOPE Organization sites' (CEDA/LIPHEAP) Summer Cooling, Light Bill Assistance Program will begin on Monday, July 19th until the funds are exhausted. You may be eligible to receive a one time payment up to $150.00 on your light bill. In order to
PRESS RELEASE
A Gathering of the Diaspora
JULY 23-25 , 2010
Charleston, South Carolina
The South Carolina Council of Elders and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus Secretariat (SRDC) invite you to the annual conference of the Diaspora being held this year in Charleston, South Carolina. This SRDC gathering is held in various regions of the country and this year, for the first time, we will be in South Carolina. As most of you know, the African Diaspora was the mostly involuntary and scattered mo
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wisdomof Plato Negro at SF Theatre Festival
Performance time: 4:25-4:55Location: SOMA Room
Metreon 2nd Floor
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Seeother black theatre performances below,including Marvin X's Flowersfor the Trashman
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Parableof Oakland's Day of Absence
Parable ofOakland's Day of Absence
Brother Gregory Fieldstold Plato Negro about Oakland's Day of Absence, the day when theverdict in the Oscar Grant murder trial was to be announced. Gregorysaid he was in a meeting with Mayor Ron Dellums when the Mayor received atelephone call about 3pm, informing him the verdict had been reachedand would be announced at 4:30pm. The Mayor excused himself from themeeting. Gregory departed to 14th and Broadwa
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Parableof I Am Oscar Grant
Parable of IAm Oscar Grant
The verdict was announced at 4pm.Guilty of involuntary manslaughter. With a gun enhancement, it carriesfive to fourteen years. City officials blocked the organizer's of thepeople's rally from using Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of city hall. They"staged" a rally of their own that was scarcely attended. The people'srally set up in the middle of the street at 14th andBroadway, the crossroads of Oakland, also site of Plato Negr
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wisdom of Plato Negro at SF Theatre Festival
Marvin X's Reader's Theatre
presentsWisdom of Plato Negro at SF Theatre Festival, Sunday, August 8, 2010
Accompanied by Rashidah Sabreen, guitar, vocals, Raynetta Rayzetta and Linda Johnson, choreographers/dancers, andParadise, poet/reader
The Wisdom of Plato Negro,Parables/fables isat once both gutsy and crude, vulgar and righteous, bodaciousand common. Marvin X tares at your heart while piling crapon yourhead. He makes you want to
Downtown stores and offices areboarded. Store windows have Oscar Grant posters--something learned fromthe '65 Watts Riot: Me Soul Broder too! The OPD is out in full force,even Homeland Security is on the street. Undercover police areeverywhere, you can smell them. This is the power of a people who havedone nothing yet. They are the victims of violence, yet because theyseek justice, they are now the villain, the police are the good guys inwhite hats.
Youth are on
Contact: John E. Davis July 6, 2010
Media Spokesman
Scott Lee Cohen-Independent Candidate for Governor of Illinois
(312) 622-1246
COHEN APPALLED BY QUINN’S RAISES FOR HIS STAFF
Chicago – Scott Lee Cohen, Independent Candidate for Governor of
Illinois today blasted Governor Quinn for handing out huge pay raises
to his staff. Quinn’s generosity, at the expense of taxpayers, comes
just days after the Governor imposed painful spending cuts to programs
that benefit the State’s most needy.
“How can he just
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