By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
As you know the subtitle to my Blog is Eclectically Black. That's because I'm as concerned about what happens to our brothers and sisters in Africa (a.k.a MotherLand), the Caribbean, South and Central America, and anywhere else we Black people may be, whether we were born there or transported via those heinous vessels during the middle passage of the TransAtlantic Slave trade.
That said, there are two event alerts here that I hope you will take advantage of and participate in.
1) HARLEM, USA:
TODAY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
SAVE THE PRESIDENCY OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
At the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building, 125th & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. (7th ave to the uninitiated)
WHO: Clergy and Providers for Racial Healthcare Equality are presenting a Gathering and a Town Hall Meeting
12:00 NOON til 4:00 - Gathering
6:30 - 9:00 PM Town Hall Meeting
I just received this info from Rev. Dennis Dillon, who I believe is one of the few Black prosperity ministers, along with Rev. Floyd Flake. I attended the ordination of my friend Yolanda Brown at his church, Sunday, September 11, 2011.
Join Rev. Clyde Anderson, Rev.Luonne Rouse, Hugh Wyatt, members of the organiation, who will be joined by other clergy, physicians, nurses, union officials, social workers, and civil rights organizations to reveal strategies to save the Presidency of President Barack Obama.
The re=election of President Obama is key to preserving ObamaCare and other civil rights gains made by African Americans and other people of color over the past few years, gains that would not have been made without President Obama in the leadership role; gains the rep-ugh-blicans are looking to completely dismantle unless we take a stand and stand together.
Don't let the pundits, the negrified mouthpieces, and the meanstream media fool you - President Obama is the most effective president this nation has ever had. They are trying to turn back the clock , and we are all under verbal, propagandistic, legislative, budgetary and psychological assaults by Conservatives, teabaggers, and dumb negroes who think they are being objective.
We cannot allow them to take the victory away, and we can't stand and watch while they try to divide and conquer us state by state, city by city, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Be there with your good ideas and your support.
SHOWDOWN IN DC FOR THE CAMEROONS UPCOMNG ELECTION: Fairness & Transparency in Cameroon's Next Presidential Election
This is an emergency EVENT ALERT from my friend P. Sylvie Yonke, of the Camerouns, West Africa, which states that:
"On Tuesday September 13, at 2pm there will be a Demonstration Against Elecam, in Washington, DC. Please regardless of your party affiliation and if you are in DC or surrounding please get out and demonstrate!"
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 crom 2:00pm to 3:30pm; at the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor Flom Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, between 13th and 14th Sts NW, Washington DC 20004. (Closest metro stations: Federal Triangle or Metro Center).For additional information or directions call, 202-691-4000
"Please let us make sure this evil man of biya paul and the sycophants working for him get the message. "Bring drums if you have one; and speakers. Do not forget pictures of Cameroonians they have been killing. Yes we should make sure CNN and other media are there."
Dr. Ms. Elizabeth Tamajong, Secretary General of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) stated: "This is the time for Cameroonians in the diaspora to demonstrate in front of the State Department. This is to once more prove to you all that Dr. Fokam is a typical CPDM militant."
The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and the Wilson Center’s Africa Program cordially invite you to attend an event entitled, “Fairness and Transparency in Cameroon’s Next Presidential Election” on Tuesday, September 13 from 2-3:30pm (in the 6th Floor Flom Auditorium). A delegation of high-ranking Cameroonian officials will discuss the vision that President Paul Biya has for the future of Cameroon and the measures that have been taken independently and in concert with the international community to ensure that democracy, respect for human rights, the rule of law, and accountability flourish.
Per reliable sources: "I have been reliably informed that Dr. Fonkam Azu-uh , Mrs Prudence Galega, Mrs Rose Tanyi Mbanyor and others are currenly in Washington at the State Department to see the Under Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Johny Carson. The objective of this visit is to convince the American government that the upcoming Presidential elections are transparent. It is a big lie.
You should all know that no polling stations have been published, the single ballot paper that the SDF has been glamouring for has not been approved by the Biya's government. Cameroonians don't know the exact number registered voters, law on the distribution of airtime on the state media has not been made public but the CPDM is monopolising CRTV."
The call is now for all to stand up before a travesty is created against the citizens of the Camerouns at home and abroad. And then participate in the panel that follows in a proactive manner.
Panelists Include:
1.) H.E. PROF. GHOGOMU PAUL MINGO, Minister/Director of Cabinet in the Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Cameroon
2.) DR. FONKAM SAMUEL AZU'U, Chairman of the Electoral Board of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM)
3.) PROF. FABIEN NKOT, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister, REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
4.) With the Participation of H.E. ATANGANA JOSEPH B. C. FOE, Cameroon’s Ambassador to the United States
Discussant:
ALEXIS ARIEFF, Africa Analyst, Congressional Research Service
Moderator:
STEVEN MCDONALD, Director, Africa Program and Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
RSVP to the Woodrow Wilson Center to Derek J. Langford at Africa@wilsoncenter.org
For additional information, contact Ms. Paule-Sylvie Yonke of Balafon Communications
Re-branding the image of Africa; 212-510-8512, www.petersmap.com
Directions: Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to Federal Triangle or Red Line to Metro Center http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.directions
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226008067449063; http://www.thesullivanfoundation.org/events/26
"You cannot plow a field by only turning it over in your mind" Unknown
IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT BAMILEKE, LET'S BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
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7.22.2011
Event Alert: Meet Jean-Jaques Ekindi Camaroun Presidential Candidate Saturday
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
My sister/friend P. Sylvie Yonke sent me this information, and I am sharing it with you, because we African Americans need to be just as aware of what's happening on the Continent (a/k/a Mother Africa) as we are here.
On Saturday, July 23, there will be an opportunity to meet Jean-Jacques Ekindi, presidential candidate to Cameroun, who from what I can see is a very dynamic, stalwart and might I add, brave brother. He has run for president of his country on several occasions. These attempts are by no means to be construed as failed attempts, but more a study in perseverance, determination, and commitment. The Center for African Education (CAE) will be hosting the event, which takes place at Dodge Hall, from 5PM to 10PM in Room 179, 525 W. 120th St, between Amsterdam and Broadway.
Ekindi, who is known affectionately as “The Lion Hunter” is running for President in the upcoming election, but is taking the opportunity to interface with Camerounian students here in the US who have ties, interest and influence in the upcoming election. He will also be autographing his book entitled: Politiques du Cameroun et 'Afriqu La Defis
According to the CAE, “Cameroon and the Presidential candidates rely on the Diaspora to engage in the process of participatory democracy, and use their power to bring about progress and development at home. Don't miss this important event! “
What was compelling for me, however, was the bio Sylvie sent me in reference to this dynamic man. With just the little bit I’ve already read, I could see it making one heck of a movie - it’s got conspiracy, intrigue, pathos, success, failure, murder, betrayal, and resurrection, as our hero comes back from the depths of despair and try again at his goal to become the leader of his country.
Growing up in the US, we’ve seen movies set in Africa where the youth has to go out and kill a lion in order to prove his manhood - it’s a rite of passage we’ve all become familiar with (whether that actually ever happened, or still happens, I don’t know - but it’s part of our romance about African men). And those are the images we tend to conjure up when we hear the nickname “The Lion Hunter.”
According to his biographers, he received that nickname because he is smart and patient, bides his time, and never stops looking at his prey! He is a politician in a noble sense of the word!”
Ekindi evolved from vice president of the National Union of Kamerunian Students (UNEK); became information officer and Chief Editor of The Student of Kamerun Magazine, trhough which he expressed his opinions. He was and is an activist, starting in 1968, and continuing to the present date.
Like many African American brothers and sisters who have been incarcerated indefinitely because of their opinions, influence, and potential for leadership, Ekindi was arrested and “detained” indefinitely for a political speech made at the session of the National Commission for Scholarships in Younde` in 1970, for alleged “subversion and endangering the security of the state.”
Like the South Africans, and some US municipalities, the French regime sent him to jail without trial, using an arrest warrant to throw him into prison for an indeterminate time (sound familiar?).
Over the past 40 years, Ekindi has been involved in the political landscape of the Cameroun in one way or another. I could give you the whole story, but I think you’d get more mileage from attending the reception and reading his book.
Let’s just say that these last few elections have been full of trial and tribulations - from his being silenced by the prevailing government to his business wrecked, tottering on bankruptcy; from his wife, body guard, driver all dying mysteriously (??); to his having to leave the country more than one time in exile; to his being betrayed by those who pretended to be his allies. And he has still not let up! That's determination!!
The most recent 2009 election has turned out to be most propitious indeed, and he currently holds dual positions as Municipal Counselor, Representative, and Secretary of the Inter-parliamentary Finance Committee. Since 2009, he is the founder and organizer, with the support from the government, of the Douala International Fair for Development.
Poised to run for President, I am sure you are going to want to meet, greet and support this dynamic man, Jean-Jacques Ekindi, and applaud him for his intrepid spirit.
CAE's mission is to promote research and teaching about education, broadly defined, in Africa and the African Diaspora. Its central aim is to create a community of students, faculty, staff, and New York residents with common interests and commitments to the fields of Education and African Studies. www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/cae/ 212-678-8139 - Please call the above captioned number for additional information and directions. Free admission, but contributions and donations aare accepted.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
My sister/friend P. Sylvie Yonke sent me this information, and I am sharing it with you, because we African Americans need to be just as aware of what's happening on the Continent (a/k/a Mother Africa) as we are here.
On Saturday, July 23, there will be an opportunity to meet Jean-Jacques Ekindi, presidential candidate to Cameroun, who from what I can see is a very dynamic, stalwart and might I add, brave brother. He has run for president of his country on several occasions. These attempts are by no means to be construed as failed attempts, but more a study in perseverance, determination, and commitment. The Center for African Education (CAE) will be hosting the event, which takes place at Dodge Hall, from 5PM to 10PM in Room 179, 525 W. 120th St, between Amsterdam and Broadway.
Ekindi, who is known affectionately as “The Lion Hunter” is running for President in the upcoming election, but is taking the opportunity to interface with Camerounian students here in the US who have ties, interest and influence in the upcoming election. He will also be autographing his book entitled: Politiques du Cameroun et 'Afriqu La Defis
According to the CAE, “Cameroon and the Presidential candidates rely on the Diaspora to engage in the process of participatory democracy, and use their power to bring about progress and development at home. Don't miss this important event! “
What was compelling for me, however, was the bio Sylvie sent me in reference to this dynamic man. With just the little bit I’ve already read, I could see it making one heck of a movie - it’s got conspiracy, intrigue, pathos, success, failure, murder, betrayal, and resurrection, as our hero comes back from the depths of despair and try again at his goal to become the leader of his country.
Growing up in the US, we’ve seen movies set in Africa where the youth has to go out and kill a lion in order to prove his manhood - it’s a rite of passage we’ve all become familiar with (whether that actually ever happened, or still happens, I don’t know - but it’s part of our romance about African men). And those are the images we tend to conjure up when we hear the nickname “The Lion Hunter.”
According to his biographers, he received that nickname because he is smart and patient, bides his time, and never stops looking at his prey! He is a politician in a noble sense of the word!”
Ekindi evolved from vice president of the National Union of Kamerunian Students (UNEK); became information officer and Chief Editor of The Student of Kamerun Magazine, trhough which he expressed his opinions. He was and is an activist, starting in 1968, and continuing to the present date.
Like many African American brothers and sisters who have been incarcerated indefinitely because of their opinions, influence, and potential for leadership, Ekindi was arrested and “detained” indefinitely for a political speech made at the session of the National Commission for Scholarships in Younde` in 1970, for alleged “subversion and endangering the security of the state.”
Like the South Africans, and some US municipalities, the French regime sent him to jail without trial, using an arrest warrant to throw him into prison for an indeterminate time (sound familiar?).
Over the past 40 years, Ekindi has been involved in the political landscape of the Cameroun in one way or another. I could give you the whole story, but I think you’d get more mileage from attending the reception and reading his book.
Let’s just say that these last few elections have been full of trial and tribulations - from his being silenced by the prevailing government to his business wrecked, tottering on bankruptcy; from his wife, body guard, driver all dying mysteriously (??); to his having to leave the country more than one time in exile; to his being betrayed by those who pretended to be his allies. And he has still not let up! That's determination!!
The most recent 2009 election has turned out to be most propitious indeed, and he currently holds dual positions as Municipal Counselor, Representative, and Secretary of the Inter-parliamentary Finance Committee. Since 2009, he is the founder and organizer, with the support from the government, of the Douala International Fair for Development.
Poised to run for President, I am sure you are going to want to meet, greet and support this dynamic man, Jean-Jacques Ekindi, and applaud him for his intrepid spirit.
CAE's mission is to promote research and teaching about education, broadly defined, in Africa and the African Diaspora. Its central aim is to create a community of students, faculty, staff, and New York residents with common interests and commitments to the fields of Education and African Studies. www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/cae/ 212-678-8139 - Please call the above captioned number for additional information and directions. Free admission, but contributions and donations aare accepted.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
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