African-Related History - 2
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Learn about The Covenant with Black America and the work
being done by The Jamestown Project at Harvard.  Scroll to the
left column to read the original 10 Covenants.  Get a copy of The
Foundational Covenant - "Strengthening the Family"

What are you doing to actualize each Covenant in your own life?
We implore you to talk with your children; find out what they are
thinking, and how they are engaged when away from home.

We also beseech Black people today to Abolish the "N" word.   Visit this
link and discuss what you see with your children. There is NOTHING
positive about using the "N" word to each or about each other.

Visit the Jamestown link below and see some of the very dynamic and
positive things to get involved in right in New Haven.

Visit: www.jamestownproject.org




























The Jamestown Project:
Moves - "The Covenant with Black America into Action"  Go to:
www.covenantwithblackamerica.com

Enola Aird was joined by Stephanie Robinson, Esq., Founding
President & CEO of The Jamestown Project, Prof. Ron Sullivan,
Yale University & Senior Fellow at Jamestown, Curlena
McDonald, Chair, NH Black History Coalition, and people from
the community.  We had technical difficulties with this program;
however, copies are now available; you can place an order by
calling (203) 407-0250; request a VHS or DVD copy for $15.

The Jamestown Project at Harvard
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Every Feb there is a- Special Black History Programs at:
Gateway Community College-
60 sarget Drive, in New Haven - was a family Affair!  

Learn about the history and contributions of Black people in the
United States, and value Black History everyday.

Get more information from these sites:

www.covenantwithblackamerica.com

www.blackamericaweb.com/site

www.buzzle.com/editorials
Important Quotations:

1. “For over three hundred years
the white man has been our
oppressor, and he naturally is
not going to liberate us to the
higher freedom—the truer
liberty—the truer Democracy.
We have to liberate ourselves” -
Marcus Garvey

2. “The most potent weapon in
the hands of the oppressor is
the mind of the oppressed.”       
Stephen Bantu (Steve) Biko
South African Martyr

3. “The foundation of every
state is the education of its
youth.” Diogenes

4. “Education is the most
powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world.”  
Nelson Mandela, South African
Leader

5. “Stand on your own two black
feet and fight like hell for your
place in the world.” –
Amy Jacques Garvey

6."The Black skin is not a badge
of shame, but rather a glorious
symbol of national greatness –
Marcus Garvey

7. "The proportion of illiterates
among the whites is twice as high
in the former slave-holding
areas. It is not only the Negroes
who show traces of slavery!
Shame on America for the plight
of the Negroes!"
Lenin, Russians & Negroes, Feb
1913, CW, Vol. 18, p.543

  • "There is only one good -
    it is knowledge
  • And one evil -  ignorance."
Socrates

"Plants are shaped by cultivation
and men (people) by education.  
Everything we do not have at
birth, and which we need when
we are grown, is given to us by
education." Rousseau  

" Genius is one percent
inspiration, ninety-nine percent
perspiration."
Thomas Edison.
Mathematics and Science Mentoring Program   
Started in Sept. 2006 - It is ongoing.
Be a Mentor to a Black, Latino, or poor student.

Young people - Find a Mentor - Someone who can help to
guide you in this life.  Find academic and career mentors.

Learn about Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville and Dr. Marjorie
Lee Browne-  women who were pioneers extraordinaire.  

  • Evelyn Boyd Granville was the first African-American
    woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics in the United
    States.  
  • She earned it at Yale in 1949.

  • Dr. Marjorie Lee Brown was the second African-
    Amer. woman to have earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics
    in 1950 from the University of Michigan.  

  • Important for today's students to take note!
  • Dr. Granville contributed significantly to space
    exploration.  Both these women achieved as they did
    at a time when it was most difficult for African-
    Americans to succeed in any area of academic
    endeavor in the United States.  Yet, they did and they
    did so splendidly.  

  • Encourage minority children to pursue Mathematics
    and Science.  They too can have great success.  

  • Help to develop more Evelyn Granvilles and Marjorie
    Lee Brownes today.  Be a Mentor to a minority child!

  • Call us at 407-0250.
Scroll down and learn more about some of the
cultural icons of Jamaica, the little island in the
Caribbean that has contributed so much to the
world in many areas.

Here are some prominent Jamaicans who have contributed
to: art, history, literature, music, politics, science and sports
to name just a few areas.

Claude MacKay -  Poetry & Political Consciousness
Harry Belafonte - Music, Acting, Political Consciousness

Russwurm, John Brown   (1799--1851) Journalist, public official;
born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. In 1827, with John Cornish, he
published the first U.S. black newspaper, Freedom's Journal,
dedicated to promoting black freedom and citizenship.
Around 1828 he emigrated to Liberia, where he held public office
and edited a newspaper.

Robert Nesta (Bob) Marley - Music & Political Consciousness -
25 years after his death at the age of 35, Marley's music has
more impact than ever.  As you navigate this Web Site, turn up
your speakers and listen to Marley's prophetic words.

Marcus Moziah Garvey - Social Activist, Politics,  & Black
Consciousness ((1887--1940)  Born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica;
largely self-educated, he worked as a printer in Jamaica, edited
several short-lived papers in Costa Rica and Panama, then
founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in
Jamaica (1914). In 1916 he moved to New York City, where he
established UNIA headquarters and started up the Negro World,
a popular weekly newspaper that conveyed his message of black
pride.  

Although he suffered many defeats, in stirring African-
Americans with his message of pride in ancestry and prospects of
self-sufficiency, he prefigured a later generation of African-
American leaders such as Malcolm X.  Garvey's message is
needed today.

  • Rex Nettleford - Art & Dance

  • Norman & Michael Manley - Politics & Trade Union

  • Ernest Ranglin - Jazz

  • Hector Winters, Lennox Lewis - Sports

  • Remember to sign up to be a Health Care Mentor to a
    minority child, or to a poor child looking for a role model

  • In the area of Science - Jamaica has some outstanding
    luminaries:

1. PROF. LOUIS GRANT, M.D., C.H., M.P.H., DIP BACT.,
FAPHA, F.C. PATH, F.A.A.N. (1913-1993)
  • A microbiologist and pathologist, he conducted world-
    recognized research on three major diseases including
    Tubercolosis  & Sleeping Sickness-

In 1972: Prof. Louis Grant, chairman of the University Hospital
Board and Professor of Microbiology, UWI, spoke at the official
opening of the School of Physiotherapy.

This article, written by Dr. Rebecca Tortello, is the the first in a
two-part series featuring Jamaican scientists, considers the work
of Professor Louis Grant, microbiologist, one of those whose
work had immense local and international impact.   

As a student, Grant showed promise and received the Vere Trust
scholarship to attend Jamaica College. He went on to Edinburgh
University in Scotland and later specialised in tropical
microbiology at the London School of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene. Prof. Grant then returned to Jamaica serving his
country as a medical doctor, microbiologist and pathologist.

TUBERCULOSIS:  In the 1940s Dr. Grant dreamed of a Jamaica
with less disease and he decided to focus on tuberculosis  a
disease then plaguing the island. He asked the World Health
Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF for a grant to begin an
inoculation campaign amongst Jamaican children.
  • Joined by Dr. Ronald Lampart, Dr. Grant completed a
    mass vaccination that is credited with helping to break the
    cycle of infection and halt the spread of the dreaded
    disease.  

2. Dr. Harold M. Johnson, 1875-1974.
  • Principal Medical Officer of health who successfully led
    the fight against hookworm, ringworm, and malaria in
    Jamaica.   

3.  Dr. Cicely Williams, 1893-1992.
  • Identified protein deficiency disease kwashiorkor.  

4. Dr. William E. McCulloch, 1896-1963:
  • Found cure for Black Water Fever and Trypanosomiasis
    (sleeping sickness)   

5.. Dr. Leigh D. Lord, 1921 :
  • Blood transfusion pioneer who also developed "Tia Maria",
    the world renowned coffee liquor.   

6. Prof. G. Lalor, 1930  :
  • A physical chemist Prof. Lalor is known for the discovery
    of haematoxylin, a substance extracted from logwood and
    used in the diagnosis of cancer.
  • Now retired from UWI, he served as a lecturer, creator of
    UWIDITE, the system of distance learning, and of
    Jamaica's first geo-chemical map, which uncovered many
    previously unidentified elements.

  • 1974-1995: He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of UWI 1991:
    Became the second principal of the Mona campus. He
    remains involved in various research projects.   

7. Dr. Kenneth Richards, 1933:
  • Developed the "Richards Procedure" which made lung
    transplants feasible in humans.   

8. Dr. Paula Tennant, 1967:
  • A biologist and botanist, she developed the transgenic
    Jamaican solo sunrise papaya, which has proven resistant
    to the Papaya Ringspot Virus in numerous field testings.

Go to: www.blackinventions101.com
Learn more about Balck Inventors, Black Inventions and Black
Inventor Scientists.

With guidance and support, our children can achieve great goals
for great good.

  • Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.  
  • Please help by mentoring a child today.

Learn about the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture
The New York Public Library
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801

Visit: www.schomburgcenter.org
Get a Copy of  "The
Covenant with Black
America"
and the newly published -
Foundational Covenant -
"Strengthening the
Family" & "Covenant in   
Action."  

Read it, and select one area
to work on that will bring
about positive changes in
your own life; then work on
the lives of your children &
family.  

Become a truly Emotionally
& Mentally Emancipated
Person

Do not allow those who
focus on the negative to
hold you back.

Be an accountable,
responsible person.

Accountable people make
things happen.

Do not follow the crowd

Think through your actions

Be involved in what your
children are doing.

Help to find solutions to
the problems in your life
and in your community.

See beyond your own
life and time

Help to change the
present so that the
future can be better.

Do Not Give Up!
(although it is sometimes
VERY tempting to do so)

Develop a plan of
action and
Work That Plan.

Take small steps towards
achieving your goals

If at first you don't
succeed --
Try, try and try again!

Wisdom begins in wonder.

  • You will be
    pleasantly surprised
    at what you can
    accomplish if you do
    not listen to the nay
    sayers, and

  • If you do not waste
    time on those who
    try to negatively
    engage you.

Nothing is impossible
to a willing heart!

Stand strong against
oppression and
against evil-doers!

Education is LIGHT and Freedom.
"THE MOST POTENT WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF THE OPPRESSOR IS THE
MIND OF THE OPPRESSED."  Stephen Bantu (Steve) Biko, South African Martyr
Emotional Emancipation
is about mental &
emotional freedom

"THE  MOST POTENT
WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF
THE OPPRESSOR IS THE
MIND OF THE OPPRESSED."  
Spoken by the brilliant,
insightful and martyred
Stephen Bantu Biko of
South Africa .

Explore The Ten Covenants
1.   Healthcare and Well-Being
2.   Education
3.   Criminal Justice
4.   Police Accountability
5.   Affordable Neighborhoods
6.   Voting
7.   Rural Development
8.   Economic Prosperity
9.   Environmental Justice
10. Digital Divide

Read The Foundational
Covenant - "Strenthening
the Family"
What are you doing to actualize each Covenant in your own
life?  What are you doing to Strengthen Your Family?  
Do you think it is an impossible task?  Here are a few
additional resources for you to explore:

How to sneak in quality time with your child

Webster's Dictionary defines quality time as "time devoted exclusively to
nurturing a cherished person or activity."

Working moms and dads are left with so few hours of downtime that it can
seem impossible to nurture their children exclusively. Depriving kids of
quality time can leave them so desperate for attention they opt to get it
from somewhere or someone else-the principal's office, the opposite sex,
and/or a gang.  Wednesday, April 25, 2007.

Also check out this very informative link below:

Resources for single parents  
Please check out this link; it leads to great information.  Here is a synopsis:

Parenting is a job-the most important on Earth. However, the wonderful
job of parenting can seem more like a chore when only one parent is
involved. There are no sick, vacation, or personal business days when
you're raising a kid on your own. Without two parents, the job loses some
of its perks and sometime leaves single parents feeling burnt out.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Sankofa: Looking back to go
forward in business
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

  • In the culture in Ghana,
    West Africa, there are
    what are called adrinkra
    symbols.

  • Adrinkra symbols
    represent popular
    proverbs and are also
    used for recording
    historical events and
    expressing different
    messages.

  • I am a lover of black
    culture, and I believe
    that you can learn a lot
    from studying what our
    ancestors were trying to
    convey in those symbols.

  • One of those symbols is
    called "Sankofa" which
    means looking back to
    go forward.