The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MD African American History & Culture has some exciting June Programs. You should check them out….including a reading and discussion of the book Hands On the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. Three powerhouses of the human/civil rights movement will be the featured panelists. Dr. Cecil...
I spent the afternoon on a therapist’s couch yesterday exploring the hurts and the prospects of healing between Continental and Diasporan Africans. The meeting was called to begin preliminary discussions on how we might be able to work together on an event (or series of events) that would bring the two groups together in...
Today, we remember Gil Scott Heron….
During seminary, I was blessed to take a course on African Traditional Religions in Ghana, West Africa. It truly represented a pivotal moment in my development as a man and a minister. The course itself stretched my understanding of what it means to think about God and express those “thinkings” in this diverse world....
So on that faithful Saturday – at that forum – I finally had to promote the exploration of a new path for my people. Instead of the usual song and lyrics, I offered up for the consideration of the crowd possibilities that are enveloped in practical philosophies that are less popular in this city....
I was asked to serve as a panelist at the first Freedom Forum hosted by the think tank focused on policy analysis and community change. The theme of the event was Baltimore’s Youth Movement: Are They Ready To Lead? And it’s funny because I remember when I was squarely included in the crowd of...
Tributes, websites, songs, poems, and scholarships dedicated to The Honorable Marcus Garvey can be found all over the internet – and deservedly so. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, (August 18, 1887 – June 10, 1940) the Jamaican-born, Pan Africanist organizer made tremendous impact in this world – the reverbs of which many of us are still...
The Council of Independent Black Institutions (CIBI) defines Afrikan-Centered Education as: the means by which Afrikan culture — including the knowledge, attitudes, values and skills needed to maintain and perpetuate it throughout the nation building process — is developed and advanced through practice. Its aim, therefore, is to build commitment and competency within present...
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