Odunde 2018: The Ancestors Tears Washed Away Our Fears
The rain blessed us, despite a hesitancy this year. The festival designed to honor the orishas of the water, doing spiritual battle against the global warming that flooded barrios down the bottom near Drexel and the University of Pennsylvania, started with the threat of exodus….
Senator Haywood and a Movement
Deep gratitude is felt for the efforts of State Senator Art Haywood of the Northwest District and neighboring Montgomery County boroughs in his efforts to tackle three essential issues that strongly effect the community. Pay attention to his agenda of fair elections, environmental protection and…
The Elder’s Dinner – 34 years and counting
As family and friends approach the steps leading to the three-story Oak Lane Tudor home, they see the clamor of the little ones placing tea candles along the path leading to the door. The weather is cold and crisp in Philadelphia, as always in winter,…
State of North Broad
“The geographical center of Philadelphia lies at the corner of Broad and Erie,” as a brother from the Leon Sullivan Community board so aptly reminded a small group of attendees as we departed this year’s North Broad Renaissance (NBR) Fundraiser event. The NBR has a…
Dear Kaep!
Dear Colin Kaepernick, You are an American hero. Take your place beside Ida B Wells, Malcolm and Muhammed Ali. As your courage shines light on inequity, your words call us to enact the America of our dreams. In the land of the free and the…
The Sable Collective: A Cooperative Boutique
The soul of the planet is calling us toward a collective, a point of unity, exchange and cooperative economics. The age of individual materialism is slowly morphing into alternative models of financial prosperity. The Sable Collective, an eclectic boutique in the northern part of Philadelphia…
The State of the Black Diaspora
I am because we are, we are because our ancestors were tirelessly, unfathomably strong. We are one. The Black Diaspora stretches across the globe, residing anywhere people of direct African descent make their homes. From the depths of the Congo in the heart of Africa…
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