For my long time readers, you know that Court Bear and I have been working on a non profit, 100 Visionaries, that came out of the “Who Raises the Kids, the Momma’s or the Rappers” discussion on this blog.
Posts Tagged ‘100 Visionaries’
We Are The Leaders We Need: 100 Visionaries [UPDATE]
Monday, June 15th, 2009The Problem or The Solution: 100 Visionaries
Thursday, March 12th, 2009I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak from Stacey Muhammad on Vimeo. “I’m already scared in New York, because of all this crime on thestreet, but now theirs cops are killing us, that means are hero’sare the murderers, like the bad guys now.” It all started with the watching people debate whetherRihanna deserved to be [...]
Bart Police Kill an Unarmed Man, Oscar Grant, on New Years Day
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Video Oakland haunts me. Last week, I started trying to convert my essay’s on thecrack epidemic into a memoir and the above sentencecame to mind.As many of you know, on early New Years day , the BARTpolice killed an unarmed man, Oscar Grant.I felt my heart flip in my throat when I heard the woman [...]
What Stops You from Acting?
Monday, September 8th, 2008You can imagine how amped up I was when I noticed that the 100 Visionary widget jumped $40 this weekend. While I was amped up about it?this summer, my essays have taken over as my? dominant focus in the?last few weeks or so.?I admit that this is largely connected to the fact that ?three weeks [...]
100 Visionaries
Thursday, August 14th, 2008I had a watershed moment yesterday. I was pacing, writing notes and justsimply amped. The 100 Visionaries Mission came to me. Our mission is to work to create a better future for our young peoplethrough local and national activism and policy lobbying. The strategy for achieving this is a five pronged effort. The first ishaving [...]
Reflection Retreats
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008The majority of you have suggested that you would participate in areflection retreat. After giving it some thought, here is a draft of an agenda. I envision that5 or 6 of us would have a retreat on the 4th Saturday in October,November, and share back via phone/e-mail. REFLECTION ’0810am Breakfast, Coffee, Bagels, Juice 10:30am Introduction [...]
