I Visit
#CostaRica
Every Year & Have Met With AfroDescendants Who remain Stanch Members of the UNIA & Maintain the Original Liberty Headquarter in Limon. As We Approach
#MarcusGarvey
Birthday We Salute the Afro-Descendants of Costa Rica Who Continue to Keep Garvey's Legacy Alive
On This Labor Day, Let’s Remember that Black Labor Created, and Built Wealth for White Families, Corporations, Financial Institutions, and Universities. It’s Past Time for the USA to Pay Reparations to Heal & Repair Black Families & Communities.
#HR40
by Executive Order NOW!
Because Ahmaud's young dark skin glistened in the sunlight they denied his humanity. Today we celebrate the rebuke of this heinous killing but continue in the fight for justice and liberation of our Beloved Black community.
#JusticeForAhmaudArbery
We Celebrated My 80th Birthday Last Night.
Sincere Gratitude for the Accolades & Donations. Looking Forward to Mobilizing for State of the Black World Conference in November. The Most Significant Ever!
We Have Much Work to Do Because I Ain’t No Ways Tired!
# StillonthisJourney
Reparations is the Prescription to Cleanse America’s Systems. Opening Up the Potential for a More Perfect Union. Therefore, in the Words of the
@SoundsBlackness
We Declare that It’s Time for
#Reparations
. We Demand the Enactment of
#HR40
by
#Juneteenth
SHARE & JOIN US:
Why We Can’t Wait: HR-40 On the Move
A Virtual National Rally convened & sponsored by the HR-40 Strategy Group Declaring
#Juneteenth
#Reparations
&
#RacialJusticeDay
.
WHEN:June 1, 2022 12:00 PM ET
WATCH:
You Should Know the Valiant Warrior Woman/Black Nationalist/Pan Africanist Queen Mother Audley Moore Who Mentored Me and a Generation of Activists/advocates And Challenged "Mainstream" Black Leaders to "Get Your Reparations" = Check Her Out, So Now You Know =
#ReparationsNow
Costa Rica Has a Reputation as an Eco-Paradise= It's also home to Afro-Descendants from the Atlantic Coast Who Keep the Legacy of the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Alive = He Organized All Over the Caribbean, Central/South America, including Costa Rica. The UNIA Was Established in Limon.
Elders in their community.. Deep rooted and sustained in faith, family and unity. They must not go in vain.
My deepest condolences to their Families, Friends and to the community as a whole.
#Buffalo10
#GunControlNow
VANTAGE POINT RADIO: TUNE IN, Monday, August 23, at 3 PM on
@WBAI
for a Special Event: The “Bounced Check” The Promissory Note and King’s Vision of a New America. Why African Americans Can’t Wait. Listen LIVE via
@IBW21st
. Special thank you to our Special Guests.
#theprofessor
Black voters marched on ballot boxes to rescue democracy and stem the “Red Tide.”
Time to respect and reward Black voters by creating the HR-40 Commission by Executive Order and signing it on MLK Holiday.
#HR40
#Executiveorder
#HakeemJeffries
, the debonair, dedicated Congressman from the People’s Republic of Brooklyn & nephew of Dr. Leonard Jeffries, the iconic global Pan- African leader, was unanimously elected Minority Leader. The Day belonged to the Democrats & the brother from Brooklyn.
Horrifying Images of Border Patrol Agents Chasing & Whipping Haitian Refugees Like Cattle = OUTRAGEOUS = The Pain & Trauma is Felt by People of African Descent Everywhere = Haitians Are Human with Human Rights = Biden, Grant Temporary Protective Status!
#LetHaitiansIn
#Haitians
Take a Moment to Reflect On the Current Challenges To the Black Freedom Struggle and, In Memory of Frederick Douglass, Pledge to Contribute to the Struggle for Black Progress = Enjoy
#FrederickDouglassDay
Black Voters Should Never Forget = Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Proud, Super-Qualified Black Woman = Viciously Assaulted by MAGA Repubs = But Senator Corey Booker Rose-up to Brilliantly Defend the Sister Judge = We Will Never Forget the Blatant Disrespect
#KetanjiBrownJackson
Sen.
@CoryBooker
to Judge Jackson: "I'm not letting anybody in the Senate steal my joy...Don't worry, my sister. Don't worry. God has got you. How do I know that? Because you're here and I know what it's taken for you to sit in that seat."
The Global Circle for Reparations and Healing travelled to Rome to meet with Vatican officials.
More to come regarding our trip and its outcomes.
#transatlanticslavetrade
#reparations
Join
#IBW21
and cross-sector Black leaders for a conversation on the impact of the 2022 Midterm Elections on Black Americans.
Speakers will discuss the pivotal role of Black voters in American politics, reparations for people of African descent, and more.
Join us for an
#IBW21
2022 Midterm Elections Town Hall on November 10 at Howard University!
We’ll discuss the impact of the election on Black America and the Pan-African World.
The event is free and open to the public.
Learn more:
#SOBWTownHall
#HowardU
U.S. Congress must prioritize
#HR40
and hold a House floor vote in the next 40 days!
Register to hear from
#reparations
organizations about the urgency of this moment and how you can get involved.
#HR40tothefloor
#ReparationsNow
Reparations are more than just compensation.
They are about reckoning with racism, atoning for wrongdoing and creating the space to move humanity forward. Dr. Ron Daniels explains:=
In Elaine, Arkansas, Hundreds of Black Property Owners & Successful Farmers Were Slaughtered in 1919. Black Community Was Destroyed. Descendants Are Demanding Reparations via the Elaine Legacy center Supported by the
@ReparationsFund
@ReparationsComm
#ReparationsNOW
CORRECTION — FRI DEC 10TH 7PM CST / 8PM EST. A National Town Hall Meeting: Building a Local
#Reparations
Movement. Watch live on Twitter at
@IBW21st
. More info-
Rosewood requires reparations in the form of community benefits; resources to rebuild and restore the community to benefit the collective interests and aspirations of the people. Today, community benefits are still due for the destruction of the community.
#WeRememberRosewood
Join us tomorrow, 9/29, I will be participating in a pre-conference conversation on "Reparatory Justice" in preparation for the Africa and African Diaspora Conference. Please register for the event at the link attached!
#Africa
#ReparatoryJustice
SHARE & JOIN US:
Why We Can’t Wait: HR-40 On the Move
A Virtual National Rally convened & sponsored by the HR-40 Strategy Group Declaring
#Juneteenth
#Reparations
&
#RacialJusticeDay
.
WHEN:June 1, 2022 12:00 PM ET
WATCH:
"Alderman Simmons vision, courage and tenacity... has earned the respect of civil rights and human rights leaders and proponents of reparations across the county"- Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener, NAARC
It’s Kwanzaa Time, time for the principle of Ujamaa. Ujima & Ujamaa and Responsibility are the cornerstones, the foundation of the African Worldview and traditional way of life of African people. These principles are anti-Capitalist by nature.
#kwanzaa2022
The Sigh is Almost Universal: Haiti Just Can't Get a Break. The Haitian People Need Our Help. The Haiti Support Project (HSP) Urges You to Go to the Website to See How You Can Help
#HelpingHandsforHaiti
The Dishonorable Clarence ThomASS Made It Clear = The Destruction of
#RoeVWade
is Just the Beginning = Culture of Rights is in Danger = Democracy is in Danger = Time for Beloved Community of Progressives to Massively Organize to Rescue Democracy
#DefeatMAGAISM
TUNE IN: August 8th Edition of Vantage Point via
@WBAI
TOPIC
#1
: Report Back from Historic Accra Reparations Summit
TOPIC
#2
: Democracy in Danger
TOPIC
#3
: Black Voters Matter
Plus: The Professor on the Soapbox with Audience Call-In
#vantagepointradio
#Accra
#Reparations
#BVM
December 1-3, all roads led to Evanston, IL for the National Symposium on Local Reparations. More than 100 hundred leaders for around the nation gathered to strengthen a growing local reparations movement inspired by the Evanston Model innovated by former
@RobinSimmons888
.
"The criminal injustice system must be abolished, and restitution & compensation made to repair the cross-generational damages inflicted on its victims, Black people."
#ReparationsNow
Pelosi/Hoyer/Jeffries/Clyburn are Debating Whether to Enact
#HR40
to Establish a Commission to Study & Develop Reparations Proposals WARNING = No Federal Reparations Will Disappoint, Discourage, Demoralize Younger Black Voters = Danger to Democrats in Critical Elections in 2022.
Black Dollars = Black Power to Check White Nationalist/White Power = Coca Cola Must Demand Repeal of Jim Crow/Apartheid Voter Suppression Law in GA = If Not "Coke Sweetens Jim Crow/Apartheid" = VOTE NO ON COKE
#BlackVotersMatter
Join Us, April 29, 2021, 7PM EST — On the eve of President Biden’s first 100 days a Panel of Black America’s leading Scholars, Analysts and Activists will Grade what his performance has been so far.
@MakeItPlain
@Nkechi_Taifa
@rasjbaraka
@ChokweALumumba
“Up You Mighty Race, Accomplish What You Will” Then Proceeded to Lay the Foundation for a Black Nation. The Negro World Newspaper, Factories, Black Star Steamship Line, African Orthodox Church, Red, Black & Green Flag & African Anthem = Pan African Nation-Builder
#MarcusGarvey
MLK Spoke of a Revolution of People Over Profit. By Rejecting Biden’s Bold Multi-Billion Investment in Green Energy,
#JoeManchin
is Placing Personal Profit Over the Protection of People & Earth Mother = Republican Obstructionists Threaten to Destroy Civilization as We Know it!
Word is Debt to African Americans via Reparations Must Wait Again = Not a Major Priority for Biden and Democratic Leadership = We Say Reparations is Not Only a Priority for Black Voters = Reparations is the Answer to Addressing Racism = Black People/Voters Can't Wait.
#PassHR40
Save The Date: Saturday, September 4 at 12 Noon,
@IBW21st
will be hosting a Special Labor Day weekend Video premier- “Convict Leasing, Forced Labor and the Theft of Black Wealth: The Case of the Chattahoochee Brick Company” Watch it here: via
@YouTube
It’s Kwanzaa Time! Umoja/Unity, Kujichagulia/Self-Determination. Ujima is a cornerstone of the African worldview & traditional way of life, which emphasizes the value of togetherness. The destiny of African people depends on reclaiming & committing to collective success.
#kwanzaa
HR-40 Time!
@JacksonLeeTX18
reintroduced HR-40 yesterday. It has no chance to pass in the MAGA MAD nationalist-dominated House of Representatives. Biden must establish the HR-40 Commission by Executive Order. Biden pledged to have our backs. Prove you have our backs!
#Reparations
#presidentsday2021
- Washington = slave owner, father of nation, presided over the 3/5 Compromise. Douglas would say that President's Day is a "sham" until one of America's "original sins" is addressed
#ReparationsNow
-
#PassHR40
I may be 80.. I may be new to the Twitter-verse.. BUT I made it to 500 followers.
Small victory to most but I am grateful to all of you keeping up with me.
Much gratitude!
Time for a celebratory dance.. SOUND ON!
#500followers
#TwitterTakeover
#ForwardEver
Lincoln, the "reluctant Emancipator" freed most but not all of the enslaved Africans to a life with no "40 Acres and a Mule." We need
#ReparationsNow
#PassHR40
#MLKJr
Day is a time to act to enact reparations. Well Mr. President you can join Dr. King in the great mission by wholeheartedly embracing reparations for African American for the original sin of enslavement & its legacies which continue to harm Black people to this very day.
Today is
#Ujamaa
=Cooperative Economics = Our Traditional Way of Life = Share Resources for Collective Success = Utilize Trillions in Black Consumer Dollars to Compel Corporations to Invest in Black Communities, Heed MLK's Admonition to Use Economic Sanctions.
#Kwanzaa2021
Disgusting Report on CNN- States Passing Laws Making Living in Tents on Vacant Lots a “FELONY”
Can’t Believe This is Happening in the USA.
Solution to Homelessness is to Criminalize Vulnerable Human Beings.
Housing is a Basic Human Right.
#Buildhomesforthehomeless
“It is important to recognize the International Decade for People of African Descent as an international corrective to combat the systematic indoctrination of the lie of African inferiority,”
The Bridge in Selma represents the Quest for Voting Rights = There is a Intersection Between Voting Rights & Economic Justice.
There's A Call for a Massive Rally in D.C. on
#Juneteenth
to Demand Voting Rights, Jobs, Housing, Healthcare, Education and Justice.
#RepairtheBreach
1 of 2: The Pan African Unity Dialogue (PAUD) Convened a National/International Forum Saturday. Growing Crisis in Ethiopia: Exploring Pathways to Justice, Peace and Reconciliation = Focus on UN Documented Multiple Massacres, Rampant Rape of Women in Tigray Province....
Biden Has Boldly Adopted “Refund the Police” as His Slogan to Counter Rightwing Critics. We Say No to 100,000 More Cops to Occupy Black Communities.
We Say Yes to Investing Resources that Address the Root Causes of Crime and Violence in Black Communities
#RefundBlackCommunities
When he promised to pardon low-level marijuana offenses in federal prisons, Biden wasn't blowing smoke.
He boldly pardoned thousands of prisoners with marijuana convictions.
Paving the way to the decriminalization of marijuana & demise of mass incarceration!
#BidenDeliversAGAIN
Time to Boycott!= Target Cities, States/Corporations/Institutions That Thrive on Black Dollars and "Make It Plain" = Suppressing Black Votes Will Mean Suppressing Black Dollars via Travel/Tourism/Events/Shopping = Allies Must Join Too = We Ain't Going Back
#NoVoteNoBlackDollars
Cuban Freedom Fighters Oust U.S. Backed Dictator Batista = Bay of Pigs Invasion & Economic Embargo = Embargo Intended to Starve the Revolution is Starving & Oppressing the Cuban People = Solution Is to End the Orange man's Ban on Travel to Cuba &
#BeBoldBiden
#EndTheEmbargo
Protect Americans from Eviction Because of the Most Disastrous Pandemic in 100 Years = It's a Moral Imperative = Housing Is a Basic Human Right = Millions of Americans Lost Jobs Through No Fault of Their Own = They Must Not Suffer Homelessness via Inaction from Biden & Congress!
Gun Violence, Police Reform, COVID-19, Voting Rights = Recent Congressional Black Caucus Poll Ranked Reparations as the Number One Issue Among African Americans = Suggests Black Folks Are Ready for Reparations as the Policy = Therefore, House of Representatives Should Pass HR-40
Pope Francis went to Canada to Apologize to Native People. Compelling Native People to Attend Catholic Schools = Strip Them of Culture and Identity.
When Will the Catholic Church Apologize for Profiting from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
#Repent
#repair
A Black Agenda That Includes Voting Rights Bill, George Floyd Police Justice/Accountability Act
& Reparations via HR-40. Yes, I Said It, Vocal Support for Reparations & Enacting HR-40 Will Electrify Black America = Motivate Young Black Voters to March in Massive Numbers
#PassHR40
Well to-do Suburban Town of Highland Park, IL, Fatally Disrupted by Another Deranged Killer Kid Armed with an AR-15 Style Assault Rifle.
We Must March on Ballot Boxes to Wage War on the Republican Obstructionists = Achieve Meaningful Gun Control Laws.
#BanAssaultWeapons
Juneteenth,The Day That Enslaved Africans in Texas Received Word that They Were "Free," Two & a Half Years After the Emancipation Proclamation = "Makes Me Wanna Holler" We Still Ain't Free = Police Murders, Mass Incarceration, Gentrification.
#ReparationsNow
#40tothefloor