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BRING BACK BLACK!!!

The next “Gathering” and quarterly meeting of the
Nationalist Black Leadership Coalition
will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio,
October 31, through November 2, 2008.
The general meeting will take place on
November 1st at the
Cleaster Mimms Boarding School
Belkenton Avenue
(See Instructions attached)
Contact number for out of town guests:
(In case you get lost)
513 315 9866
On Friday evening, we will again get together for a
“Fellowship”
at
Six Acres Bed and Breakfast (Black Owned)
7PM until 10PM
5350 Hamilton Avenue
Call: 513 541 0873 to book a room, or go to:
www.sixacresbb.com

Other recommended hotels and motels are nearby:
Just check information for rooms near “Kennedy Heights” and “Silverton”
I will get names and addresses of several and send them out later.
(No Black owned hotels/motels in Cincinnati)

Directions to Belkenton St.

From I-75 South: (Detroit, Toledo, and points north)

Take I-275 East to I-71 South

Exit at Montgomery Road and turn right.

Go approximately 2-3 miles to Belkenton

Turn right and go to dead end of street

You will not miss the school.

From I-71 South (Columbus, Cleveland, Akron, and points east):

Follow above directions

From I-74 East: (Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, and points west)

Take I-275 North to I-71 South and follow above directions

From I-75 North: (Lexington, Louisville, Atlanta, and points south)

As you cross the Ohio River,
move to your right lane and follow the signs to I-71 North

Exit at Stewart Road

Turn Right on Stewart and go to Montgomery Road.

Turn Left on Montgomery and travel less than 1 mile to
Belkenton on the right. Go to end of street to the school

For directions to Six Acres and any other hotel/motel, see their website
Or do a MapQuest.

We believe all persons of African heritage are already members of the NATIONALIST Black Leadership Council (NBLC). Some of our memberships have not decided to activate their membership. Active members of NBLC shall be dividFranklin,
Here is the information we discussed for the qwebsite regarding memberhsipsed into three classifications:
Ø Declared Member
Ø Participating Member
Ø Committed Member
Members in each category indicate their intentions as follows:

Declared Member

Accept the NATIONALIST Black Leadership Council (NBLC) philosophy, will attend NBLC functions whenever possible and will contribute $12.00 Membership dues annually to the organization.

Participating Member

Support the NATIONALIST Black Leadership Council (NBLC). Will attend NBLC functions and will commit to an annual membership fee of $52.00 yearly. This category is unable to participate regularly in an active committee or accept a leadership role in the organization but supports the movement and will contribute sacrificially.

Committed Member

Committed totally to the NATIONALIST Black Leadership Council (NBLC) movement, philosophy and program and will commit to annual membership fee of $365.00 yearly. Will participate regularly on one or more of the ten (10) committees defined by the council, this category will set policy and direction for the organization. This group will accept and leadership role assigned.

America continues to display it’s contempt for the lives of Black men today, when Justice Arthur Cooperman delivered the verdict in the Sean Bell case in Queens, New York that acquitted three detectives of manslaughter(?) charges. How long will we seek justice in a system that has historically shown it is not bound to respect the rights of it’s Black citizens remember “Dred Scott”? How long will we depend upon an institutional structure set up to serve one segment of society (white People), and not work to bring about the institutional change needed or better yet begin to establish our own institutional safety net.

America, is racist! Not because it is filled with hateful white folks although that helps (two of the detectives involved in this case were Black(?) America is racist because it has developed a “racial construct” that benefits one segment of society (white people) at the expense of all others. “There can be no individual acts of racism, without institutional support and a culture that nurtures it”. As long as we continue to be dependant upon the actions of a proven enemy to define our “normal way of being” as it relates to interacting with each other and defining justice we will always find ourselves frustrated or dead. (more…)

MOVEMENT TO BRING BACK BLACK
NATIONALIST Black Leadership Coalition

Commentary

By Baba Amefika D. Geuka
Interim Chairman,
Council Of Elders, NBLC

“40 Years in the Wilderness”

As a practice I tend to avoid criticizing positions taken by others on issues important enough to them that they would take the time and effort to write about, after all, each of us is the result of our own individual life experiences, and seldom do we know what experiential factors forged the views and opinions of another. However, it is legitimate to offer an alternative view of a subject based on one’s own perspective gained from experience and observation. As an avowed Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanist I tend to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy from a somewhat different perspective than that of the author of the article to be discussed here.

Recently, Mr. Dedrick Muhammad wrote a piece for the Institute for Policy Studies on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King titled “40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream.” While the article was articulately written, in this writer’s opinion it addressed Dr. King’s life and work as though his sole, or at least primary goal was to “bridge the gap between African-Americans and Whites.” This does Dr. King and Black people a disservice in that it would have one believe that everything we do is prompted by assessing our situation in juxtaposition to that of white people. It is as though we have no existence except in relationship to Whites. If that premise were true of us, then Black folks would indeed need to “get a life!” Black folks need to have a standard for living that is culturally appropriate for us as a collective, irrespective of how that standard might compare to that of Whites. In using White folks as the “gold-standard” by which we judge ourselves, we demonstrate a desire to be “imitation white people” in that we seek to be as much like them as is possible! Our religious experience in America helped to forge that mentality by encouraging us throughout our childhood to try to be “…more and more like (white) Jesus,” and the subsequent striving carried over to all other areas of our lives, economics included. (more…)

Source: By Inequality and the Common Good

The Institute for Policy Studies’ report 40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream, provides evidence of striking little progress in closing the gap between African Americans and whites since Dr. King’s death, particularly in the area of economic equality.

40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream examines the progress in and challenges to economic equality between African Americans and whites since April 4, 1968 using data from the US Census Bureau, the Economic Policy Institute, the Survey of Consumer Finances, and other sources. Findings conclude that despite educational advances, economic equality for African Americans is still a dream, not a reality.

Watch Dedrick Muhammad speaking about 40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream on YouTube

[Video] Saturday, April 5, 2008 the NBLC leadership convened its first quarterly meeting in Atlanta at the Holiday Inn Select Airport Hotel. NBLC conducted a members-only business meeting from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon ET. Following the meeting, organizers held a town hall meeting to allow members of Atlanta’s conscious Black community to learn first-hand what the BBB Movement and NBLC organization are all about.

To watch more archives from the Atlanta Quarterly Meeting: Click Here

Be sure to add program channel to favorites for upcoming LIVE events.

In the Spirit of Marcus Garvey, Coalition Intends to
Designate “President of Black America”
y.lattimore - Sistribution Syndications

The NATIONALIST Black Leadership Coalition (NBLC), organizational arm for the national Movement to Bring Back Black BringBackBlack.org , headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia has announced plans the oranization intends to designate a “President of Black America”

The coalition held its quarterly meeting in Atlanta, April 5, 2008 along with a town hall meeting open to the “conscious Black community.” Founding members outlined plans to address the needs of Black America, despite the country propelling a Barack Obama Clinton-and-Obama-Economic-Plans Mar-08 to potentially become America’s first Black president. (more…)

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d’Ivoire (also known as Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word “Ghana” means “Warrior King”,[3] and was the source of the name “Guinea” (via French Guinoye) used to refer to the West African coast (as in Gulf of Guinea).

Ghana is the home base for the Nationalist Black Leadership Coalition (NBLC) in Africa and is led by grassroots organizer AKAZAAWIE ADJUIK FRANCIS. (more…)

The Spiritual Life and Assistance task is committed to creating a more unified group in the movement. This will be done through the establishing of a Unity Day of reflection.

All those who are serious in participating in the movement will be asked to join in. This will not require us coming together but rather doing it right where we are. A copy of the unity charter or process is available by request.

We also intend to record on DVD the workshop on Black nationalist spirituality and intend on establish a way of marketing that thereby attracting those people interested in that subject to the movement and particularly that task force.

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Bsau Asr Aunkh Aakhu

The communications task force primary mission is to market the vision and mission of the overall organization in order to promote awareness and increase membership. The secondary mission is to facilitate efficient internal communications.

Our 2008 Objectives inlcude

• To keep every constituent of the BBB movement informed of the upcoming 90 day milestones, previous achievements over the last 90 days, and the current high level operational strategy.

• Creating and enforcing an internal communications protocol among our members

• To help achieve membership goals through marketing and promotion activities.

The communcations task force will be leading from the front in 2008. If you want to help out just post a comment using the link below.