Friday, April 29, 2011

Systems Engineer Opportunities in Chantilly, VA

Hotep All,

*** Please disseminate to all interested and qualified individuals.

> QinetiQ North America; is looking for 20-30 Systems Engineer with 5-7 years experience especially in ground systems (SIGINT, IMINT, and MASINT) to work in Chantilly, VA. Must have a TS/SCI w/ CI Poly.

> They also need 10 Systems Integration Engineer with 5-7 years experience with a TS/SCI w/ CI Poly and be able to work in VA.

If you know of anyone with these qualifications, please have them contact me and I'll put them in touch with the POC.

Tua (Thanks)

Asar Gary

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

The AfRAkan Resurrection Story ... Wake Up Black People

Imhotep (Wisdom To You),

Part of the secular training of our AfRAkan ancestors enslaved in the US was to internalize their own "innate" sense of inferiority and to thank the euro god that the AfRAkan Captives had the "good fortune" to have been enslaved by the euro, thus saving them from "dark" AfRAkan cannibals. Our Ancestors were trained to believe that they did not have hair on their heads, but "wool." They were trained to believe that our dark skin was ugly and nasty; that our broad noses (not all indigenous AfRAkans have broad noses) were "deformed", and that we carried a natural animal-like offensive odor. And to this day, many of us STILL have those same biases against to our selves.
{Source: "Deep Like the Rivers"--Thomas L. Webber}

Malcolm X asks, "Who Taught You to Hate Yourself". Now we know, as we have always known. But what are we going to do about it, is my question.

"And with this knowledge, we can change the world, if first WE CHANGE OURSELVES."
Dr. John Henrik Clarke

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The AfRAkan Resurrection Story They Don’t Want You to Know

This is the very first “Creation” and “Resurrection” on record produced by man/woman, with regards to paying honor and divine respect to a “Creator of all mankind,” (the Supreme Being … Neter(GOD) was that of the AfRAkan people of the Nile Valley and Great Lakes region of Central, East and Northeast AfRAka. Since the original ‘Sacred Writings’ were produced by the AfRAkans approximately 3,400 years before The Old Testament, and more than 4,200 years before The New Testament, countless plagiarized versions of it have been written and published.

After reading this summarization of the AfRAkan Resurrection story, hopefully you’ll be inspired to do more research and learn more about OUR-STORY. Hopefully my AfRAkan Brothers and Sisters, you ask yourself why haven’t I heard this story before. I’ll tell you why, because somebody knows something about you that they don’t want you to know. (The Truth Will Set You Free…and they can’t have that).

The following story has been translated from the “Book of Coming Forth By Day and By Night”, ~ 5000 A.E. (AfRAkan Era) misconstrued by European scholars to be called (The Book of the Dead). To see even older evidence from between 10,000 – 5500 A.E., come back to AfRAka with me Summer 2011 or 2012 on the KemetNU / G&G Travel trip to Kemet (Egypt) where you’ll see the evidence on the walls, live in color…carved “3” inches in stone where the invaders from the North couldn’t erase the truth. But, if you never go see it for your own eyes, you’ll only be recalling 2nd and 3rd hand information ... so “blind that you can not see.”

Ausar, Auset, and Heru

It all starts with the first human representation on earth – Ausar and Auset (Not Adam and Eve). Ausar and Auset dedicated themselves to the welfare of humanity and sought to spread civilization throughout the earth, even as far as India and China.

During the absence of Ausar from his kingdom, his brother Set (Setan/Satan) had no opportunity to make innovations in the state because Auset was extremely vigilant in governing the country, and always upon her guard and watchful eye for any irregularity or unrighteousness.

Upon Ausars return from touring the world and carrying the teachings of wisdom abroad and rejoicing throughout the land, one day after his return, through his lack of vigilance, he became intoxicated and slept with Set’s wife, Nebthet, as a result of the union with Ausar, begot Anpu.

Set, who represents the personification of evil forces, plotted in jealousy and anger (the blinding passion that prevents forgiveness) to usurp the throne and conspired to kill Ausar. Set secretly got the measurements of Ausar and constructed a coffin. Through trickery Set was able to get Ausar to “try on” the coffin for size. While Ausar was resting in the coffin, Set and his assistants locked it and then dumped it into the Nile River.

The coffin made its way down the Nile where it became embedded in the earth and from it grew a tree with the most pleasant aroma in the form of a DJED or TET. The TET is the symbol of Ausars BACK. It has four horizontal lines in relation to a firmly established, straight column.

This King was out walking and as he passed by the tree, he immediately fell in love with the pleasant aroma, so he had the tree cut down and brought to his palace. Auset, Ausars wife, the personification of the life giving, ‘Mother’ force in creation and in all humans, went in search of Ausar. Her search led her to the palace of the King where she took a job as the nurse of the King’s son. Every evening Auset would put the boy into the “fire” to consume his mortal parts, thereby transforming him to immortality. Fire is symbolic of both physical and mental purification. Most importantly, fire implies wisdom, the light of truth, illumination and energy.

Auset, by virtue of her qualities, has the power to bestow immortality through the transformative power of her symbolic essence. Auset then told the King that Ausar, her husband, is inside the pillar he made from the tree. He graciously gave her the pillar (DJED) and she returned with it to Kemet (Kmt, Egypt).

“The Resurrection”

Upon her return to Kemet, Auset went to the papyrus swamps where she lay over Ausars dead body and fanned him with her wings, infusing him “WITH NEW LIFE.” In this manner Auset revived Ausar through her power of love and wisdom, and then they united once more. {‘Black woman know the power bestowed upon you’…you’ll never see this power in a Eurasian translation because of how they viewed women…let alone a Black woman}. From their union was conceived a son, Heru, with the assistance of the (g)ods (Djehuti) and Amen. {Have you ever wondered why you say Amen at the end of your prayers?}

One evening, as Set was hunting in the papyrus swamps, he came upon Auset and Ausar. In a rage of passion, he dismembered the body of Ausar into 14 pieces and scattered them throughout the land. In this way it is Set, the brute force of our bodily impulses and desires, that ‘dismembers’ our higher intellect. Instead of oneness and unity, we see multiplicity and separateness which give rise to egoistic (selfish) and violent behavior. The Great Mother, Auset, once again sets out in search, now for the pieces of Osiris, with the help of Anpu and Nebthet.

After searching all over the world they found all the pieces of Ausars’ body, except for the phallus (penis) which was eaten by a fish. In Ancient Egyptian mythology, this loss represents seminal retention in order to channel the sexual energy to the higher spiritual centers, thereby transforming into spiritual energy. Ausar, Anpu and Nebthet remembered the pieces, all except the phallus which was eaten by the fish. Ausar thus regained (resurrected) life in the realm of the dead.

“Immaculate Conception”

Heru, therefore, was born from the union of the spirit of Ausar and the life giving power of Auset. Thus, Heru, the Savior who was bought to birth, as the light in heaven and sustenance on earth (Hmm…does this sound familiar). Heru represents the union of spirit and matter and the renewed life of Ausar, his rebirth. When Heru became a young man, Ausar returned from the realm of the dead and encouraged him to take up arms (vitality, wisdom, courage, strength of will) and establish truth, justice and righteousness in the world by challenging Set, its current ruler.

“The Battle of Heru and Set”

The battle between Heru and Set took many twists, sometimes one seeming to get the upper hand and sometimes the other, yet neither one gaining a clear advantage in order to decisively win. At one point Auset tried to help Heru by catching Set, but due to the pity and compassion she felt towards him she set him free. In a passionate rage, Heru cut off her head and went off by himself in a frustrated state. Even Heru is susceptible to passion which leads to performing deeds that one later regrets.

Set found Heru and gouged out his eyes. During this time Heru was overpowered by the evil of Set. He became blinded to truth (as signified by the loss of his eyes) {Hmm…”I was once blind, but now I can see”} and thus, was unable to do battle (act with MAAT) with Set. His power of sight was later restored by Hathor, (g)oddess of passionate love, desire and fierce power, who also represents the left Eye of Ra. She is the fire spitting, destructive power of light which dispels the darkness (blindness) of ignorance.

When the conflict resumed, the two contendants went before the court of the Ennead (g)ods {Company of the nine (g)ods who ruled over creation, headed by Ra}. Set, promising to end the fight and restore Heru to the throne, invited Heru to spend the night at his house, but Heru soon found out the Set had evil intentions when he tried to have intercourse with him. The uncontrolled Set also symbolizes unrestricted sexual activity.

Through more treachery and deceit Set attempted to destroy Heru with the help of the Ennead, by tricking them into believing that Heru was not worthy of the throne. Ausar sent a letter pleading with the Ennead to do what was correct. Heru, as the son of Ausar, should be the rightful heir to the throne. All but two of them (the Ennead) agreed because Heru, they said, was too young to rule.

Ausar sent them a second letter (scroll of papyrus with a message) reminding them that even they cannot escape judgment for their deeds; they too will be judged in the end when they have to finally go to the West (abode of the dead).

This signifies that even the (g)ods cannot escape judgment for their deeds. Since all exists is only a manifestation of the absolute reality which goes beyond time and space, that which is in the realm of time and space (humans, spirits, gods, angels, neters) are all bound by its laws. Following the receipt of Ausars’ scroll (letter), Heru was crowned King of Kemet (Egypt). Set accepted the decision and made peace with Heru. All the gods rejoiced. Thus ends the legend of Ausar, Auset and Heru (The Trinity…”The Holy Father-Mother-and Child”) not some (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) wiping out the woman from the picture. Remember, the Europeans had no respect for the woman, so to see AfRAkan civilizations being led by women and to see women treated with respect and honor was disgrace to the Barbarians from the north.

Conclusion:

The Resurrection of Ausar and his reincarnation in the form of Heru is a symbol for the spiritual resurrection which must occur in the life of every human being. In this manner, the story of the Ausarian Trinity of Ausar, Auset and Heru and the Kemetian Ennead holds hidden teachings, which when understood and properly practiced, will lead to spiritual enlightenment (Shetaut Neter).

To see these stories live in color for your very own eyes, join us on the KemetNu Summer 2011 or 2012 Kemet (Egypt) tour. You can’t dispute the evidence etched in stone which dates back to over 10,000 years ago.

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So, what are you waiting on Black people? Let’s go to back to “AfRAka” and see where it all started! Come on the Kemet-Nu / G&G Travel Summer 2011 or 2012 Kemet (Egypt) tour where you’ll see OUR-STORY first hand with your own eyes.

If you are going to go on the tour please let me know or you can contact Kemet Nu directly and say you are with the G&G Travel group. You can pay on an installment plan so start paying and saving now to keep your payments low.

Go to the link below to get tour details and see videos from previous tours. This will be the trip of a lifetime. Without a doubt…please pass this information on to every black person you know who might be receptive to learning the truth.

www.gngassoc.com , click on “G&G Travel” link.

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Amani (peace)
Asar Gary

“The Purpose in Life is to Attain the Great Awakening-Enlightenment-Know Thyself”
AfRAkan Proverb

Friday, April 22, 2011

Black Folks & Auctions & Freedom, Oh My!

04.20.11 
 
Black Folks & Auctions & Freedom, Oh My!
 
Harriet Tubman once said, "I woulda freed a lot more folks if they had known they was slaves." Lately, I've been thinking about Sista Harriet as the world prepares to visit the United States to learn about how this great democracy is faring 150 years after the American Civil War.
 
Here in Hampton Roads, VA where so much of this history happened, we are on the front lines of explaining the details of how a small cabal of white males laid out a beautiful vision, fought a war of independence and from there grew the most powerful nation on the planet by standing on the backs and shoulders of those who were not property-owners. 
 
About 50 guys who looked like Donald Trump set up the USA so that they were the only ones able to participate in the democracy. To make sure they had no competition they made enslavement of Black people legal with a 3/5s taxation formula. Today, which is April 20, 2011, the predominately Black city of Washington D.C. has recently be told by the 99.9% white Republican party that the citizens of D.C. cannot use their own tax dollars to get services from Planned Parenthood. Back in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries this policy was called Manifest Destiny
 
Today it's called getting f-k-d and once again people of color, poor people, women, the disabled, the young, the old, the weak keep getting the crap beat out of them by the descendants of the 20 guys who founded Jamestown, VA in 1607. The work of JuneteenthVA is about using the theatre arts to look at this history without shame or blame.
 
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.  From my vantage point this is a day to celebrate, but so far, except for a ball sponsored by a group of South Carolina (it's always South Carolina) Confederate re-enactors it's all been fairly somber.  This makes sense for the side that lost, but for those of us who think it was wonderful that the North won, we need to get our act together.  Already there's been quite a lot of huffing and puffing about what's proper and appropriate as teachers in Ohio and Virginia are already in trouble for simulating slave auctions for their students. Clearly, these teachers need help to properly teach what must be taught.  Instead, they will, most likely, be reprimanded for trying to do their jobs.
 
Richmond, VA, capitol of the Confederacy,  was the location for the second largest slave auction block in the South.  This fact should not be ignored.  The high number of enslaved coming up from the deep South made Hampton Roads very popular with freedom seekers. Because of its numerous ports and the Great Dismal Swamp, the region was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. This fact should not be ignored.  The 1831 Nat Turner Insurrection in Southampton County should rightly be recognized as the first battle of the Civil War. The 60 whites and ove 200 Blacks who died in the immediate weeks after the insurrection were most certainly casualties of war.  Another Southampton County native son was Dred Scott whose legal efforts to claim his freedom took him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This fact and none of the many, many facts that are not yet in history books should ever be ignored.
 
JuneteenthVA's mission is about using the theatre arts to look at this painful history as an ultimately useful step in the bridge building necessary to unite and empower America.  Examples of how hard this work is include being in the auditorium of I.C. Norcom High School (which in the days of segregation was the school for Blacks) when the 2007 13th Annual Hampton Roads Juneteenth Festival presented a slave auction as a part of the annual festival.  At the time I was a member of the Portsmouth School Board.  One year later I was accused of owing Portsmouth Public Schools thousands of dollars.  I was endorsed and then un-endorsed by the Virginian Pilot newspaper for my losing re-election bid.  Connection? You be the judge.
 
Friday, May 20th, Saturday, May 22nd, and Monday, May 23rd at 7pm and Sunday, May 22nd at 6pm please join us at the Collective Arts Theatre located inside Pembroke Mall at 4554 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA  23462 for performances of Abolitionists' Museum. The play features eight historical figures who are wax figures in a museum where the curator brings in a Confederate flagSojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, David Walker, Abraham Lincoln and Nat Turner debate whether or not to burn it.  A post show discussion is an integral part of the presentation.  Our goal is to get people to honestly talk about how they feel about the themes presented in the play.  Please see www.youtube.com/juneteenthva to see how we work.
 
These performances are in celebration of the first three enslaved Africans Americans who gained their freedom on May 23, 1861 before the Civil War. James Baker, Shepherd Mallory and Frank Townsend rowed across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk to Hampton.  There they presented themselves to General Benjamin Butler and requested their freedom.  Butler, a lawyer, developed a legal path to freedom in a policy that came to be known as Contrabands of War.  This important history must be shared by all Americans who believe in Freedom! May 20th - May23rd at CAT-VA will celebrate Contrabands of War Days. Join us and become a part of something good and positive.
 
The opportunity to understand the connection between the past and the future is now.  Hampton Roads, VA is Ground Zero for this history.  From the Indians to the first Africans in the New World in 1619 it all happened in Virginia.  We must be the ones to carry forth the banner that proclaims that the American Dream belongs to all of us. 
 
In 2009 on the 50th anniversary of when Norfolk closed its public schools rather than integrate there were several dinners and apologies from the mayor and the governor to the Norfolk 17.  These were the 17 Negro children who were chosen to integrate the schools once they reopened in February 1959.  There was a very boring play commissioned and presented with the hope of not offending anyone.  Two years later there is no evidence of what Massive Resistance was and nobody is asking for another performance of the play. Black folks, we must start honoring our history.  This is our responsibility.  We are descendants of a people who never stopped fighting until they were free.  We were not given our freedom.  We earned it by the blood, sweat and tears of our oppressed ancestors.
 
If you're interested in working with other social justice and creative individuals, you really should make your way to the Collective Arts Theatre at some point between Friday, May 20th and Monday, May 23rd.  There will be screenings of vignettes of serious and funny stuff each day.  There will be vendors and all the wonderful offerings of Pembroke Mall.  Just because we're serious about history doesn't mean we don't know how to have fun.  We do. We truly believe in the power of art to help us all survive and thrive.
 
Call 757.905.2895 to make reservations to see Abolitionists' Museum on Friday, May 20th; Saturday, May 21st; Monday, May 23rd at 7pm; and, Sunday, May 22nd at 6pm. Tickets are $15 reserved and $10 at the door.
 
Peace in the Future of a Nu World,
sb

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Black in Latin America

 
Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
First, could you talk a little bit about this project?
I conceived of this as a trilogy of documentary series that would mimic the patterns of the triangle trade. There would be a series on Africa which was called Wonders of the African World in 1999. And then there would be a series on black America called America Behind the Color Line in 2004. And then the third part of the triangle trade was, of course, South America and the Caribbean. The triangle trade was Africa, South America, and the continental United States and Europe. That's how I conceived of it. I've been thinking about it since before 1999. But the first two were easier to get funding for. Everyone knows about black people from Africa, everyone knows about the black American community. But surprisingly, and this is why the series is so important, not many people realize how "black" South America is. So of all the things I've done it was the most difficult to get funded and it is one of the most rewarding because it is so counter-intuitive, it's so full of surprises. And I'm very excited about it.
 
And why do you think there is a lack of knowledge about the black populations in Latin America?
Well, incredibly, there were 11.2 million Africans that we can count who survived the Middle Passage and landed in the New World, and of that 11.2 million, only 450,000 came to the United States. That's amazing. All the rest went south of Miami as it were. Brazil got almost 5 million Africans. In part, this reflects our ignorance as Americans who don't know that much about the rest of the world. But also, it is in part the responsibility of the countries in South America themselves — each of which underwent a period of whitening. In the hundred year period between 1872 and 1975, Brazil received 5,435,735 immigrants from Europe and the Middle East and this was a conscious policy after 1850 to "whiten" Brazil which was such a black country. Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world. Brazil has the second largest black population — black being defined by people of African descent in the way that we would define them in this country. It's second only to Nigeria. But no one knows this. So it's those two reasons, that the countries themselves went through long periods of being embarrassed about how black they were and secondly, our own ignorance. That's why this series is so important. It's meant to educate Americans, and people in Europe and the rest of the world, but it's also meant to educate people in South America, too. And in each of these countries there is a political campaign against racism, for affirmative action, and for their right to exist where they don't as census categories. For example, in Mexico and Peru, they are fighting for the right to be identified as black. As in France, many people in these countries thought that if you put that social identity in the census that it reinforces racism. But doing that also prevents people from organizing around race when they are discriminated by race. It's a paradox. And it's fascinating to see what is similar and dissimilar in each of these countries.
 
For Black in Latin America you visited Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. How did you choose to focus on these particular six countries?
Well, we had to pick a country that reflected quite dramatically the history of the slave trade. So the largest countries with the biggest black populations are Brazil and Venezuela. So that was one category. We divided all the countries into categories. We only had four hours. We couldn't do all the Caribbean and all of South America. We had to come up with criteria. So category one is size. Brazil's the largest country in South America and it's Portuguese-speaking, so that was interesting. Second, we wanted to do something representative from the Caribbean.
 
Haiti just had the earthquake, it was very much in the news. Every night for months I would watch Anderson Cooper talking about the earthquake. But never did Anderson Cooper or anyone else talk about the history of Haiti. They'd talk about voodoo as if it was lunatic superstitions rather than one of the world's old religions. Most journalists didn't write anything sophisticated about the history of the revolution. And no one talked about the fact that it was at the western end of an island with another country, the Dominican Republic, and that the two of them had created their identities together and in opposition to each other. So it's like Jacob and Esau, Yin and Yang. They're both there on that island, separated by a river, and they're very different countries. One is Spanish, Catholic and white, as it's fond of saying. The other is African, black and voodoon. So we're going to lead off the airing of the series with the Haiti & Dominican Republic program.
 
Cuba is a slam dunk. Everybody wants to know what's going on in Cuba. And Fidel Castro, two years after he had his revolution in 1959, he announced that racism had been eliminated in Cuba. And Cuba got almost 800,000 slaves — far more than the United States. So there's a fascination with Cuba: Our nearest neighbor. Miami's twin city. How black is Cuba? Is there racism? Did the revolution, which brought health benefits and education to poor people, eliminate racism? That's the question we ask. You can get the answer because the name of the episode is The Next Cuban Revolution.
 
And then finally Mexico and Peru. If Havana is the twin city of Miami, Mexico is our twin country. No one thinks of Mexico and Peru as black. But Mexico and Peru together got 700,000 Africans in the slave trade. The coast of Acapulco was a black city in the 1870s. And the Veracruz Coast on the gulf of Mexico and the Costa Chica, south of Acapulco are traditional black lands. Here's the punchline, Barack Obama the first black president in the New World? No way. Vicente Guerrero in 1829. Mulatto, just like Barack Obama. First President of Mexico.
 
All these countries have curious things for this hidden history. The Dominican Republic says "We're black behind the ears." And in Mexico, "there's a black grandma in the closet." They know, they've just been intermarrying for a long time. But if we did the DNA of everyone in Mexico a whole lot of people would have a whole lot of black in them.
 
The series reveals how huge a role history can play in forming a nation's concept of race. Although each of the countries you visited has its own distinct history, did you find any commonalities between the six countries with regard to race?
Yes, each country except for Haiti went through a period of whitening, when they wanted to obliterate or bury or blend in their black roots. Each then, had a period when they celebrated their cultural heritage but as part of a multi-cultural mix and in that multi-cultural mix, somehow the blackness got diluted, blended. So, Mexico, Brazil, they wanted their national culture to be "blackish" — really brown, a beautiful brown blend. And finally, I discovered that in each of these societies the people at the bottom are the darkest skinned with the most African features. In other words, the poverty in each of these countries has been socially constructed as black. The upper class in Brazil is virtually all white, a tiny group of black people in the upper-middle class. And that's true in Peru, that's true in the Dominican Republic. Haiti's obviously an exception because it's a country of mulatto and black people but there's been a long tension between mulatto and black people in Haiti. So even Haiti has its racial problems.
 
In your opinion, if you visited other countries in Latin America you would see those commonalities coming out as well?
Yes. Again, these are representative. Typical. And I think that they typify the larger experience. I would hope we could get funding to do another series.
 
How do you feel the race experience differs between Latin American nations and the United States?
Whereas we have black and white or perhaps black, white, and mulatto as the three categories of race traditionally in America, Brazil has 136 kinds of blackness. Mexico, 16. Haiti, 98. Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with. But these are very real categories. In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white. Color and race are defined in strikingly different ways in each of these countries, more akin to each other than in the United States. We're the only country to have the one-drop rule. The only one. And that's because of the percentage of rape and sexual harassment of black women by white males during slavery and the white owners wanted to guarantee that the children of these liaisons were maintained as property.
 
And what's amazing is that they can keep track. I'm thinking of the scene in Brazil where the group of men listed the different racial classifications that describe their skin color.
It's like they had a color meter. "Oh this person is Caboclo." I cracked up. That was a brilliant scene. I set that up, I told the crew just to follow me. And we walked through the market with me asking people what color I was and we had a lot of responses and then we picked the best one. But the best one was those guys when we put the hands in the circle. And then they all said "I'm Negro, I'm Negro" and then I said "No really, what are you?" And they go "I'm Cabocla, He's Moreno." It was great.
 
Could you discuss a few events during the making of the series that you found particularly powerful?
Well, there were many. Discovering that people in Latin America had been worshiping two black saints since the 1600s. That was astonishing. Discovering that the first Barack Obama in the New World was a Mexican, Vicente Guerrero. Learning that the Cuban Army of Independence was over 50 percent black and that two of its leaders were black generals including Antonio Maceo. But I think the most moving person I met was a Catholic Priest named Father Glyn Jemmott who works in the Costa Chica South of Acapulco on the Pacific in the blackest area of Mexico. He's a Trinidadian. He's been a parish priest there for 25 years. And he's a black man. And his goal is to get people into Heaven. And to help them understand that they're black and that's a good thing. And he's a humble man. He does it for the love of God and humanity. I found interacting with him a deeply spiritual experience.
 
Which of the countries do you most want to go back to visit and why?
I love them all. It's like a mother and her children. I want to go back to each of them. But I was particularly fascinated by Cuba. Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the United States, to Miami. It's like a doppelgänger. It's the mirror image. And I have no doubt, that once Cuba becomes democratic, that it will be the favorite tourist destination for Americans. The people are all waiting for democracy and capitalism to come and I hope that that happens very soon. I mean I wish that Fidel Castro would wake up one day and decide he wants to be the George Washington of his country and institute one person one vote and open the country up.
 

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Mother's Day Hip-Hop Song

I gotta' whole lotta' love for you mama ! Everybody say I Love My Mama ! This is Hip-Hop for the Mommies ! The song "I Love My Mama" by Grandpa Crunk is available on I-Tunes, Amazon.com, and www.GrandpaCrunk.Bandcamp.com . The song features music by Grandpa Crunk, a rap performance by Sibling Hip-Hoppers, and singing by Zoe Wilks. Positive Rap for the masses. Mindless Behavior ain't the only youngsters making it hot ! The Siblings ( 9 and ten year old) perform a rap to celebrate their mother and all mothers, aunties, and mother figures. Originally created to celebrate their mother's birthday. Positive Rap for the Positive Hip Hop Folks !
 
The 2nd YouTube link: http://youtu.be/DeBhxwYGUCk 

Sunday, April 10, 2011

What's in Your meat -- Meat Glue

Hotep All,

If you eat meat you might want to check this out. Glad I stopped eating this stuff years ago.

click here: http://www.infowars.com/meat-glue/

Ankh, Uja, Snb (Life, Health & Strength)
Asar Gary


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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Harvard University Announcement

Harvard University Announcement
No tuition and no student loans

Now...Snopes.com says this isn't true, but I've known them to be wrong before. So, do your own research as always because that's how you ultimately learn anyhow.

Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/harvardscience.asp

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Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."

If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free... no tuition and no student loans!

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard's financial aid website at: http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/ or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581

SEND TO SOMEONE WHETHER THEY CAN USE OR NOT. THEY JUST MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN.

Asante Sana
Asar Gary


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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

BABA FEMI COMING TO VIRGINIA THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011

OBAFEMIFAYEMI IS THE GODSON OF THE LATE OLUWO, DR. AFOLABI ADEYEMI EPEGA. BABA FEMI IS AN INITIATED PRIEST OF IFA, LIFE COACH, TEACHER, SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR AND AUTHOR. FORMER EDUCATOR AND ATHLETE.

Topics:
~FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF IFA
~IFA FROM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
~SCIENCE OF RITUAL
~ELEVATION OF THE ORI
FREE ADMISSION
BRING YOUR QUESTIONS

Where:
COLLECTIVE ARTS THEATER
4554 VIRGINIA BEACH BLVD
(INSIDE PEMBROKE MALL, 3 DOORS DOWN FROM GNC)
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

CONTACT: IYA IFAKEMI 757-287-5976
Joy King joyking2500@yahoo.com

Celebrate 220 Blacks that made Virginia's Norfolk Botanical Gardens

You are invited to join us as we celebrate the
> 200 African-American women and 20 African-American men
> that began this Garden in 1938.

> WPA Garden Heritage
> Celebration

> April 09, 2011 11AM to Noon

> Complimentary Admission

> between 10AM to 11AM

> for guests attending this celebration.

> Ms. Ferguson, WPA worker

> at NBG 2010 ceremony

> Musical Performance

> God's Trombones

> Mistress of Ceremonies
>
> Lisa Godley, Producer, WHRO
> Greetings from the City of Norfolk
>
> Paul Riddick, City Council Member
> Guest Speaker
>
> Sukie Amory, Author, The Gift
> See flyer for more details!
> Azalea Tram Tour following event.
>
> For additional information
> www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org <
http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org>
> 757-441-5830 
> Located at 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, VA 23518
>
> Donna Krabill
> Director of Education and Communication
> Norfolk Botanical Garden
> 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, VA 23518
> 757.441.5830 x 335

> www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org

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"Treason, Abolition and the Long Seminole War" a $19.00 e-Book is FREE during the month of what Virginia's govenor has called Confederate History Month...
 
There is only one way to fight hateful ignorance; with knowledge...
 
This e-book is an edited version of a paper I produced in an UNF graduate Florida History course two years ago...
 
Opio
 
 
The U.S. military leaders sent to Florida over a decade after the First Seminole War in 1835 found themselves fighting a formidable foe in a terrain that they could not win. They also began to realize something more peculiar - that they were fighting a war that had all the makings of a slave rebellion. The U.S. Army was the slave catcher. As the debate heated up about slavery, many in the country and in Congress developed distaste for the Seminal War. This war was about Blacks fighting for freedom while the country fought to place them in bondage.

BOOK QUOTES
 
After learning more about the situation in Florida, General Thomas Jesup called the Second Seminole War the â€Å“Negro War.â€� Jesup stated that the Army was being used and pushed by wealthy, white southern slave holders to capture runaway slaves or to prevent there from being an area where Blacks can escape to freedom.
Congressman Giddings thought it repugnant that the professed Christians were trying to kill or bring back into slavery people who only wanted liberty. Blacks, he said, fled Christians to seek refuge with the Seminoles - so-called savage barbarians. He said that the United States government was acting as slave catchers.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Male mentors needed for The Golden Fold Mentoship Program

Thanks for your interest in The Golden Fold Mentorship Movement,
 
     We meet every 2nd & 4th Sunday from 4 - 5:30. We will need men over 21 to commit to coming one Sunday per month. All you will need to do is show up and engage the mentee-boys in conversation from 4:00 - 4:20. Remain for the presentations to the boys from 4:20 - 5:10. Finally be involved in the group discussions from 5:10 - 5:30 which will be based upon the presentations. After that commitment you will be free until next month if you decide to only volunteer your time once a month. You are always welcome to come to both sessions per month. Your commitment is only two hours per month. We expect you to arrive at 3:30 PM and will be free to leave at 5:30 PM.
 
     You are also welcome to bring a youth male aged 12 - 18 with you for our sessions. We will also allow you to bring male children older than 9 years if they are your sons. We only extend this age waiver to men bringing their sons as it will aid our impression for the boys participating as mentees to actively see Fathers with their Sons.
 
     We meet in the Collective Arts Theatre inside of Pembroke Mall which is two doors down from the GNC Vitamin store. The easiest way to get to the CAT is by (1) entering near the movie theatre, (2) making a right turn at the intersecting hallway, (3) finally finding the C.A.T. on the far left just before one goes through the exit doors. You will receive a reminder email if you have subscribed or been placed into our e-group. The reminders will come a week prior and a day prior to each meeting.
 
     If you need to be off for a Sunday that you will normally participate then you will give our program adminsitrator, Angelina, an email to thegoldenfold@yahoo.com .
 
     If you are a parent/social worker/etc..  intrested in involving your boy in the program, contact Angelina at the above email address and she will provide you with the necessary info.
 
     The Golden Fold mentorship Movement is a joint venture involving The Imani Foundation of Virginia, The Gamma Xi chapter of Omega Psi Phi (The Ques of Va. Beach), and the ManUP program (open to any Men of the Hampton Roads community).
 
Asante Sana
Seko VArner, Project Manager - The Golden Fold Mentorship Movement
                      Social Action Team - Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
                      President - The Imani Foundation of Virginia