GDWEVENT ALERT: ICYMI - THE ACTION IS IN NYC APRIL 2 - 5 AT NAN's 2025 CONVENTION - You/We Must Be There

By Gloria DULAN-Wilson

Now that I have your attention, let be clear, there is no time for cutesy headlines.  WE MUST BE AT THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK CONVENTION next week - our very lives, our future and our well being depends on it.  This is no time to sit on the sidelines and hope that Rev. Al will take care of it; or that you can just wait it out until T-rump and his ilk get tired of screwing over our rights.  As Reverend Sharpton has announced on several occasions, the Convention is free to attend.  But I'm going to add that you should bring your courage, insight, unity, and ideas. 

As you can see, the theme of the convention is BEING A LIGHT IN DARK TIMES.  It's not new to Black people - we've always been the ones who have had to stand in the breach when the rest of society - politically, mentally, racially, legally, socially, emotionally, have gone to the brink of disaster.  In the midst of their megalomaniacal insanity - we've had to pull them back from the edge, so that we don't end up at the bottom of the chasm with them.  You'd think they'd be grateful, vow to never do it again, and make sure that we have all the rights, freedoms, rewards (reparations) due us.  But NO! We get a lull and then the ultra reich-wingnuts (who have secretly been plotting in the background for another hostile take over) start their madness all over again.

And this, sadly, is where we are now.  From voter suppression, dismantling of education, social security, Medicare and Medicaid, mass firing of people, hijacking people to mass incarceration; there are so many things that have transpired - all done in what could only be called a "blitzkreig" so fast that you have no time to respond or deal with it before they come up with another atrocity.   

We must now come together with our disciplined minds and undo the damage, while simultaneously returning to or inculcating the qualities and methods of our ancestors to rise above and develop our own priorities.  Bring your best minds and best ideas, and be prepared to sit down and collaborate.

 Highlights of the NAN Convention include:

 Rev. Sharpton's list of luminaries is a veritable whose who in Black intelligentsia and civil rights:

NY District Attorney Alvin Bragg,  NY State Attorney General Letitia "Tish" James,  Great Civil Rights Lawyer Benjamin Crump, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Diva Patti LaBelle, Joy Reid, congressman/Hero Al Green (D.Tx) are among the special guests and presenters that will attend this year's convention.  But don't come to gawk, or for the autographs - come to learn, come to share, come to interact. 

 

One of many special forums will feature issues surrounding organ transplantation, organ donors, and follow up as it affects Black people.  The issues are so crucial that Al B. Sure, Rachel Noerdlinger, Jennifer Jones Austin, and Rev. Al Sharpton founded the Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HEiTC). 

Leaders of HEiTC will convene on the first day of the National Action Network Annual Convention in New York City, on Wednesday, April 2^nd, to discuss how the nation can lift historic barriers to healthcare in general but especially on issues of transplantation. The panel – which will focus on the state of healthcare as well as its impacts on Black America – will feature HEiTC Executive Chairman Al B. Sure!, Co-Founder Rachel Noerdlinger, Senior Advisors Rev. Al Sharpton, Jennifer Jones Austin, and NYC Council Member Justin Brannan, as well as hip hop artist and advocate Freeway. The conversation is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Sheraton New York Times Square, where Rev. Sharpton will gather thousands of NAN members to hear from leaders in Civil Rights, business, government, academia and other fields on the most pressing issues in Black America. 

BOYCOTT VS BUYCOTT:  Rev. Al has put together the tops in research and economics to determine which of the T-rump affiliate corporations will be boycotted by Black and other consumers. He will announce the plan of action to transform this into a national boycott sending signals to those who disregard our rights.  Make sure you're on hand for this momentous strategy. 

Rev. Al Sharpton Sharing Words of Wisdom

Did I say this is a crucial period and that we are under attack by some pretty demented characters - including the ersatz president, Secretary General, and many other incompetents who have been deliberately given these positions so they would fail, cause confusion, and detract us from what's really going on?  Well, if I didn't, let me reiterate - this is what you're dealing with.  

We are under assault - but we are not beaten.  We are not going to National Action Network to comisserate or complain; but to organize, strategize, unify, and defeat the efforts of authoritarian mendicants to destroy and deprive us of our rights. It is incumbent on us to put together our collective, considerable intelligence, creative, instinctual imaginations to flip the script - as our ancestors did - to save ourselves, each other, our children and perhaps even the world.

Rev. Al addressed Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Saturday, March 22, 2025 - center is DST International President Elsie Cooke-Holmes, Rev. Al Sharpton, right.  

 As Rev. Sharpton has emphasized consistently, this is not the first time Black people have had to deal with such challenges as these.  While the entire nation is currently under assault, we have learned from our forebarers to lean on our faith, resilience, and unity.  This has seen us through so much despite the seeming power of the aggressors.  Black people in particular, and people of color have faced down aggressors of every stripe.  Even from ersatz presidents.   

But through all that, we didn't lose sight of our everyday concerns: health, education, home ownership, employment, equality, civility, and so many other issues that are essential to a happy balanced life. Essentials that are now being sabotaged by reich-wing maga - but essentials we must protect despite their efforts.   NAN will be covering these issues during the convention.  

If you've not already registered for NAN'S CONVENTION PLEASE DO SO NOW BY LOGGING ON TO:    www.nanconvention2025.net

           or call: 877.626.4651

There is an old saying:  IF NO ONE ELSE WILL SAVE YOU, SAVE YOURSELF!

THIS IS THE VERY PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH NAN IS FOUNDED

WE HAVE TO BE OUR OWN HEROES - OUR OWN SALVATION

EVIL DOESN'T DISAPPEAR IN IT'S OWN 

SO MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS TO BE THERE: ON POINT,  ON PURPOSE

NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Stay Blessed &

ECLECTICALLY BLACK 

Gloria DULAN-Wilson

ICYMI: WHY POLITICAL ANALYST JAMES CARVILLE CALLS THE SUPREME COURT "SCROTUS"

By Gloria DULAN-Wilson

Greetings All!

First of all let me caution you that this - because James Carville is pulling no punches. 

He never does!

He's known for telling it like it is, regardless of where it fell.  He was anything but "politically correct!"  He is also one of the most widely respected political analysts on the planet. Interestingly enough, his wife is a repuglycon - Mary Matalin - whose radio show was pro repuglycon.  I've always had a great deal of respect for James Carville and his penchant for telling it like it is.  And this video he recorded is explicit.  I just wish he had done it 20 years ago - but here it is now - and here we are now - and we have to stop pretending there is any honesty or sanctity or respect due the current iteration of the subprime court. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4TmHTibq-k&t=319s

Over the years, I've developed a great deal of respect for his candid, straight-with-no-chaser political analyses.  

I'm sharing this video with you now because there are too many of us on the sidelines or too many brothers who can't seem to make an informed decision. 

By the way, the only people who regard them as a "supreme court" are the caucasoids for whom they were established to do their bidding by keeping us subjugated, lied to, lied about, working for little or nothing, disenfranchised, mis-educated and for at least the majority of the two-plus centuries of their existence, they've done a thorough job - keeping the racist powers that be quite happy and satisfied. In fact, if you really think about it, the only times they have righteously ruled in our behalf were Brown V Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas and .....  If you think of it, fill it in please.  Of course having the great Lincoln University alumnus, THURGOOD MARSHALL, as the first Black Supreme Court JUSTICE, elevated their status in my estimation.  However, when Marshall died, they oozed their way back to "justice" in name only.  With a slick co-conspiracy the US Senate first proposed a real redneck named Bork  to take Marshall's place.  And after very vigorous protests, news campaigns, and outrage, they turned around in pulled out Uncle Thomas Clarence - their secret weapon against Black people.  They would indeed put a 'black" man on the bench - but like the Oreo, any resemblance between him and African Americans was purely and totally coincidental. Not only that, he came with so much embarrassing baggage - womanizing, lying, and scandal - a track record only an overseer could love - which totally endeared him to the solid citizens of the solid south - and the most egregious greedy capitalists, who knew they had nothing to worry about from him - because the chance of his every doing anything in behalf of African American rights was somewhere between slim and none.  

Carville mentioned the fiasco of the 2000 election when Al Gore had actually won the election against George Bush, but Florida tried to cheat America out of a new president by taking the ballots and dumping them in Florida's swamp.  I was among the media that gathered in the Hilton Hotel to watch the count.  Around 2:00AM Gore made his concession speech.  However, by the following morning, after discovering several thousand ballots had been thrown into the water, they declared the presidential election had not been decided - and proceeded to count the ballots.  The repuglycons were against it and stated the subprime court should decide whether to recount the ballots in order to determine the winner of the presidential election.  Instead they proceeded to give the election to Bush.  America was outraged, the Democrats had been double crossed - but the deed was done.

Since the death of Thurgood Marshall, the Subprime Court has consistently ruled against the interests of Black people, including eviscerating our Voting rights, the recent laws passed against abortion and a woman's right to choose.  It should be clear that they are literally goose stepping us backwards to the days of Plessy v. Ferguson - where they ruled that a Black Man had no rights a caucasoid was bound to respect.  And the Senate has done all it could to continue that march backwards - starting with former speaker of the House, John Boehner (bonehead) and Mitch "the B"  McConnell refusing to consider President Obama's recommendation (Merrick Garland) as a Supreme Court Justice.  It was the beginning of a full-on unadulterated assault on Black people.  Then, for extra measure, the second biggest target of American Caucasoids - white women - got dragged into the cesspool.  And their greed for dominance has been legitimized even further.  I am curious to see at what point Black people and white women are going to wake up and put an end to this neo-fascist/nazi regime that is being erected right under our noses, in front of our faces.

No wonder John Carville is furious!  To find out how furious, check out the video  below.  And after that, and you've taken notes on the transgressions against the constitution committed by those who were supposed to uphold the constitution, you'll understand why it is that you must go for the entire enchilada in the upcoming 2024 election. 

THERE HAS TO BE A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BEING RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.   There's no third party!  Staying home, or abstaining for voting means you're voting for T-rump and for the further erosion of your rights.  If you are telling Black people their votes don't count, you're a traitor to your people as well as a fool. 

If you are under the illusion that you have a "choice" then WTFU - because you don't  - at least not at present time.  2025 is our turning point - it is the point during which all the ducks are in a row - that is, if we have done our job in 2024 and swept out the trash from the Senate and the House. 

And if we aren't careful, the subprime court will have exonerated t-rump, vacated the 14th Amendment, and knocked the wind out of the 91 endictments.  If they get away with it, you'll also see them say that the president can get away with murder, fraternize with the enemy, and shoot anyone they want in broad daylight with impunity.  It's headed that way, and even more reason to make sure you exercise your right to vote!

Never has VOTE BLUE, NO MATTER WHO been more important. 

As several ministers and others have been wiseley telling their congregations -"No one is coming to save us - so we have to save ourselves - and VOTING IS THE ONLY WAY RIGHT NOW!"  So when you hear some of your more famous negro celebrities talking about their admiration for T-rump, the first thing that should spring to your mind is how much under the table money have they been paid to betray their own people.  

You should also be thinking of our elders and ancestors who risked their lives and stood up against the racists so that we would have a better chance at life - all the hard work and great progress they have made in our behalf are being deliberately dismantled by a renegade subprime court, and a megalomaniacal fool who embraces our enemies, while undermining our democracy. 

I shouldn't have to tell you that you have to make sure you follow Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network on Saturday Mornings 9:00AM EST, and Roland Martin Unfiltered nightly - to get the real truth about what's really happening with our rights, our votes.  Instead watching the slanted propaganda they call the nightly news, watch JOY ANN REID, catch the talk shows: STEPHEN COLBERT, SETH MEYER, JIMMY FALLON, JIMMY KIMMEL who use their humor to point out the stupidity that the news media is obiously too lax to point out.  Or better yet, REV. DR. AL SHARPTON OF NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, OR ROLAND MARTIN OF ROLAND MARTION UNFILTERED! - who pull no punches when it comes to pointing out the hypocracy of the repuglycon party (yes! I said it twice - we get too much misinformation - so we have to be intentional about who we get our info from! 

 

I shouldn't have to tell you stop watching the clown show being put on by T-rump to divert  you, and the rest of the world and the meanstream media from what is really happening to our rights.   While we sit here and debate each other about Biden's age, the repuglycons ae securing all kinds of offenses against us.

Stop listening to fools joking about President Biden's age, and find out about the real positive effects and benefits his initiatives  and Vice President Harris have on Black people, our economies and our future.  Instead of watching the clown show put on by the mean stream media such as Fox's false news, or News Max, check out THE WHITE HOUSE on YouTube - and make sure you take notes so you can refute lies from other misinformed individuals.  Once you do that, you'll realize that Biden has gotten more done in the three plus years he's in office that most other Presidents in history - with the exception of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. 

America is definitely not perfect.  There have been major transgressions against us and other non-white people.  However, at this juncture, it appears that there's nowhere else for us to live as a people.  And if we don't defend it, and regain our rights - then, as Sista Souljah said in her famous album: "SLAVERY IS BACK IN EFFECT."  

And, if that isn't what you want - then it's time for us to pool our resources, unite our efforts, energies, and votes to put a stop to the evil that is being leveled against us from all sides..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4TmHTibq-k&t=319s

Thanks to James Carville for having the courage and wisdom to say on camera what so many are saying under their collective breaths and behind closed doors.  FOR BEING STRAIGHT WITH NO CHASER!

Whatever law or BOGUS RULES that have been erected to prevent us from having our rights must be considered racist and illegal and not to be respected or adhered to; and must be thwarted and reversed by ANY MEANS NECESSARY!

PS:  I started writing this last night about 3:00AM on March 3, 2024.  But of course, since then the subprime court has allowed the miscreant in chief to remain on the ballot for the presidential election thus nullifying the 14th Amendment.  I guess that should have been expected given their track record to date.

 

I wonder if that means we should have a referendum whether or not we should expand the subprime court in order to hopefully make it supreme?  I would have said "again" but the record shows that there has been little they have done in our behalf or favor - except during the time Thurgood Marshall was on the bench.  And he held onto his  life as long as he could - just like Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  Since then, the "scrotum's" track record has been in the toilet.  Is now the time for America to say "flush!?" 

NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Stay Blessed &

ECLECTICALLY BLACK

Gloria DULAN-Wilson

NOVEMBER is Military Family Month - Turkey Giveaway Monday, November 16 from NAN

By Gloria DULAN-Wilson

NOVEMBER IS MILITARY FAMILY MONTH Imani's Creations & Entertainment, Inc. and DJ CARD CREATOR will be on display today at: NAMA Harlem In November - LIVE Music and Open Microphone Mondays MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC JAMS SESSIONS AND OPEN MIC New Amsterdam Musical Association 107 West 130th Street New York, NY 10027 Music Mondays, November 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2020 at 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm- Scorpio Birthday Party  Come join us for the longest running MONDAY NITE MUSIC JAMS AND OPEN MIC Take The B, C, 2 or 3 trains to West 135th Street. Event will operate at REDUCED CAPACITY.  Patrons masks a must and maintain social distancing. Peace, Pro$perity and Blessings, Dawn L. Jones Exhibitor DJ CARD CREATOR  THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK YOUTH H.U.D.D.L.E. HELPING AND UNITING DREAMERS TO DEVELOP, EMPOWER AND LEAD WEEKLY COMMUNITY FORUM Join us at The House of Justice 106 West 145th Street New York, NY 10039 Each and Every Monday MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 6:00 PM  The 2020 POST ELECTION HUDDLE All Roads Lead to West 145th Street. Masks Required For More Information nanyouthhuddle@gmail.com www.nationalactionnetwork.net Yours-in-Progress, Dawn L. Jones National Board Member National Action Network   -----Original Message----- From: RHONDA EVANS <rhondadevans@verizon.net> To: Wilma Brown <wilmabiphone@gmail.com>; Ricky Davis <dlightdog@aol.com>; MELVIN ALSTON <melvinalston143@gmail.com> Cc: Marlene Ramsey <marl67v@yahoo.com> Sent: Sun, Nov 8, 2020 7:49 pm Subject: FESCDC Thanksgiving Turkey Give a Way It’s that time of year! Our County and District Leader Keith Wright and District Leader Wilma Brown Phillips wanted to make sure FESCDC continues it’s annual tradition. The turkeys will be giving out on Monday, November 16, 2000 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. FESCDC members only. If you are not able to pick up your turkey please respond to this email or text Wilma by November 13, with the name of the person that will pick up your turkey. Please know we are not able to hold turkeys. All turkeys must be picked up on Monday November 16. Thank you. Yours-in-Service, Dawn L. Jones Executive Board Member Frederick E. Samuel Community Democratic Club Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

New York City Chapter                                                                                                                                                                  Rev. Dr. Al Sharpton, President & Founder         

Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson. Chairman of the Board

November is Military Family Month            National Action Network 

New York City Chapter           

 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE     JOIN OUR MONTHLY MEETING  Conference Call Number:  701-802-5093 

Access Code:  2231442#                                      

Committee Schedule:  Fourth Saturday of the Month              FOURTH SATURDAYS 11:00AM - 12:00 NOON 

Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 11:30am

PURPOSE OF MEETING:   

Debriefing of  The NANPAC Fifth Saturday Virtual Voter’s Education Forum Series with The NAN Second Chance Committee and Planning of our Annual Kwanzaa Celebration with The NAN Disability Committee or Fourth Saturday Monthly Meeting Conference Call on The First Day of Kwanzaa *Umoja:  Unity Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 12:30 pm  

TAKE THE 3 TRAIN TO 145th STREET                                                                      For further information, contact NANPAC at (212)-690-3070

Dawn L. Jones, Chairwoman                                                                  Jewel Gittens, Co-Chairwoman Stephan Marshall, Coordinator, NYC Chapter                                               William Griffin, President, NYC Chapter

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NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Stay Blessed & 

ECLECTICALLY BLACK

 

Gloria DULAN-Wilson

 

NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) STILL IN ACTION

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

The indomnitable Rev. Al Sharpton continues  to work for justice despite the Coronavirus - and is in the forefront of standing for the rights of Black people.

Join Rev. Al Sharpton as he hosts a live discussion on May 4, 2020 with other Black faith leaders on how to lead and practice faith in the time of coronavirus. Among the panelists will be Pastor Jamal Bryant, Reverend Lakeesha Walrond, Pastor Freddy Haynes, Bishop Rudolph McKisick. 

 

When:   Monday, May 4, 2020 
               7:30 — 8:30 p.m. EST

The discussion will take place on Facebook Live
https://www.facebook.com/nationalactionnetwork/

Moderator
Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network

Panelists
Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia GA
Reverend Lakeesha Walrond, President of NY Theological Seminary
Pastor Freddy Haynes of Friendship West Baptist in Dallas TX
Bishop Rudolph McKisick of the Bethel Experience in Jacksonville FL.

NAN Calls for an Investigation into Killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia.

NBCnews.com (courtesy of the family)

NAN urges all to join the fight for justice and calls for charges to be brought against the father and son perpetrators, one of whom is a former law enforcement officer.

“Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton demanded on Wednesday (April 29) an immediate investigation into the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia man who was gunned down in February near his hometown in Brunswick, Ga,” reported BET.

Arbery was killed by a father and a son on February 23^rd. The father is a former Glynn County police officer. There have been no charges or arrests in connection with the killing and Rev. Sharpton and NAN are calling for an investigation for racial profiling and the unjust illegal use of Georgia’s citizen arrest statute. Rev. Sharpton and NAN were brought into the case by the family of Mr. Arbery and his attorney S. Lee Merritt.

“NAN and I are closely following this case and we will apply pressure until this case is fully investigated and those responsible are held to account for their acts that led to the killing of unarmed Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging,” said Reverend Sharpton.  “Justice delayed is justice denied and we are vigorously pursuing for all parties to be held accountable for the death of Ahmaud. We demand an impartial investigation over racial profiling as one of the perpetrators should not be granted immunity because he is a former law enforcement officer.”

Attorney Merritt said that the family of Ahmaud Arbery is relieved to receive the support of NAN and Reverend Sharpton.

“NAN will be working closely with our attorneys to ensure Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael are vigorously prosecuted and appropriately sentenced,” said Merritt.  “Our attention now turns to DA Tom Durden of Liberty County, GA where the case has been referred. Mr. Durden has held this file since April 22. He has not met with the Arbery family nor requested the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) in the handling of the case. As the DA for Liberty County, Mr. Durden likely shares similar conflicts that required two other county DAs to recuse themselves from this case. As such, we are demanding that Mr. Durden turn this file over to an independent special prosecutor.”

Merritt is also calling for a prompt Department of Justice investigation into this shooting.

NAN Expands Meal Distribution Efforts

“Al Sharpton's Harlem-based advocacy organization, the National Action Network, is partnering with humanitarian groups to distribute thousands of meals to healthcare workers and people in need, the group announced this week,” reported Patch.com

“The National Action Network is teaming up with international organization CARE to launch the humanitarian group's first-ever domestic relief project. The partnership will result in 175,000 "CARE packages" — consisting of nutritious meals — being delivered to residents of Harlem and the Bronx. CARE has been distributing its "CARE packages" since 1945, when the organization was founded to feed survivors of World War II.”

 

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NAN has partnered with World Central Kitchen and now CARE to provide meals in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. 

NAN Second Virtual Townhall Focused on Stimulus and the Black Community

On Sunday, April 26, 2020 National Action Network held its second in a series of virtual town halls. Titled COVID-19: The Stimulus and the Black Community, the discussion was moderated by Rev. Sharpton and featured U.S. Senator Cory Booker,  Drs. Andre Perry and Khalilah Brown-Dean who fielded questions from the audience about the future of Black businesses, the economy, and how to contribute to the political landscape in a time of crisis. Watch a recording of the town hall  here:

For More information, Contact:

NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 106 W. 145TH STREET | NEW YORK, NY. 10039 877-626-4651 | SUPPORT@NATIONALACTIONNETWORK.NET

NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

 Stay Blessed, Healthy, Well, Active, Whole, Harmonious, Complete 

&

ECLECTICALLY BLACK  

Gloria Dulan-Wilson