Subway's Every Sandwich Tells A Story contest has apparently made no qualms about excluding able-minded homeschoolers from being eligible. They should be ashamed. It smells of an effort to empower the government sanctioned schooling that has been dumbing our kids down more and more in recent times. We have the right to educate our children at home for both safety reasons and in the interest of empowering their minds in a system that would seek to do the opposite.
What is so harmful about a homeschooled child that they would be excluded from the opportunity to express themselves and be enriched by participating in healthy literary competition?
Write them or call them to let them know if you are as disgusted with this as we are, and do stop dining with them:
Supposedly this noose was created for the Pirates of The Caribbean collection, but my reality theorist nature says no. Despite Disney's supposed plan to finally present a Black Princess in 2009, they seem to have no problem selling racially insensitive symbols.
The first thing that struck me about Rebecca's article was that it was highly charged with emotion, and a seeming need to show the readers her mother Alice Walker's faults, as determined by her perception as an estranged daughter. I didn't get the sense that she was seeking to vent because she was hurt by the actions she claims of her mother.
I intend to go back and re-read the article because I may have missed something, but my take on this issue is: Rebecca probably wrote this article to hurt her mother, and possibly gain a bit of media attention while doing it.
Wikipedia has needed competition for sometime. The bias and edit wars have been nightmarish and I've experienced firsthand, the bias of editors who seemingly had a problem with African American Fantasy literature being listed...
If you're as disgusted with Wikipedia as I am, you'll dig the knowing that Freebase.org has provided an alternative. Let's help it catch fire by spreading the word, buying the teeshirt, and etc ^_^
You've got to love it when the community raises the child. Artist Mshindo I and Roosevelt Pitt of Amara entertainment do just this with Charles the Chef, which focuses on healthy eating activities and information to help target the epidemic of obesity in our children.
Peep the site and download the activity .pdf's.
We're hoping their will soon be cartoons but for now you can enjoy the children's book they offer:
Related Intel
Mshindo I always gave advice to the youth in an UltravioletUnderground video filmed at Ecbacc 2008. Click here to watch it.
I'm a girl with an unusual channel for the arts. Thankfully IllMami of Soulbounce has an obscure satellite as well that picks up on flavorful artists and introduces them to readers with due honor. In the case of Peter Hadar, she's extended intel on a serious keeper. I find myself wrapped in the smooth, husky comfort of an earthy and gentle masculine voice, whilst nestling dreamily in the gorgeous symmetry of tracks that support his ethereal mastery.
His new track 'Paint' is a luxurious excursion into liquid grandeur.
Thanks IllMami note: Yay, it's our 1000th post! Time for UU to introduce some Underground Genius awards and Out of Box inboxes... Stay tuned for details.
After a relatively easeful 5 hour bus ride broken up by a one hour layover, Youth Contributor Q. and I arrived in Philly around 1pm. We'd missed the Superhero Parade by that time, and some morning seminars, but we were there and put what we'd missed while traveling to the backs of our minds. After a quick ride on Septa's R6 train we found ourselves at the train station across from Temple University, and made our way to Anderson Hall (African Studies Dept.) relatively easily with the direction of a sign that divided the campus up in blocks.
By this time, I had begun to seriously regret not wearing completely flat heels, but bore the pain in the canvas maryjanes I'd recently been given as a gift. Ouch. We entered Ecbacc ready to inhale the art presented on the tables, with Q. quite ready to spend his budget on the rare comics found at Ecbacc conventions from artists that have been underrepresented by the mainstream.
We made our way from table to table, and were given a lovely greeting at 'The Smoke's' table where we took a pic with the wrestler. We enjoyed the works of Miss Martinez's Yume and Ever, Robert Garrett's Galtow (My son lost his mind over this series and bought every comic and an armful of posters), and of course the glorious works of Mshindo Kuumba I and fam whose gear was so outstanding I had to request a pic of the Visual Guru. He was also gracious enough to give some advice to the youth of Underrepresented cultures seeking to share their art with the community.
We didn't get a chance to meet the artist for Brotherman, but this didn't stop Q from acquiring a teeshirt, and we were generously given cards with the website info, so we could download the first issue of Brotherman in a free hi-res issue, and purchase dollar downloads of the others, also in hi-res format.
There were so many extraordinary tables, that we began to take cards so we wouldn't forget anyone whose table we visited (there was an adult area we didn't visit for obvious reasons, and some tables were empty while the artists took breaks). The tables we were able to visit held spectacular works that will feature in the Purple Mag Modern Myth Anthology Issue in the Fall/Winter.
and spoke with the creators of the fabulous 12 comics series for a few before we returned to the front of the convention hall and learned that it was time for us to meet Nichelle Nichols a.k.a Lt. Uhura of Star Trek fame. She blew our minds. Ecbacc began by honoring her with a short film produced created by the Director of theInvisibleUniverse documentary M. Asli Dukan, a performance skit by two local poets, and a reading from Nichelle Nichols book Beyond Uhura.
After Mama Nichols accepted her Ecbacc Pioneer award, she accepted our questions and generally infused us with light.
The woman is deep. It pays to sit still and mind the wisdoms of an elder. I'd never known until that day that Dr. Martin Luther King Junior forbade her to quit Star Trek, making sure she understood how important her role was to people of all cultures. Having created Lt. Uhura (name and all) she became the inspiration to many of our Elders who had otherwise been barred from the realm of speculative arts. She was responsible for lighting the imaginations of Black Sci-fi artists and authors who would follow in the tradition of exploring the unknown in their art.
When it came time for us to leave the auditorium, I noted how seriously illuminated I had been having been touched by her energy and insight. The vibes were beautiful. But unfortunately, the clock was ticking. We quickly sought a moment with the publishers of Sword and Soul; Uraeus and Elijah, who are republishing the works of the Great Charles Saunders. Dig. Very honored. I'll be reviewing Charles Saunders' new releaseDossouye for the Fall/Winter issue of Purple Mag.
With the time to depart drawing nearer though, we had to skip the last hour of the convention to catch our bus, which... we did, after a painful walk in inappropriate traveling shoes, and restless waiting in lines for late buses that in the end was all worth it.
I feel seriously blessed to have been able to attend, and look forward to future conventions. Bless you Ecbacc. You're a blessing to the community.
photo: The Founding Fathers of Ecbacc
For a list of all of the vendors you can visit Ecbacc.com Any that don't have website links can be Googled. Trust us. It's worth your time.
Hillary must be mad to suggest that she is staying in the race because she is concerned about assassination. She needs to remove her racist voice from the running. Read the story here
Watch the video:
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Update: While you're at it, sign the petition to Fire Liz Trotta whose suggestion to 'knock off' our potential Black president, while on-air, makes her unworthy of her reporting credentials.
Related Intel Peep BlackboxVoting.org so we can find our way to fair elections.
Goods news is needed just as much as warning reports on villainy, so let's celebrate that the Senate voted almost unanimously to avoid media consolidation, the Polar Bear's listing as an endangered animal (though this administration weaseled in additional restrictions to it's protections), and the House of Representatives voting 149 to 141 to cut off funding for the war in Iraq (though it seems they've turned in the other direction now...), along with votes to put serious restriction on this administration's war policy (including a withdrawal timeline, and a GI bill to help the returning veterans).
This is thanks to those who stood for it. The signed petitions, calls, letters, and passion extended to champion justice has make all the difference.
Here are a few other causes you can champion that deserve the same success
I stumbled onto this interview a little late, but wanted to extend it. Ladybug Mecca's lifestyle and beingness is inspirational. It's important to expose ourselves to women that are in touch with their inner radiance, and have overcome the societal conditioning that would have us fear our light. If you have a minute continue to the interview at ymib.com
I've been a bad girl and need to pick up Trip The Light Fantastic. I purchased one of the downloads awhile back, but had a pc issue with the file. Read the interview at Ymib
Hillary must be mad to suggest that she is staying in the race because she is concerned about assassination. She needs to remove her racist voice from the running. Read the story here
Watch the video:
Sign The Petition Through the Widget and Get The Widget For your Sidebar. Let your voice be heard.
Update:While you're at it, sign the petition to Fire Liz Trotta whose suggestion to 'knock off' our potential Black president, while on-air, makes her unworthy of her reporting credentials.
Related Intel
Peep BlackboxVoting.org
so we can find our way to fair elections.
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