June 19, 2020. The International Institute of Family Development presents: AMANDLA! The BluePrint for Liberation

The International Institute of Family Development  presents: 

AMANDLA!

                                                                The BluePrint for Liberation​

 Dismantling Oppression Economic Unity for Africa and All of Her Diaspora 

On June 19th, The International Institute will unite to  kick off  Day 1 of EdFu Foundation’s

 ​10 Days of Juneteenth by​ hosting a strategic economic and social development dialogue and action planning session to showcase African Diaspora Unity to address oppression. 

In cooperation with the Kwanzaa Principles Kujichagulia​ ​and Ujima,​ The International Institute has laid out a 5 point plan for African Diaspora unity focusing on mutual economic and social development. 

The chief point of the action plan is to build #TheAfricaWeDeserve™ through The International Institute campaign goal of establishing 1 million jobs, by 2030, across Africa focusing on agricultural, tourism,  manufacturing and production. #SourceBlackBuyBlack™ 

Contact:Veola Green vgreen@theinternationalinstitute.org

 

Following the crowd when politically correct. IAEM. Diversity and Inclusion is an Illusion.

Focus was on 'DUES' during crisis.

Focus was on 'DUES' during crisis.  Financial imperative overriden by Community Imperative.

Diversity and Inclusion is an illusion.

BEMA International

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IAEM Global COVID-19 Resources & News

Message to IAEM Members Regarding Dues During COVID-19 Response 

IAEM Statement on Diversity, Equality and Current Protests in the United States

June 3, 2020

View as web page LULAC Statement: We Stand United in Action with Black Lives Matter LULAC stands united in action with Black Lives Matter As the oldest and largest national Latino civil rights organization, LULAC is deeply outraged by the long and troubling history of police brutality in the United States and which recent cases have once again awakened our social consciousness. Not long ago, anger was similarly erupting around the deaths of Eric Gardner, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and Sandra Bland, their lives ended by law enforcement. Then, a few days ago, we witnessed George Floyd killed in the custody of Minneapolis police. He did not deserve to die at the hands of officers who took an oath to protect the community. LULAC stands united in action with Black Lives Matter. The pain and sheer injustice that Black communities experience day in and day out cannot be ignored any longer. It must stop now! At a time when there is a call to “dominate” our communities coming from the highest elected office, we pledge to support Black Lives Matter in the quest for justice. Latinos also have suffered at the hands of police abuse from Santos Rodriguez, Joe Campos Torres, to Mike Ramos who was shot and killed two weeks ago in Austin, Texas. LULAC rises to join in steadfast solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of people across our country demanding fundamental reforms to our law enforcement system. We stand as one with this movement in strong agreement that we must change how law enforcement is carried out in America. Policy interventions are urgently needed to stop excessive use of deadly force, unwarranted physical force to subdue individuals, discriminatory patterns of arrest, selective non-enforcement of the law, the “code of silence,” lack of accountability, and brutal crowd control tactics which are all part of abusive policing. LULAC stands with Black Lives Matter and will fight for justice, standing shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm, until true social equity and Constitutionally protected equality is reached. LULAC supports and believes in peaceful protest and exercising the right to civil disobedience while adhering to the principles of non-violence. We stand united in dismantling oppression until every black man, woman, and child in America can live free without fear. # # # About LULAC The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.

ANSWERING THE CALL. A documentary. Never forget to VOTE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADIqOeErtc

Answering the Call
A documentary

Fifty one years ago, the nation watched in horror as bloody images of police attacks on civil rights protestors in Selma, Alabama aired on television. John Witeck was a sophomore at the University of Virginia when he saw the graphic coverage of Bloody Sunday, and when Dr. King called for supporters to travel to Selma to march for justice he packed his bags and journeyed south.

Fifty one years later, John and his nephew Brian Jenkins (Director) traveled back to Alabama to document John’s story of Selma, the fight for voting rights, and the evolution of the Voting Rights Act; the law that prevented voting discrimination and protected every American’s right to vote.
In 2013, this monumental protection for all Americans earned by the blood of heroized civil rights advocates was struck down by the Supreme Court. Alabama and many other states have since passed new types of restrictive voting laws that those who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King fought so hard to overcome.




Highly Recommend.
More relevant even in 2020.

Charles D. Sharp
Chairman Emeritus\CEO
BEMA International
Cornell University Climate Fellow
Washington, D.C.