The Conscious Community (TCC) is an informational newsletter focusing on information that has a connection to people of African descent. The Conscious Community e-letter is an activity of 'Imani Is My Foundation' which is a electronic media campaign that promotes the Uplift of People of Afrikan descent. The information posted comes from numerous sources and contributors.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Vendors sought - December 30th NIA Fest in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Thanks(for)getting the Origin of Thanksgiving
Many feel Thanks(for)killing poses no threat, labeling it as a harmless day we’re off from work to come together and stuff our bodies with impure, toxic, flesh-decaying products in the name of family. What is Thanks(for)killing and is there an AfRAkan alternative to it? More importantly, what is the history of Thanks(for)killing, who am I really thanking, and what part of “HIS-STORY” am I forgetting (or ignoring)?
Are you ready, do you want to stay blind, hopefully you can handle the truth and do what’s right afterwards?
But, before I go into the HIS-STORY of Thanks(for)killing , I want you to check this video out that I took a few years back from the Slave Dungeons in Cape Coast, Ghana AfRAka entailing the treachery “OUR” ANKHcestors went through. Realize...when you celebrate the horrible European Hollow-Day called thanksgiving you are literally spitting in your ANKHcestors face … don’t get mad the truth is the truth.
SLAVE DUNGEON intro … click the video or paste and place link in browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAb54J1IzDY
(Feel free to watch the other parts as well)
“If you continue to honor traditional wayz even though its founding is based on treachery, you do nothin’ but dishonor the victimz of this tradition.”
M’bwebe aja ishangi
I was coerced to believe the pilgrim was as generous as the natives were, which is allegedly symbolic for the celebration many of us ignorantly celebrate each 3rd Thursday in November.
By the age of 5, my mind had already been momentarily held in captivity, lasting the first 20 yearz of my natural life. A possession the likes of this seldom lose its contagious hold. Mainly because this spell eliminated my questioning of the real story behind thanksgiving as I drew turkeyz from the outstretched fingerz of my left hand as a child. I never asked my momz why eating pig intestines (chitterlingz) and buttocks (ham) was at an all-time high around this time of year. I never asked where were the black people while the natives and pilgrimz was gettin' they eat on. It didn't matter then, all I cared about was buggin' with my cousinz and eating literally like a pig, until I couldn't eat no more...
That was then. Then, I didn't inquire about any Afrikan alternative to thanksgiving because I thought it was Afrikan, or rather, Black! After all, my family is Black! But there was no one there to tell me the flipside to man-made hallow-daze (holidayz) I grown to be so fond of.
But as adults, we must realize we are accountable for everything we allow to be part of our lives and families. This accountability is essential if we are to break the chain of customz that dishonor our Ancestorz as well as pass on the madness to our children...I repeat pass on the madness to our children.
From the origin of black organizationz to the many hallow-daze we celebrate. In this piece, we'll focus on the fallacy behind Thanksgiving.
There are three levels of thinking author Tony Browder talks of… They are:
1) Literal — one who accepts without question something told to them;
2) Influential — one who is able to see the underlying message or detect ill subliminalz; and
3) Evaluative — one who is able to not only see the subliminal, but is able to combat it with a deeper meaning and eventual solution/alternative to what is presented to them.
Take a moment before readin' on and decide what kind of thinker you are. This is important because what you read from here you'll be faced with determining if you're really who you say you are...
"At the first thanksgiving celebration in 1621, there were only 6-7 sane people left in the whole pilgrim colony. The rest were basically mentally gone.”
— Captain John Smith
Sunday, November 15, 2015
“ADOPT AND PASS URLEIA” - URLEIA addresses the root cause of police brutality in black communities
MAKE YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY, "ADOPT AND PASS URLEIA"
Lobby congressional leaders for URLEIA on November 17th. Here's how:
Voting Rights Restored, Get Healthcare, Become Better Fathers - Virginia Beach, VA: 11-16-2015 Monday's Daddyman 2015 Conference
Friday, November 6, 2015
"The Film Black Friday Focuses on Economic Empowerment for African Americans", Podcast from The Michael Imhotep Show
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Black Women: You Can’t Get Rich When You’re Angry - Dr. Venus Opal Reese
HBW 001: You Can’t Get Rich When You’re Angry: A Conversation with Dr. Venus Opal Reese
Monday, November 2, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
The Daddyman Conference - Virginia Beach, Virginia 11-16-2015
There will also be sessions for Single Mothers who are raising sons.