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TELL THE CHILDREN THE STORY OF
BLACK HISTORY - June 3, 2008 - A black man
became the Presidential Nominee for the
Democratic Party in the United States of America

OneWorld, Inc. Salutes Oprah Winfrey for her vision & generosity in creating her Leadership Academy for Girls in So. Africa




































































Every year, during the month of February The New Haven Black History Coalition
Presents:  TELL ALL THE CHILDREN OUR STORY
This ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION is usually held at -
Gateway Community College, Long Wharf Campus, 60 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT

  • It is always A Cultural Treat

Visit here for more info:
http://www.nhtellallthechildrenourstory.com/resources.htm

Visit BlackPrint Emporium at 162 Edgewood Ave., New Haven
Get all of your Covenant-Related Books at BlackPrint - Support Your Community
BlackPrint is a treasure that caters to the cultural needs of the Black Community

  •      www.blackprint.com.  Learn how you can preserve your family's cultural artifacts for
  •                                                 generations to come.
         Call (203) 782-2159 for more information
OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc.  A community resource dedicated to bringing health and education
information to the CT community, with emphasis on helping the poor and the disenfranchised.  

OneWorld's Motto: "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."  
Important History Notes:
June 3, 2008 - 389 Yrs
Journey from Slavery
to Presidential Nominee

Tell your children that
389 years after Black Men
were brought to America
as Slaves, a Black man
named Barack Obama,
the son of a Nigerian
man and a Caucasian
(white) woman from
Kansas became the first
Black person to become
the presidential nominee
for the Democratic Party
in the USA.  
It happened 6/3/2008

Tell them that on Feb. 1,
1865 President Abraham
Lincoln ratified the 13th
Amendment to the US
Constitution outlawing
slavery throughout the
USA.  

August 5, 1965 the US
Congressed passed the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Read about it here

President Lyndon Johnson
signed the Bill 8/6/1965

June 3, 2008 - A journey
that has been 389 Years
in the making - Obama's
greatest tool - Education!

OneWorld Progressive
Institute, Inc., is a 501c3
community gem that
produces the long-running
access TV program titled -
"21st Century
Conversations."  
  • The program has
    been on CTV since
    June 1996.

N'Zinga Shäni is the lead
producer and main host of
"21st Century."  

She and the board of
directors rely on the help
of the entire community
  • the volunteers,
  • community leaders
  • a medical advisory
    council &
  • a community action
    council (CAC).
  • Their help makes
    the programs
    possible.  

OneWorld graciously
acknowledges the help of :
  • Walter Mann &
    NHTV for their
    technical help and
    support;
  • the good people at
    Sound View Media,
    Bpt
  • TeleMedia/ Comcast
    in Seymour,
  • BCTV, ETV,
  • No. Branford
  • Guilford TV &
  • The Community
    Voice, Chan. 5
  • Masuk Educ.  
    Channel in Monroe
    and Trumbull for
    their support in
    airing "21st
    Century" programs.


  • Visit other pages on
    this site:
OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc.
OneWorld,
     Inc
Lighting Candles of Information
Everyday through Educational
Media.  Watch our TV Programs.

OneWorld Salutes Barack Obama
Nominee for the Democratic Party
in 2008; 389 years after blacks were
brought to America as slaves,  

  • Health Care Literacy
  • Access and Advocacy
  • Reducing Disparities
  • Improving Health Care
    Outcomes for Disenfranchised
    Populations.
  • Education (at all levels)
  • Effective Communication
  • Financial Literacy
Can you identify the people in this montage?  
We will give you:
Marcus Garvey and Desmond Tutu.
Who are the others?
What, if anything, do you know about each
one?
The Foundational Covenant
Strengthening the Family.

"Breaking Free of The Lie Of
Black Inferiority:
Lead author - Enola Aird, Activist Mother

  • "To build more loving and caring
    relationships, and stronger families, we
    must take aggressive steps to extinguish,
    once and for all, the lie of Black
    inferiority--
  • The lie that says that Black people are
    not as lovable, not as smart, not as
    beautiful, not as capable, not as worthy,
    as White people.

  • It hits at the very heart of our families
    and our community by undermining our
    abilities to love ourselves and to love
    each other.

  • That lie is a source of low self-esteem,
    and deep-seated frustration and anger for
    too many Black people;
  • It is reflected in the high rates of murder,
    suicide, and other forms of destructive
    behavior in our community;
  • and it is undermining our families."

  • Excerpted from page 3, para 2

This LIE is also a propeller for those who
seek to undermine the efforts of other blacks

OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc.  
takes great pride in saluting Oprah
Winfrey for her vision in creating the
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for
Girls in South Africa. The school opened
in Jan. 2007!

Oprah  is just one of the hundreds of
thousands of people who have laid bare
the lie of Black inferiority.

Oprah -- like Ida Barnett, Harriett Tubman,
Madame CJ Walker, Fannie Lou Hamer,
Lena Horne, Mahalia Jackson, Tina Turner
and countless others --have repeatedly
demonstrated what is possible when self-
worth has been instilled; road blocks can
be overcome; and opportunity has not
been successfully denied.  

OneWorld, Inc also proudly salutes the  
determination and love of learning
exhibited by those young girls in South
Africa.  

  • It is a joy to witness the triumph of
    the human spirit over such
    adversities.

Sisters Megan & Sade-- who lost their
parents at ages 5 & 6-- should serve as
inspirations in survival & determination.

Some girls came from inconceivable
tradegies; yet, their desire for an
education in a safe environment appears
to be the dominant force in their lives.  
  • A remarkable lesson for us all.

Oprah Winfrey has sown the seeds of
change in South Africa, and in the
civilized world for centuries to come.
  • She is dismantling Willie Lynch!

Charisse Carney-Nunes has authored the
Covenant book titled - "I Dream for You a
World" A Covenant for Our Children.

  • In So.Africa, Oprah Winfrey is
    making such a world possible for
    many girls.

What this thoughtful & resourceful woman
has done is to prove the dictum to be true-
  • "Whatever the mind can conceive
    and  believe, it can achieve."

  • Imagine what could and can happen
    in America if more of us believed!

  • If more of our tax dollars are spent
    on supporting positive and dynamic,
    culturally rich, safe educational
    environments!

  • If there are more corporate
    philantrophy in poor communities!

  • If more of the wealthy invested in
    children who have a burning desire
    to learn!  
  • If the Willie Lynch dictum had not
    been so successful in the Black
    communitities!

  • Yet, Oprah is demonstrating that
    things can change; we have reason
    to be hopeful and to support
    positive leaders wherever they
    emerge.

  • It is never too late to start doing
    good!

  • We do not have to be rich to make a
    contribution.
  • Each of us can start by mentoring
    one child; by encouraging and
    helping that child to do well in
    school.

Watch "21st Century Conversations" on
your local access channel.

Take action to Save "Like It Is" with Gil
Noble on ABC channel 17, NY.  It is the
longest running African-American
centered program on network television in
the USA.
OneWorld Salutes the Indomitable Spirits of Black American Women of
History:  Marian Anderson, Maya Angelou, Josephine Baker,  Ida Wells Barnett,
Mary MacLeod Bethune, Gwendolyn Brooks, Shirley Chisholm, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee,
Fannie Lou Hamer, Virginia Hamilton, Lorraine Hansberry, Dorothy Height, Billie Holiday,  Alberta
Hunter, Zora Neale Hurston, Mae Jemison, Barbara Jordon, Coretta Scott King, Eartha Kitt, Toni
Morrison, Lucretia Mott,  Rosa Parks, Leontyne Price, Harriet Tubman,  Sojourner Truth, Sarah
Vaughn, Madame CJ Walker, Ethel Waters, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Elizabeth Clarke (JA. WI. the
person who molded and shaped N'Zinga), and the thousands of Black women who fought so hard and
paved the way for the many & varied entitlements we claim today.  Learn about some of these women.

We also salute those mothers and grandmothers everywhere, and all of the unsung sheroes we never
hear about, but without whose courage and fortitude many of today's stars (men and women) would
have never risen.  Let us move forward positively; remain vigilant and live our lives with integrity.  

We beseech Black people today to Abolish the "N" word.   There is NOTHING positive about it.

Request to see OneWorld's informative TV programs on your local access
station. "21st Century Conversations."  Television that makes a positive
difference anywhere in CT.  Do you get our programs in your town?  Request it!

Hamden, NH & West Haven, Watch Sun. 6PM on - Citizens Television, Ch. 26
Go to our Patient Information1 page for more information.  Write to us about your issues of concern:
oneworldpi@yahoo.com

In preparation for healing the issues in your family, please get a copy of- The
Foundational Covenant - "Strengthening the Family and
Inspiring the Community" -Presented by The Jamestown Project at Harvard


BOOK RELEASES

The Jamestown Project released three books at the SOBU. Visit:
www.jamestownproject.org/
  • The Jamestown Project also promoted The Covenant in Action, which they co-
    wrote, along with PolicyLink.
  • Jamestown Project contributions included, but weren’t limited to, the creative
    communications techniques included in the toolkit, and
  • The Call to Action that has been heralded and recited by tens of thousands of
    people nationwide since its February 10th release date.

Know the "true essence" of Dr. Martin Luther King:  Jan. 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Truly Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King requires more than memorizing the one speech
that the mainstream media and America decides we should focus on.  It means following
Dr. King's advice to examine the content of our character and live constructively. Be
involved in our community and strive to set good examples for our children.

OneWorld encourages you to read some of Dr. M L Kings other exceptional words:
1.  Letter From Birmingham Jail (This letter to white clergy was written April 16, 1963)
2.  Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence (Speech delivered in NY April 4, 1967)
3.  Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech - Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
4.  Lincoln Memorial Address - delivered August 28, 1963 -  I Have A Dream
5.  I Have Been to the Mountain Top - delivered April 3, 1968 in TN

Learn about the "true essence" of  Dr. M. L. King; go beyond the media image. Read his books:  
1. Stride Toward Freedom - Published Sept. 17, 1958 (He was 29)
2. Strength To Love - Published June 1963
3. Why We Can't Wait - Published June 1964
August 6, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act
4. Where Do We Go From Here - Chaos or Community (written in Jamaica in 1967)

Why is it that the media only shows Dr. King saying "I have a dream"?  He said so
much more very important things.  Learn what some of these things were.  READ It!


In the past few months we have all heard a good deal about the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright.  But who
was Jeremiah Wright before Barack Obama started running for President?  Find answers here:
Who Was Jeremiah Wright Before Barack Obama Started Running for President?

Are you old enough to reemember when we had a "Real Media" with ethical journalists?
Learn more about Black History - What exactly is it?
In this technological age, it is easy to find out.

Here are some pointers and great resources to get you started:  Read:

Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail & "Why We Can't Wait."

1.  Learn about The Harlem Renaissance - and the great African-American artists

2.  Learn about the Amistad revolt of 1839, and the incredible period from 1825 to 1965
in America

3.   Discover some of the African-American giants of Art, Literature, Music, Dance, Theatre
the Resistance Movement, the Underground Railroad, the White People of Conscience and
Courage who stood up for the freedom of Black People, and the incomparable achievement
of many black people in the face of unbelieveable odds:  www.chs.org/exhib/amistad.htm

  • Learn about the Real Black History of these United States of America: www.amistadamerica.org  
  • Rediscover, or discover for the first time some truly incredible African American geniuses:

  •  Go to: www.journalofantiques.com  Meet Countee Cullen 1903 - 1946; Florence Mills 1895- 1927
  •  Dr. Rudolph Fisher 1897 - 1934, Alain Locke, Lorraine Hansberry, Claude MacKay and others

  •   Read The Harlem Renaissance - Hub of African American Culture, 1920 - 1930  
  •  Also check out The Harlem Renaissance - A Subject Sampler for students; follow the links.
  •   Join a Book or a Discussion Club, or start one in your neighborhood; it is a great way to learn.  


  •   Discover some of the GIANTS among us today:  Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Maya Angelou, Florida 3rd Dist.
    Congresswoman, Corrine Brown, NH local (leather) artist - Winfred Rembert, Marian Anderson



7.  Visit some of the many pages on this web site. Read about some of the issues facing the community
There will be a national election  in Nov. 2008; do you care who is president of the USA?
What are the issues in your state?  Become involved in your community; democracy means participation!
Learn more about OneWorld, Inc. and our educational television programs.  
Listen to the music and the messages on each page.
Share your ideas with us.  Make a donation to help us. Write to us at:

Producer, OneWorld, Inc.
P.O. Box 8662, New Haven, CT 06531

OneWorld, Inc. encourages you to:  Get Informed!  Become Empowered!  
Take Action!  Mentor a child! Start today.  Learn how at: National Institute for Literacy  
Become a mentor for students starting in elementary school to young adulthood.  We can all learn from each other.  Let us invest
in children early so we will not have to pay later.  If we invest more in education, we will pay less for prisons.  Do it today!

Learn Why Schools Fail to Teach Our Children
Call (203) 500-6429 to learn more about Teach Our Children - A Grassroots Organization
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
OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc.
is a 501(C)3 charitable organization that
researches, writes and produces
informative, television programs for the
benefit of the community.  The
programs air on 14 cable stations in
about 52 towns.

This organization began on June 9, 1996
when N'Zinga Shäni (then Beverly
Grant-Thomas) presented the first TV
program.  She did so for several
reasons.  

  • Concern about the poor quality of
    community programs that were on
    the air

  • CTV  was not offering anything
    she could watch, enjoy or learn
    from, and

  •  There were many serious  
    happenings in the community that
    were not being discussed.  

  • As an educator, she believed that
    the community would benefit from
    informative programs on a range
    of issues.  Thus was born
    "Looking into the 21st Century."

  • In 1999 the program's title
    changed to
"21st Century Conversations"

  • In 2004 OneWorld incorporated
    as a 501(C)3 with IRS approval.

  • Ms. Shäni is not paid for her work
    with OneWorld or for the TV
    programs.  Her effort is a
    complete donation.

  • OneWorld pays for every tape
    that is distributed to the14 cable
    systems that broadcast the
    program, and for every tape
    provided to guests, or to others
    who request them.

  • All expenses incurred on behalf of
    OneWorld, Inc must be paid by  
    funds raised on behalf of One
    World, Inc., or by Ms. Shäni  

  • We need the help of the community
    to continue providing first class
    education</