Headed To The Main Stage Of The African American Festival (AFRAM) This Weekend!
Every now and then an opportunity comes along that I just laugh out loud about. I enjoyed a good belly laugh almost a month ago when the opportunity came for me to be a part of the African American...
View ArticlePan African Youth Summit in Baltimore features Presidential Candidate, Peta...
On June 30, 2012, the 4th Annual Pan African Youth Summit kicked off at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church. The event was organized by the Dubois Collective and its continental African partner, the Ligue des...
View ArticleBaltimore Pastor Adds Voice To Chorus Decrying Liquor Stores in Black...
About 5 years ago, I was invited by Derrick Compton to join a campaign in the Park Heights community. The initiative sought to put pressure on the liquor stores operating there. I was surprised to...
View ArticleForget Romney – My Beef Is With The NAACP
It’s one of the worst kept secrets in the American politics. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presents itself as a nonpartisan civil rights organization, however what it...
View ArticleZimmerman: “I feel it was all God’s plan.”
Last night in an interview with Fox New’s Sean Hannity, George Zimmerman – confessed murderer of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida – shared more details related to his account of events...
View ArticleBaltimore Group Makes Push To Silence Violence
The mission of Baltimore Citizens for Positive Change is to transform the culture and conditions that lead to urban violence. We build the leadership of communities hit hardest by street violence...
View ArticleMultinational Corporations Continue To Raid The Riches Of Africa
Source: Year of 1989 BlogSince I was small child, my mind has been filled with images of Africa that framed the continent through the lens of poverty, corruption, underdevelopment, and sickness. These...
View ArticleAre Christians Wrong to Support Other Religious Groups In Their Outreach...
“I just need to know what do you really believe Pastor Brown? Do you support the Nation of Islam and Minister Louis Farrakhan?” This was the question that hit my Facebook inbox when I posted that I...
View ArticleBaltimore Selected as First Port to Commemorate Transatlantic Middle Passage
After years of planning, the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP) selected Baltimore’s Fells Point Harbor for a commemoration of Africans who perished in the Middle Passage from...
View ArticleA Sankofa Moment: Shedding Light On The African Slave Trade’s Link To Fell’s...
I gathered the family last night and we drove to Fell’s Point in Baltimore. The excursion was not for leisure or recreation, but rather to join others in remembering our Ancestors who faced the...
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