Ngomhla wama-27 ku-Epreli kwiZiko laseSchomburg eNew York usapho, amahlakani/abahlobo bexesha elide kunye noluntu baya kuhlanganisana ukuze babe nenxaxheba ekubhiyozeleni usuku lwam lokuzalwa lwe-70. Ngokomntu, andikho kakhulu kwimibhiyozo yokuzalwa, ngoko isiganeko siya kuba yinzuzo yokuxhasa umsebenzi we-Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), umbutho endizinikezele ngamandla am ukwakha kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo. Ndiyijonga i-IBW njengenyathelo lokutyikitya/ilifa โ incopho malunga nesiqingatha senkulungwane yothethelelo kunye noququzelelo lwabaphambili boMzabalazo weNkululeko yabaNtsundu.
Ndazalelwa kwidolophu yaseBeckley kumadiba amalahle eWest Virginia, ndingunyana womsebenzi wasemgodini wamalahle, uWilliam โBillโ Daniel kunye nentombi yomgodi wamalahle, uWealtha Marie Williams. Utata, owazalelwa eGeorgia waza wafudukela eWest Virginia, akazange afumane imfundo engaphezulu kwebanga lesine kwindlu yesikolo enye. Nangona kunjalo, waba nguMphathi wevenkile wabasebenzi basemgodini abaManyeneyo. Imfundo kaMama yanqanyulwa njengoko wayeka isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwibanga leshumi elinanye esiya eWashington, DC ukuya kusebenza kwiFederal Mint. Bobabini babengamaGriot amangalisayo. Umama wayesoloko ethetha ngeemeko ezimanyumnyezi ezakhula ehlwempuzekile ebudeni bokuDodobala Okukhulu nolawulo lwentsimbi kwindlu kaTatomkhulu uEd Williams, owayengumqeqeshi ongqongqo. Kubonakala ngathi amabali akhe enzelwe ukumilisela imvakalelo yokuzingisa, ukuqina komlingiswa kunye nomnqweno wokuphumelela ngaphandle kobunzima. Wayesoloko ekhuthaza. Ubawo wabalisa iintsomi zokukhulela kuMazantsi eNzulu phantsi kolawulo olukhohlakeleyo lukaJim Crow, kuquka nokusisa emthini apho esinye sezalamane zethu sabulawa. Kwakukho namabali amadoda nabafazi abaNtsundu abangenaloyiko abaye bamelana "nabaMhlophe" kwaye bahlala bebalisa ngayo. Imibutho yokuncedisana eyakhiwa ngabantu abaNtsundu, amadabi anegazi lokuququzelela abaSebenzi basemgodini abaManyeneyo, ukuphuma ngeCawe ukonwabela iinkwenkwezi ezinkulu zeNegro baseball League kunye nokuncoma okunomdla kukaFranklin Delano Roosevelt kunye neNtsha entsha zonke zaziyinxalenye yerepertoire yakhe yamabali. . Wayekwangumntu ozinikeleyo kwi-NAACP, ebone umlo wombutho ngokuchasene nokubulawa kwabantu kunye neenzame zokufumana ivoti kwakhona.
Xa ndandineminyaka emine ubudala, umama notata bafuduka besuka kumhlaba wamalahle eWest Virginia ukuya kwisixeko sesine esiphambili sokuvelisa intsimbi e-US, Youngstown, Ohio. Utata wahamba esuka kwi-coalminer waya kwi-steelworker, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo wasebenza kwi-United Steel Workers of America. Waye "yindoda yomanyano." UBill Daniel wayekwangusomashishini osakhulayo. Ke, kunye nemali eyongeziweyo eqokelelwe ekusebenzeni "njengomenzi osezantsi" kwindawo yokusila yentsimbi kunye nenkxaso / ngoncedo lukamama, wavula i-Daniel's Grocery and Confectionary, eyaziwa kakhulu kwindawo eyahlulwe ngokwenyani "emazantsi" njenge "Coloured". Ivenkile." Ngelishwa uxinzelelo lokukhulisa abantwana ababini abancinci, ukuchitha iiyure ezinde besebenza evenkileni kunye nomsantsa weminyaka engama-20 ubonakalise ukuba mkhulu kakhulu. Xa ndandineminyaka esithoba ubudala, umama notata bahlukana, yaye mna nomntakwethu uDavid safudukela kwelona ziko likhulu lokuvelisa intsimbi eUnited States, ePittsburgh, PA, ukuya kutsho kwiSithili sase-August Wilsonโs Hill.
Phakathi kwiminyaka yee-1950s, icandelo elisezantsi leSithili sase-Hill laliyindawo erhabaxa, i-prototypical "ghetto emnyama" enebhlokhi emva kwebhlokhi yeempuku kunye ne-roach ezele zizindlu, izindlu ezidilikayo, inkunkuma egcwele iindlela kunye nemikhosi yabantu abahluphekayo nabasebenzayo - abo. ababezizandla zokusila besenza imivuzo endilisekileyo kunye nabanye ababengasebenzi okanye bengaqeshwanga ngokwaneleyo kunye nabo โbaxhwalekaโ ukuze baziphilise. Ukusukuzana nemilo yemigulukudu; ukugruzuka, ngamanye amaxesha iingxabano ezibulalayo kwimidlalo yobuqhetseba ecaleni kwendlela; amanani abalekayo kunye negumbi elingaphantsi komhlaba elidibeneyo kunye nentengiso engekho mthethweni "yejini yebhafu" yayiyinto eqhelekileyo.
Kodwa, bekukho amandla amangalisayo kwiSithili sase-Hill. Abamelwane babenyamekela abamelwane yaye babebakhusela ngokukhethekileyo abantwana. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ubani unesikhululo ebomini, abamelwane babebanyamekela abantwana. Amaziko entlalo-ntle/olonwabo neecawe yayiziindawo apho ulutsha lwalufumana indawo ekhuselekileyo kwisiphithiphithi nakwiingxaki zendawo oluhlala kuyo, kwaye kwakukho izikolo apho ootitshala babesikhuthaza ukuba sisebenze nzima kwaye siphumelele nangona imiqobo yentlupheko nobuhlanga. Ngenene, bekukho inani elifanelekileyo lootitshala, amagqwetha kunye neengcali ezisasazwe kwindawo yonke. KwakuseSithili sase-Hill apho ndabhaptizwa khona kwi-Ebenezer Baptist Church ndineminyaka elishumi elinesibini kwaye ndadibana nomfana ogama lingu-Archie kwiZiko loLuntu lase-Hill City owayesandula ukubuyela ekhaya evela kwi-Marine Corps. Kwicawe yase-Ebenezer Baptist Church ndiye ndaba yinkokeli ye-Baptist Young People's Union kwaye kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibini ndonyulwa njengoyena mthunywa omncinci kwiNgqungquthela yeSizwe yamaBhaptizi. ICawe yayiyeyona ndawo yokusabela enkulu kunye nenqaku lokufundisa ngenkathalo kumaxesha awayesoloko enzima. I-Hill City yayiyindawo emangalisayo eqhutywa ngabalawuli benkqubo ababonisa umdla wokwenene kwintlalontle yabantu abatsha. Kuyabonakala ukuba, i-Hill City yayinempembelelo entle kubomi buka-Archie, kwaye wayezimisele ukubuyisela okuthile. Wacela umngeni amakhwenkwe aMnyama aselula ukuba abe ngamadoda ngokuzimanya neqela elitsha elibizwa ngokuba yiCadet Corps. U-Archie wayeyinkosi yomsebenzi onzima. Wagxininisa isimilo, ukugqwesa, ukuziphatha, ukusebenzisana, uxanduva loluntu, amabakala amahle esikolweni nobunkokeli.
Ukuphila phakathi kwentlupheko, kunye nomama osokola ngamandla ezama ukuziphilisa, abafundisi-ntsapho, iCawe, i-Hill City, i-Archie kunye neCadet Corps yayiziindlela zobomi ezandinceda ukuba ndigcine ingqondo yam esezingqondweni. Bashiya impembelelo engacimekiyo emphefumlweni wam. KwakuseSithili sase-Hill apho "ingqondo yam yentlalontle" yenziwa khona. Ndikhumbula ndijonge esibhakabhakeni ngobunye ubusuku ndikwifestile yempuku yethu kunye nendlu ezele luzizi yaye ndivakalisa ukuba abantu abafanele basebenze nzima njengomama ukuze baphile; abantu akufuneki baphile phantsi kweemeko ezimbi njengoko besinyanzelwa ziimeko. Yayisisiqalo sokuzibophelela kwam kubulungisa boluntu kunye notshintsho lwentlalo.
Umzabalazo wokukhulisa abantwana abane njengomama ongenaqabane wawunzima gqitha. Umama waba nexhala. Wagqiba kwelokuba ekuphela kwendlela yokulondoloza ingqondo yakhe nokuba bobane abantwana baphile baze baphumelele yayikukusahlula. Ngokunjalo, wemka waya e-Indianapolis kunye nabantwana ababini abancinci, umntakwethu kunye nodade wethu ngotata wethu. Mna nomntakwethu sabuyela eYoungstown ukuze sihlale notata. Yayisesinye isizathu esibuhlungu sokwahlukana. Nangona kunjalo, amandla amava kwiSithili sase-Hill ayexabiseke kakhulu, ade asindisa ubomi kumntwana omncinci onengxaki oneminyaka elishumi elinesine. Ndafumana intuthuzelo nenkxaso kwiCawa yaseTabernacle Baptist, apho ndandikhuthele kwiSikolo sangeCawa kwaye ndakhuthazwa ukuba ndime phambi kwabantu abaninzi ukuze bahlole iSifundo soSuku โ ngaloo ndlela ndifaka ukuzithemba ekuthetheni nabaphulaphuli abakhulu nabancinane.
Ndagalela amandla am ngokwasengqondweni/engqondo nawomzimba ekuphindaphindeni nasekukhuliseni ingcamango yeCadet Corps njengoko ifundiswa nguArchie. Ndabandakanya ezinye iinkqubo ukusuka Hill City Community Centre ukudala umbutho ulutsha paramilitary ezibophelele ukuthintela ubunjubaqa bolutsha. ICadet Corps yayingumbutho ongakholelekiyo owawungenawo kuphela umkhosi obalaseleyo kunye neqela le-boogey drill kodwa iiklasi zoNcedo lokuQala, iCamping kunye neCivic Engagement. Ngenkxaso yeeโCadet Mothers,โ salungiselela saza sathengisa isidlo senkukhu ukuze siqokelele eyethu imali yokuthenga iyunifomu nezixhobo zokukhempisha. Kwiminyaka eli-15 ubudala, nanku lo mntwana uselula esebenza njengo โCommanderโ weCadet Corps, ehlonitshwa kakhulu liqela loontanga bakhe, ephumelela iimbasa kwiParades ngenxa yeendlela zabo zokufundisa eziqeqeshekileyo, ebonakala kumabonwakude kwaye eziphatha njengabancinci. abemi boluntu. ICadet Corps yayiyilabhoratri, indawo yokufukamisa kunye noqeqesho lwezakhono zobunkokeli ezaziza kuthi kamva zibe yimfuneko njengommeli wamalungelo oluntu kunye nomququzeleli.
Ndandinomzala owajonga iCadet Corps kwaye waqaphela oko wayekubona njengeempawu zam zobunkokeli. Wamema ezinye zeeCadets ukuba zimamele iintetho zikaMartin Luther King, Omnci. kwaye waxoxa ngomzabalazo ochasene nocalucalulo kunye nocalucalulo. Undikhuthaze ukuba ndisebenzise uthando lwam lokuthethathethana noluntu ukuqhubela phambili injongo yamalungelo oluntu ngokujoyina iSahluko soLutsha se-NAACP. Ndamnyusa kwisithembiso, kwaye phantsi kweengcebiso zakhe kunye nezinye iinkokeli zasekhaya ze-NAACP, ngokulandelelana ngokukhawuleza, ndonyulwa njengoMongameli weSahluko soLutsha lwe-Youngstown, uMongameli weSahluko soLutsha se-Ohio State kunye noMongameli weNgingqi ye-III eyayiquka iMidwestern emininzi. ithi. Eyokuqala endayikhumbulayo ngomzabalazo wokulwa ucalucalulo lwaseMazantsi yayiziingqokelela ezaqokelelwa kwicawe yethu ezathunyelwa ukuxhasa iMontgomery Bus Boycott. Amava am okuqala kumgca wepikethi yayingumboniso ongaphandle kweVenkile yaseWoolworth yasekhaya ekuxhaseni intshukumo yeSit-in eWoolworth Lunch counters eGreensboro, NC nakwamanye amazwe aseMazantsi. Kwaye, awona mava angalibalekiyo kuwo onke yaba nelungelo lokuthatha inxaxheba kuMatshi oyimbali eWashington ngowe-1963. I-NAACP yayiyintshayelelo yam kumbutho wamalungelo oluntu.
Ndicaphula le mbali yokuqala kuba isisiseko endiye ndaba kuye. Amabali kamama notata, ooGriot, awafane abe kude engqondweni yam. Ukubandakanyeka kwam neCawe yasePittsburgh naseYoungstown, umsebenzi wokwakha iCadet Corps kunye nokubandakanya imibutho yamalungelo oluntu ngeNAACP, la ngamava aphucula izakhono zam zobomi obuzinikele kuMzabalazo weNkululeko yabaNtsundu kunye nenkululeko yabo bonke ababecinezelwe. abantu. Ngokusekwa kunye nokuvela kweFreedom, Inc. (endayisekayo) njengenye yezona mibutho zoyikekayo zelizwe/iPan-Africanist, imibutho yamatsha ntliziyo kwilizwe, iYoungstown yaba sisiseko, isiseko sobunkokeli bam kwezinye zeentshukumo ezibalulekileyo. kunye nemibutho yesiqingatha senkulungwane yokugqibela. Ndandingomnye waBaququzeleli beQela le-Ohio kwiNkomfa yezePolitiko yeSizwe yabaMnyama yowe-1972 kwaye ekugqibeleni ndonyulwa njengoMongameli weNdibano yeSizwe yezoPolitiko yabaMnyama (i-NBPA) โ indlela esemthethweni yokuqhubekeka yeNkomfa. Ndandingomnye wabasunguli boSuku lweNkululeko yama-Afrika ngowe-1972, noluququzelela uqhanqalazo olukhulu lokuxhasa inkululeko yama-Afrika ukusukela ngeentsuku zoHloniphekileyo uMarcus Mosiah Garvey. Ndisebenze njengoSihlalo oManyeneyo woMbutho weSizwe oMnyama oZimeleyo wezoPolitiko (NBIPP) owawuphuma ngqo kwi-NBPA. Ndawongwa kakhulu ngokuba uMfundisi uJesse L. Jackson wandicela ukuba ndibe nguMlawuli oLawulayo weNational Rainbow Coalition kwaye emva koko ndibe liSekela loMphathi wePhulo lephulo lakhe lika-1988 likaMongameli. Amaphulo kaMfundisi uJackson ka-1984 kunye no-1988 kaMongameli ayephakathi kweziganeko zezopolitiko eziphawulekayo kwimbali yesi sizwe. Ndibe nenyhweba yokuba ndibe namava okudlala indima ebalulekileyo kwiPhulo lika-1988 โ ithuba endiya kuhlala ndinombulelo ngalo ngonaphakade. Nangona kunjalo, ukuphoxeka kwam okukhulu ngokusilela kukaMfundisi uJackson ukugcina iNational Rainbow Coalition njengombutho wobulungu osekelwe kwisininzi ekugqibeleni kuya kundikhokelela ekubeni ndingenelele njengomgqatswa ozimeleyo wobuMongameli ngo-1992 ngethemba lokugcina isithembiso seRainbow Coalition.
Emva kweJackson for President Campaign, inani lamatsha ntliziyo asuka kwilizwe lonke adibana aseka iAfrican American Progressive Action Network (AAPAN). Eli qela lavuma ukuqhubela phambili amaNyathelo amathathu aphambili. Iprojekthi yokuqala yayikukubhengeza u-1990 njengoNyaka ka-Malcolm X njengenxalenye yephulo elihlangeneyo lokwandisa ngokumangalisayo ulwazi lobomi kunye nelifa le-"Nkosana yethu Emnyama Ekhanyayo," ngakumbi phakathi kwabantu abatsha - iminyaka engama-25 emva kokubulawa kwakhe. Eli phulo laba yimpumelelo engathethekiyo. Inyathelo lesibini yayikukuvuselela ukubizwa kweenkomfa zohlobo lweState of Black America ebezixhaphakile ngeminyaka yee-60s, ukuvavanya "imeko yogqatso" kunye nokubonelela ngemimiselo yokuqhubela phambili umbutho wenkululeko yabaNtsundu. Phantsi kwenkxaso ye-AAAPAN, iNkomfa yokuqala ye-State of the Race Conference (SORC) yabizwa ngo-1994 e-Sojourner Douglas College e-Baltimore - ilandelwa yi-SORC II ngo-1997. umzamo wokuzalisa oko abaphembeleli be-AAAPAN bakubona njengento engenamsebenzi kulo mbutho, ukungabikho kwetanki yokucinga eqhubekayo, egxile e-Afrika. Loo manyathelo ayeyimbewu yokumenywa ekugqibeleni kunye nokusekwa kweZiko leHlabathi eliMnyama kwiNkulungwane yama-21 kwiNkomfa yeHlabathi yabaNtsundu yokuQala e-Atlanta ngo-2001.
Ngo-1994, ndasebenza kwiKomiti yesiGqeba yeNgqungquthela yobuNkokheli beSizwe base-Afrika yaseMelika (i-NAALS), umzamo othembisayo wokwakha umanyano phakathi kweenkokeli zase-Afrika zaseMelika, ezazikhokelwa nguGqr Benjamin F. Chavis ngexesha lakhe njengoMlawuli oyiNtloko we NAACP. I-NAALS ekugqibeleni yahluleka ukuhlangabezana namandla ayo xa uChavis exoshwa kwisikhundla sakhe kwi-NAACP. Ndiphinde ndasebenza kwiKomidi eliLawulayo leMillion Man March kunye noSuku lokungabikho kwembali njengoko kukhawulwe kwaye kuququzelelwe ngokumangalisayo nguMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo uLouis Farrakhan. Ngo-1993, ndamiselwa njengoMlawuli oLawulayo weZiko lamaLungelo oMgaqo-siseko (CCR), ndingumntu wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika ukubamba eso sikhundla. Ngexesha leminyaka eli-12, ndandisa ukubonakala kwe-CCR kuluntu lwase-Afrika yaseMelika ngokukhokela amanyathelo obulungisa bobuhlanga malunga nobhubhane wokutshiswa kweecawe zabaNtsundu kunye nenkohlakalo yamapolisa kunye nokuziphatha kakubi. Kwakhona ndibe nelungelo lokuba yintloko ngexesha leCCR yokukhusela ngokukhawuleza kunye nesigxina senkululeko yoluntu kunye namalungelo oluntu emva kokuba uGeorge W. Bush ebhengeze "Imfazwe Yokulwa Nobunqolobi" emva kwe-9/11.
Ekupheleni kwexesha lam lokuhlala kwi-CCR, nangona kunjalo, i-State of Emergency Emergency kwi-Black America yaya isanda kakhulu kwaye ibalulekile. Ngenxa yoko, ngo-2005, ndaziva ndinyanzelekile ukuba "ndibuyele kumthombo," uluntu lwesizwe lwabaNtsundu ukuqinisa iinzame zokwakha i-IBW njengendlela enokuba negalelo elibonakalayo ekujonganeni neengxaki ezininzi ezithwaxa ama-Afrika eMelika. Ndiphume elukholweni ndingaqinisekanga ukuba ndingaziphilela njani njengoko bendiqalisa eli nqanaba litsha neliyingozi lomsebenzi wobomi bam njengesifundiswa/itshantliziyo ekwindla lokuthethela kwam. Kodwa, ngenxa yokungenelela kukaKhansela uCharles Barron, uSihlalo weKomiti yeMfundo ePhakamileyo yeBhunga leSixeko saseNew York kunye nomdla osebenzayo kaJay Hershenson, iSekela-Chancellor yeSixeko saseNew York (CUNY), ndibe nelungelo lokudibana. UMongameli uMarcia Keizs, owathi ngentsikelelo yefaculty yeSebe lezeNzululwazi ngokuZiphatha, wandinika idinga njengoMhlohli wokuqala oBekekileyo kwiKholeji yaseYork yaseCUNY! Olu yayiluqendu olugqibeleleyo, i-Godsend, endinika ithuba lokuzisa amava am atyebileyo nahlukeneyo ekhampasini naseklasini, ngelixa ngaxeshanye ndilandela ukuthanda kwam ukwakha i-IBW. I-synergy iye yavuza kakhulu njengoko ndikwazile ukudibanisa i-academy kunye noluntu.
Umsebenzi wokwakha i-IBW awukhange ube lula, ubukhulu becala ngenxa yokunqongophala kwezibonelelo kunye neziseko zophuhliso zabasebenzi/ubuchule bokuqhubela phambili inkqubo ngokuqhubekayo, ngokungaguquguqukiyo nangokuhambelanayo. Kodwa, ngeBhodi ezinikeleyo equka izifundiswa/amatsha ntliziyo kunye nabaququzeleli, isiseko esinyanisekileyo samavolontiya kwindawo enkulu yaseNew York (iKomiti yeNkxaso ye-Ujima), yaphuhliswa ngoncedo oluzingileyo lwenkosikazi/iqabane lam uMary France-Daniels, kunye nokukhula okukhulayo. inkxaso yoodade nabazalwana kulo lonke ilizwe, i-IBW iye yaba yinto eyaziwayo kwi-Black America kunye ne-Pan African world-ngakumbi iHaiti. Emva kweminyaka elishumi yomsebenzi ongapheliyo, i-IBW iye yaphuhlisa amalinge eprogram esikholelwa ukuba anokuba negalelo ekuhlanguleni nasekuvuseleleni abantu bomthonyama waseAfrika kweli lizwe kunye neLizwe eliMnyama: iNgqungquthela yeNtsapho eNtsundu; Shirley Chisholm iKomishoni kaMongameli yoXanduva; IZiko loPhuhliso lobuNkokheli laseDamu Smith kunye neZiko loQeqesho loMququzeleli; Imanyano yoPhando; i-Pan African Unity Dialogue; Iphulo Lokuphelisa Imfazwe Yeziyobisi; kunye neProjekthi yeNkxaso yaseHaiti - iquka imenyu yamanyathelo abalwe ukuba basebenze njengezithuthi zokuqhubela phambili umzabalazo woluntu oluqinileyo kunye nezizwe [ tyelela iwebhusayithiwww.ibw21.org ngengcaciso yala Manyathelo]. Ngalinye kula manyathelo ngumsebenzi oqhubekayo onokuzuza ekuzibopheleleni ngokuqaphela nangokungaguquguqukiyo kwexesha, italente kunye nemithombo yoodade nabazalwana abaxhasa umbono/uthumo lwe-IBW.
Ndicele umngeni kwiBhodi kunye nabahlobo bethu/amahlakani ukuba enze i-Operation Breakthrough yowama-2012, unyaka i-IBW iphumeze umda, ubungakanani bokusebenza kunye nokubonakala ukuze ube nempembelelo enentsingiselo nenokumetwa ngokwephulo lokwakha ngokutsha uluntu olumnyama nezizwe. Eli lixesha elibalulekileyo kwindaleko kunye nophuhliso lweziko elibalulekileyo. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wam wobomi, bendihlala ndiqhubela phambili "ngesibindi kunye nokholo" [ngexesha lephulo lam lokuzimela likaMongameli ngo-1992, iphephandaba leLanga lesiXeko saseNew York landibiza ngokuba "nguMgqatswa kunye noKholo"], ndakhetha ukungalindi izibonelelo okanye inkxaso. yeenkqubo zikarhulumente phambi kokusungula iphulo/iprojekthi. Ngamaxesha amanqam, siye sacela abahlobo/amaqabane ethu kunye noluntu ukuba luxhase unobangela. Xa i-AAAPAN isungula ngo-1990 uNyaka kaMalcolm X, sasingenamali. Abaququzeleli balixhasa ngemali eli nyathelo liyimpumelelo ngokudibanisa imbeko yethu kwiindibano zokuthetha nangeminikelo, emincinci nemikhulu evela kubaxhasi kwilizwe liphela. Imali yembewu yeNkomfa yeSizwe yoMdyarho ngo-1994 yakhuselwa ngesibheno kubahlobo/abalingane ukuba banikele ngeedola ezili-100. Amanqaku aphendule. Sayixhasa ngemali le nkomfa kwaye sabona ukonga okuphantsi ukuze siphumeze ezinye iiprojekthi ze-AAAPAN.
Kwi-2002, ngexesha lam lokuzalwa kwe-60th, abahlobo / abalingane bahlanganisene e-Atlanta ngokusungulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-IBW kwaye banikela ngaphezu kwe-50,000 yeedola ukufumana ibhola. Kwaye, xa iindleko ze-State of the Black World Conference II eNew Orleans ziphantse zatshona i-IBW emva kokudodobala okukhulu kwezoqoqosho ngo-2008, saphinda sabhenela kubahlobo / amahlakani avela kwilizwe lonke ukuba athintele intlekele esongela iziko. I-IBW yasinda kwaye ngoku silungele ukudibanisa i-State of the Black World Conference III, ngoNovemba 14-18, kwiYunivesithi yaseHoward eWashington, DC - egxile kwiSixholo: Isimo esiNgxamisekileyo kwi-Black America, Ixesha lokuPhilisa iiNtsapho eziMnyama kunye noLuntu. INkomfa iya kunikezelwa kwinkumbulo yentanda yethu uGqr Ronald Walters.
Ngoku kulo nyaka oqinisekileyo kwi-evolution kunye nophuhliso lwe-IBW, kwakhona siphendukela kubahlobo / abalingane kunye nabaxhasi eNew York nakwilizwe lonke ukufezekisa iinjongo ze-Operation Breakthrough. Ngoko ke, injongo yombhiyozo we-27 ka-Epreli yezopolitiko ngakumbi kunomntu. Ngumcimbi odityanelweyo/odibeneyo wokuqhubela phambili inkqubo yokwakha iziko elibalulekileyo. Injongo yethu kukunyusa i-70,000 yeedola ezimbalwa ngosuku lwam lokuzalwa lwama-70. Kwaye, ngomoya kaMarcus Mosiah Garvey oHloniphekileyo, uMary McLeod-Bethune, oHloniphekileyo u-Eliya Muhammad kunye neCawa yaseMnyama, sifuna ukuseka isiseko esizimeleyo esiMnyama senkxaso yemali ye-IBW. Kwi-State State of the Black World Conference e-Atlanta kwi-2001, umgqugquzeli omncinci waseBaltimore ogama lakhe linguGregory Griffin wathembisa ukuthumela i-$ 10.00 ngenyanga ukuxhasa ukuqaliswa kwe-IBW. Ukususela ngaloo mzuzu, nyanga nganye ngaphandle kokusilela, sifumene iodolo yemali ye-10.00 yeedola kuGregory Griffin. Ukuhlonipha ukuzibophelela kwakhe okungumzekelo kulwakhiwo lweziko, siye sadala iCandelo leNkxaso likaGregory Griffin lomnikeli/lomnikeli njengeyona ndlela iphambili yokuseka isiseko semali esizimeleyo se-IBW. Ndingathanda ukubona abahlobo be-1,000 be-IBW babe ngabaXhasi bakaGregory Griffin ekupheleni kwe-2012, ukuqala ubuncinane be-100 ukwenza izibophelelo njengenxalenye ye-27th ye-Benefit Birthday Birthday.
Ubudala buyinto nje yengqondo, kwaye njengoko ndisondela kwiminyaka yam yokuzalwa engama-70, ndingaziva iintlungu kunye neentlungu ezimbalwa, kodwa njengoko ingoma yevangeli ivakalisa, "Andiziva ndidiniwe!" Ndibaleka umgama omde, kwaye igazi kunye nedini lookhokho bethu liyakhala ukuba mna/thina siqhubeke nohambo. Amabali amaGriots am, umama notata wam, malunga nezilingo, iimbandezelo kunye noloyiso lwabantu abanamandla kwilizwe elinobutshaba, iinkumbulo zokuzibophelela okwenziwe "kwighetto emnyama" ebizwa ngokuba yiSithili saseNgqumeni kunye nangaphezulu kwesiqingatha senkulungwane. yenkonzo kubantu baseAfrika kunye noluntu luvuselela ukuzimisela kwam ngokupheleleyo ukuqhubeka de itotshi idluliselwe kwisizukulwana esitsha ukuze siqhubeke de ugqatso luphumelele. Kulo mzamo ofanelekileyo, i-2012 ngunyaka i-IBW kufuneka ivele njengenjini yokuxhotyiswa kwabaMnyama e-US nakwi-Pan African World. Ngenkxaso yabahlobo/abalingane kunye noluntu, kuya kwenziwa. "Phakamisa ugqatso olunamandla, unokufezekisa oko uya kukwenza!"
Imibutho kunye nabantu abanomdla ekuxhaseni i-27th ye-Apreli ye-Benefit Zundraising Event - uRon Daniels kwi-70: Umgijimi oMde, kufuneka atyelele iwebhusayithi. www.ibw21.org Okanye umnxeba 888.774.2921.
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