HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM ANDERSON

By Gloria DULAN-Wilson

Hey Sam!

 

My big Brutha from another Mother!

I’m celebrating you on your real DAY OF DAYS

AUGUST 16, 1943

 

THE DAY YOU EMERGED AND TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM

AND YOU'VE NEVER STOPPED!

I’m celebrating nearly 60 years of friendship!

I’m celebrating all the times you’ve gotten me into and out of 

  hot water and all those great days at Lincoln U

All the friends I would not have had, had it not been for you!

I’m celebrating all the ways in which you raised my consciousness and brought out my intrinsic BLACKNESS as well as our Lincoln University Classmates by introducing us to:

   AJASS

   GRANDASSA MODELS

   GUS DINIZULU

   ELOMBE BRATHB(aka Cecil Brathwaite)

   KWAME BRATH

   NATURALLY ‘66 - First Black Models with natural hair & African clothes

  

You turned LU from a “negrophile campus” to a BLACK POWER UNIVERSITY -  long before other HBCUs figured it out.

You made us proud of our heritage and African linkages

Because of you, Tony Monteiro, Julian Ellison, Paul Moore & Maxine Stewart, I have been 

Happy Nappy since 1966

 

I cherish with fond memories the countless meetings we had with Doc Hamilton, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown - I felt like the Dieties put me in a privileged space.

I love all the debates we had with our African brothers, and how we liberated Africa in so many ways - at least in our minds!

You were then, and are still waaaay ahead of everyone else.

The Axiom Newsletter!

The avante guard movies:  Battle For Algiers, Black Orpheus, Ousmane Sembene movies -  Barom Sarette, the Masque,

Above all, I thank you for helping me move to NYC when I was making life decisions about my next steps - and for helping me get my first job, apartment and friends. 

Including Abiodun Oyewule & Felipe Luciano of the Last Poets; Nikki Giovanni , 

Haki Madhubuti;  Ed & April Spriggs (First heads of the Studio Museum of Harlem); Alfred Moleah....So many awesome memories!!

You are your own unique sphere of influenceas befits a LEO !

SAM ANDERSON! YOU ARE TRULY THE BROTHER OF MY SOUL! And a treasure in my family:

My three offspring - Kira, Rais, and Adiya (LU 2003) - all know the Legends of SAM - from protecting LU from the KKK to going to the UN to protest the takeover of ZIMBABWE and being the only protesters there in the freezing cold of the East River!

 

So I salute, honor, treasure and Bless you Sam and Bless Rosemari for being the fantastic Life/Lovemate for a well deserving Brother!

 

Happy Big 8-Oh BIRTHDAY - to a Brother/Friend &

FINE BLACK MAN

Stay Blessed & 

ECLECTICALLY BLACK

Your Sista Forever!

Gloria

Gloria DULAN-Wilson

LU love for a LU LION -

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STAY BLESSED

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ECLECTICALLY

BLACK

GDW EVENT ALERT: Lincoln University Annual AALU 2022 Golf Tournament - Tee Up or Sponsor - We need you there!!

By Gloria DULAN-Wilson 

You all know how much I brag on my Alma Mater Lincoln University!  I am proud to be celebrating my 55th Anniversary year of having graduated from Lincoln in 1967; and to have forged lifelong friendships and relationships since those wonderful days.  Whether you're a Lincoln Grad, or attended any one of the other great HBCUs we all know that we must continue to support them and their efforts to continue providing quality education to those youth coming behind us - and it does not happen by magic, but by additional creative means to bring additional funds in to sustain, maintain provide cutting edge programs  So, whether you're a golfer or not, this will be a opportunity to be part of something great.  I hope you will please support our efforts and have some fun at the same time.  Click on the link below to register - and we'll see you on the green Monday, July 11th.

It is time to register to join Fellow Alums, Lincoln leaders, Friends, Fraternities, Sororities (Divine 9), Church and Civic organizations, and Supporters at the National Alumni Association of Lincoln University's 2022 Golf Tournament  Monday, July 11, 2022, at the picturesque Hartefeld National Golf Course in Avondale, Pennsylvania. Honorary Chair: Jim Thorpe Special Guest: LU Hall of Fame Coach Cyrus Jones   We've planned an entire day of fun and memory-making connections!  Saturday, July 9th:  We're painting the weekend Orange & Blue with the Annual Alumni Family Gathering   Rest up on Sunday and be ready for  9 am Monday Morning  Shotgun! The National Alumni Association of Lincoln University 2022 Golf Tournament kicks off with registration, practice, and breakfast at 8 AM. Experience competitive fun activities throughout the day: * "Sip and Swing" Golf Clinic * Awards Luncheon * Hole-in-One * Closest to Pin * Men's 1st & 2nd Prize Low Score * Women's Low Score * Longest Drive * Longest Putt * Raffle and Silent Auction Click on the registration link to register as an Individual Golfer or Foursome; View the list of planned activities Explore the many sponsorship and donor opportunities in support of Lincoln University. The National Alumni Association of Lincoln University's mission is to: * Advance the interest of Lincoln University, PA * Cultivate and foster a close fellowship among graduates, Alumni Chapters, and former students of Lincoln University. * Encourage financial support for Lincoln University * Assist in the recruitment of students to Lincoln University * Work cooperatively with Lincoln University personnel to develop and implement programs that will benefit Lincoln and the Alumni Association of Lincoln University, PA, Inc. The funds raised through the Golf Tournament helps us realize our mission. We need your help to make this a reality for more and more students who deserve and are seeking a quality education and to make a positive mark on the world. We look forward to seeing you on July 11, 2022. Sincerely, Charisse Carney-Nunes, JD/MPA '88 National President AALUPA   HAIL! HAIL! LINCOLN!!! Lincoln University 1570 Baltimore Pike, Lincoln University, PA 19352

             NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Stay Blessed & 

ECLECTICALLY BLACK 

 

 

Gloria DULAN-Wilson LU '67

 

 

GDW EVENT ALERT: Alumni Association of Lincoln University Presents our 2021 Golf Outing - The Perfect Father's Day Gift

By Gloria DULAN-WIlson

 

Hello All!!

Mark your calendars - start practicing that golf swing - now's the time to beef up your hole in one!  Lincoln Universary is sponsoring a golf outing, and you definitely

don't want to miss it!

 General Alumni Association of Lincoln University, PA

Are you looking for the perfect Father's Day Gift for the man or men in your life?    Give them the Gift of golf at the award-winning Hartefeld National Golf Course and help us raise funds for our alma mater at the same time!  It's the AALU 2021 Golf Invitational.  Join us for a day of fun and fellowship with alumni and friends of Lincoln University.  Register your loved one for a day of Golf or the Players Development Clinic led by PGA Master Professional Anthony G Stepney '90. You won't want to miss this event! Register today!: Alumni Association of Lincoln University 2021 Golf Invitational (golfstatus.com)

General Alumni Association of Lincoln University, PA PO Box 8522  Silver Spring, MD 20907-8522  https://aalupa.wildapricot.org/

Mark your calendars

Get out your cletes

Get your favorite iron

And join us on the tournament

And for those of you who don't golf, bring the wine, cheese, 

blankets, carts, and be a part o the crew.

NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Gloria DULAN-Wilson - LU '67

In MEMORIUM - 911 - WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

I just realized, in the midst of all this madness - with this horrific pandemic, and an ersatz president trying to highjack the presidential election by destroying the US Postal Service -  that next year will be the 20th Anniversary of the tragedy known as 911.  We are in the 19th year of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.

I was living in Jersey City at the time,  working for the first Black Mayor, Glenn D. Cunningham, as his housing coordinator.  I could see the World Trade Center twin towers from my living room window.  I used to brag on the fact that I had the most spectacular view in the world, because I could actually see the entire New York coast line - a view that most New Yorkers would pay a king's ransom for.  That same view turned into a horror show - the morning of September 11, 2001 - while I was watching the TODAY SHOW, and preparing to go to that very same World Trade Center for a seminar on helping low and moderate income families buy homes via special EBT online funding programs.  

It was a beautiful day - the sky was clear as a bell.  I was rushing to get to the PATH train to get to Akbar's Coffee Shop in the ground floor level of the WTC where I was to meet some friends from DC for breakfast before the seminar - I was delayed by a client who wanted me to meet him to list a property he wanted to sell.  When I tried to get him to wait until I returned from my meeting in New York, he basically said that if I didn't come right then, he would take his business elsewhere.  Of course, I didn't want to have that.  So I called my friends to let them know that I would not make it to the restaurant, and I would see them at the seminar.  As I hung up my phone, I received a call from my niece in Chicago a full 5 minutes before the first plane hit the tower, asking me if everyone was all right.   I had no idea what she was talking about.  She said it was all over the news on TV with the plane sticking out of the tower.

I turned to the TV, saw the plane stuck in the tower, and thought, how stupid -what kind of pilots are they allowing to fly these days.  How can you just fly into a tower.  He had to be flying really low.  I told my niece I would call her again.  And just as I hung up, and turned up the volume on the TV, I saw another plane circle and deliberately head for the tower.  I could not believe what I was seeing.  I started screaming!  What the fuck!!!  I dropped the phone, ran out of the house and down to the cul de sac that had and even more direct view of the Twin Towers.  I remember screaming "They're killing my city! They're killing my city!"  I could see before my eyes all the great times I had spent there:  Jesse Jackson's Wall Street Project, the discos, celebrations and parties I had attended there; the shopping, my favorite book store, and so many other wonderful experiences I had had there.  

Most of my neighbors on that small street were already at work.  So no one was there to see or hear me freak out.  By the time I got back to the house, there were other horrific events unfolding.  Including those brave passengers who caused the plane to crash in Shanksville, PA, to prevent them from getting to the West Coast to cause even more chaos.  

I was frozen in place until the TV went dark.  The towers for the cable system I used were on top of the Twin Towers - and the only TV channel that remained was CBS, which had its own system.  Needless to say, I did not make it to  Akbars, nor did I meet that client. But I always thank him. But for him, I would have surely been in the World Trade Center at the time of those planes collision into the tower.  In fact, my son, RA, who had heard I was going to the WTC for a meeting, could not reach me and thought the worst had happen.  By the time he did catch up with me, around 1:00 AM the following morning.  He was so beside himself, he couldn't talk.  My daughter-in-law, Traci, had to explain that he had been freaking out because he just knew I was there.  I told her to tell him, "God's not ready from me yet."  But I also knew that, there, but for the Grace of God, go I. And I thank God for sending me his Angels to intervene on my behalf and the behalf of my DC friends, as well.

By midday, I, along with most of my New York brothers and sisters, and Jersey City neighbors, was in a state of shock.  I made my way to City Hall in Jersey to catch up with Jersey City's first Black Mayor, Glenn D. Cunningham, and see what Jersey City was doing to help.   Jersey City was the first responder to help New Yorkers.  They had pulled together their ferries, Office of Emergency Management, fire and police department, and had gone over to NYC to help survivors, as well as those who had perished. This was from 11:00AM until midnight of the first day.  I was on the Jersey City side helping provide water and refreshments to the rescue team.

My cousin, Terry Dulan, was in the twin towers at the time - working for Chase Bank on the 106th floor.  He managed to get out, but I think he was in a state of shock.  He had no idea how he got out - he was missing for nearly a week - with my Uncle Adolf calling to see if I had heard from him.  I was in constant prayer for his safety, and that I didn't have to call my Uncle with tragic news of his being a casualty.   Thank God, he finally came to himself sitting on a curb in Queens, NY with no idea how he got out, or how he got there.   To this day he does not talk about this traumatic incident.

At midnight, Jersey City residents held a candle light prayer vigil with all faiths present.  The triage from Jersey City continued for over a month.  In the interim, we formed a memorial on the dock facing New York City, using some of the steel that was the original framework of World Trade Center.  

And that spectacular view from my living room?  It was the sight of the charred wreckage of what was once a magnificent skyline and coastline.   Instead, now I saw the twin beams that marked where the towers used to be.  

I shall never forget this, the 3,000 lives destroyed, many of whom were Jersey City neighbors who worked in World Trade Center.  The African Sun Times, the African news paper I wrote for at the time, was 1/2 mile north of the WTC.   All transportation between New York and New Jersey via PATH, bridge, ferry and other modes were shut down for months.  When I did finally get back to Manhattan, I was so totally disoriented, without those towers there, I had no idea what was where.  

So I pay homage to the fire fighters and other first responders who lost their lives bravely going into the buildings hoping to save other lives.  What a major sacrifice.

I pay homage to New Yorkers who have emerged from this horror, stronger than ever.  I pay homage to those brothers and sisters of Jersey City who likewise did not hesitate to jump in to rescue and recover those victims.  My condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones on that day.  May you find peace.

In a moment of silence in memoriam - 
Stay Blessed & 
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
September 11, 2020 



Gloria Dulan-Wilson

GDW EBN

 

GDW EVENT ALERT: Lincoln University President Dr. Brenda Allen to Address Philly Alumni Association 1.23.20

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All Lincoln University Alumni:

Pennsylvania is the home of the first HBCU in the Nation - Lincoln University, which is located a scant 45 minutes outside Philadelphia. 

Lincoln was founded in 1854,  six  years before the Civil War and the election of Abraham Lincoln.  It initially offered degrees in divinity and missionary work - which encompassed several different skills.  Missionaries were trained in medical fields, education and other disciplines, and were then dispatched to various parts of Africa - which meant that Lincoln's ties to Africa go back nearly 200 years - as evidenced by a fairly large and steady African student body.  As Lincoln evolved and progressed, she offered more disciplines, had a strong ethic and standard of excellence - so much so, it was known as "The Black Princeton," because we produced more than our share of geniuses for such a small campus - isolated in the backwoods, off the Baltimore Pike.

Philadelphia has a fairly large LU alumni population comprised of both African American and African graduates - approximately 6,000 residing in and around the city and contiguous counties - in such fields as education, finance, technology, religion,  art, public service, and other areas.  You'd think, with so many of our illustrious alumni residing in Philadelphia, the regular meetings, which occur the Third Thursday of each month at Lincoln's Graduate Center,  at 32nd and Market, would be packed with standing room only.  But, au contrare mon frere.   At a time when our support is needed more than ever, they are conspicuous by their absence.   And, yes, as an alumni of LU, I'm calling my classmates, and those who came after me, out.   It's sad that we aren't more supportive of the school that made it possible for us to do what we do.  

Every year that Lincoln has a graduating class is a historical event.  We are literally making history as we enter into our 166th year!  There are other HBCUs who are no longer with us.  We are the deciding factor and we must not take this lightly.  We are the legacy of those who came before us, and those who come after us.

One evening out of the month so that others can come behind us and continue the growth, development and tradition that Lincoln University risked its life to preserve - if it sounds like I'm trying to "guilt" you into attending the Alumni meetings, you are absolutely right!! Somebody has to do it.  I just can't stand the if-I-coulda-woulda-shoulda scenario I hear when it comes to other HBCUs that become extinct because of lack of support from their Alumni.  It's happening now, more than ever.  And we have to be realistic about who is responsible for making sure we continue through to our bi-centennial.   I think as Alumni of the world's first HBCU, we need to set the standard, tone and example. 

Dr. Brenda Allen, President of LU, will be addressing us on Thursday, January 23, at 7:00 PM 
You are "invited" to attend.  I'd like to say it's mandatory attendance - but, you get my drift.  This is her annual update of the state of the Campus.  We need to know this because we pay a pivotal role in the expansion of our beloved Alma Mater.

Dr. Brenda Allen, President Lincoln University - Class of 1981

And, don't keep this invite to your self - reach out to your classmates, your frat brothers and sorority sisters - Let's see who can bring the largest number from your alumni year.  

For those of you who've never attended our Alumni Meetings, it's held at 3020 Market Street, on the 4th Floor.  I'm going to look for you to be there, front and center. 

HAIL! HAIL! LINCOLN!!!

The invitation is below - please respond so we can be sure we have sufficient refreshment for all attendees.  

NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Stay blessed & 

ECLECTICALLY BLACK 

Gloria Dulan-Wilson - LU '67 (First 16 Coeds)

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