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Stop the Bulling Rap By Sarah Maldonado

Concerned Parent and Grandparent

Bulling is not kool Bulling is for fools

it breaks all the rules, Bulling on the internet

is an upset, without a lot of pretexts, and can bring about regrets, having

no intellect, to avoid upsets, give a helping hand with an affirmative

action plan to stop bulling. Cyber-bulling is definitely a No No! Need to be a no show!

Be motivational not disgraceful or distasteful. Take a stand; give a helping hand with a positive

corrective plan to stop bulling. Now, not tomorrow but today.

African Spirit Award to:

CHINWE IFEOMA

Poem of Legacy by Jordan E. Franklin

This poem cannot Capture the past. It cannot express

The anticipation of death And the numbers he claimed

Through his blue eyed messengers At the helms of wooden devils.

In this time of writing I am mourning,

Cracking under the weight Of their bones-

Each derived from a life denied For cattle.

So I’m writing Trying to make this piece

Not sound like a funeral service But as a celebration-

A celebration of memory For people.

With these words, I will rip through the Atlantic

And descend Sinking like a stone until

I hit the ocean floor. As I speak

I’m remembering my unknown family Stolen from me by time and tragedy-

I’m taking them Into my arms to

Rouse their spirits From slumber-

Those who chose to sever their legacy At the feet of these waters- Those brothers and sisters

Who would not let Their hopes die

Inside wooden hulls And those sons and daughters

Who were cast out To meet the judgment

Of gods and goddesses unknown. Today I write To tell them

Their legacy is in us- Not in the blood Or in the eyes,

But in our hearts. With each beat

We sing their stories- A unison of notes

In the wind And the family I never knew Who bathes in eternal ocean

May you slumber deep.

24th ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO OUR ANCESTORS OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE PROGRAM

Libation/Black National Anthem

A N C E S T O R A L D R U M M I N G

SPECIAL TRIBUTES TO: Mr. Boyke, Mama Daisy, Richie Havens, Jitu REMEMBERING: Dr. Mary Umolu, Founding Member of the Collective

HOSTED BY: OSAGYEFO, MICHAEL HOOPER, HABTE SELASSIE

INVITED SPEAKER: Dr. William L. Pollard, President, Medgar Evers College

PERFORMANCES BY: Shanto, Osagyefo, DuPree, Jordan Franklin, Kowteff, Abdul Perez, Supported by PRIDE-Coney Island, Sunu Thois-

sane & Orin Ayo Dance & Drum Ensemble, Medgar Evers College Preparatory School “The Spirit of Joy Chorale” & Dancers, Poetry Flow’n, Junior Kennedy, Andreaus & Funky Nassau, Asase Yaa, Ngoma

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Dawn Walker, Donna Lamb * Jelani Akeem * Lillie Akeem * Jibri Akeem * Dr. Nancy Lester * Mr. Herbie Edwards * * Joylyn Philips * *African Arts Festival * Our Times Press * WBAI Radio 99.5 FM * SHANTO * Nana Bill Jones * Mr.

Richard Joseph * Caribbean Life * Visual Balance Graphics * Henry Hawkins * And to everyone who helped to make this program possible.

TRIBUTE FUNDRAISER-AFRICAN SPIRIT AWARD PRESENTATION Saturday, FEBRUARY 22, 2014

25th ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO OUR ANCESTORS OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE Saturday, June 14, 2014

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PEOPLE OF THE SUN-MIDDLE PASSAGE COLLECTIVE AKEEM PRODUCTIONS

24nd ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO OUR ANCESTORS OF

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE ANCESTORS WE HAVE LOST

Dr. Mary Umolu Ervin Allan Francois

Bro Mike Vinella Steven

Bloomie Cheryl Byron

Queen Empress Mzee Moyo

Biko Phillis Jackson

Joe Smooth Dr. Hilton White Dr. Quriton

Nadeene Lawe Lillian Ellis

Oswald Henry Calvin Anderson

Morris Diggs Sonny Carson

Hellen B. Glover Queen Mother Moore

Dr. Betty Shabazz Greg Vaughn The Great GB Dr. Ivan Van Sertma

Yvonne Bennette Wendell Clement

Amelia Wells Alan N. Archer

Margrete G. Parks Madline Lynn

Omar Edwards William Greene

Greg Forsythe Betty Brown

George Washington Luther Brewster

Doris Brewster Olga Brewster

Ellen Brewster Norris Brewster

Herman Brewster Claudine Simpson

Lillie Allen Lucy Jones Dolores Smith

Tyra Harris Laverne Hawkins Ruth McDonald Derrick Watkins

Bernard Coles Carl Engleton

Chief Isaac Komolafe

PEOPLE OF THE SUN-MIDDLE PASSAGE COLLECTIVE 1650 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11225 718-270-4902 // AKEEM827@yahoo.com

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AGENDA of EVENTS: 2013 - 2014

EVENT* DATE

Black Solidarity Day Program Monday, November 4, 2013

World Aids Day Monday, December 2, 2013

KWANZAA Celebration Saturday, December 21, 2013

Feeding the Needy Saturday, December 21, 2013

Cultural Extravaganza Saturday, February 1, 2014 Sons & Daughters of Jamaica

FUNDRAISER: Tribute to Our Ancestors Saturday, February 22, 2014 African Spirit Award / Fashion Show 2014

HEALTH EXPO 2014 TBA

Money Matters TBA

MIDDLE PASSAGE CONFERENCE TBA

MALCOLM X’S 87th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE Saturday, May 17, 2014

Youth Conference TBA

Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage Saturday, June 14, 2014

*ALL EVENTS INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY AND ALL EVENTS, EXCEPT THE BENEFIT CONCERT, ARE FREE!

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“I know that we must reclaim those bones in the Atlantic Ocean. Do you know that there is not a plaque, a memorial, a day, a ritual, or an hour that is erected in memorial to those one hundred million bodies in the Atlantic Ocean? All those African bones in the briny deep. All those people who said ‘no’ and jumped ship. All those people who tried to figure out a way to steer, to navigate amongst the sharks. We don’t call upon that power. We don’t call upon those spirits. We don’t celebrate those ancestors. We don’t have a marker, an expression, a song that we use to acknowledge them. We have nothing to indicate that those are our people and they mattered! We willingly self-administer knockout drops. More horrendous is the fact that we don’t tap into the ancestral presence in those waters.” Toni Cade Bambara

Cultural presentations occurring all day by: Osagyefo, Lisa Muhammad, Shanto, Something Positive, Jah Jah the Mighty Tranquil, Pharm Boyzz, K55, Professor James Small, Positive for Children, Dr. Mary Umolu, Ngoma, Heru Ptah, The Children’s Legacy & Performing Arts, Tehut Nine, Crown Heights Youth Collective, Kowteff, Ababa and E.P.M.D. Squad, Abdul Perez, lmani Singers, Dancers & Drummers’ Ensemble, Dr. Zala H. Taylor, Supported By PRIDE-Coney Island, and others.

SPECIAL TRIBUTES TO all our newly departed ancestors

Now that we hold this Tribute, we can celebrate and claim our ancestors!!!!

CONEY ISLAND BOARDWALK @ 16TH STREET (Ancestors’ Circle), BROOKLYN

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE, City University of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE SUN MIDDLE PASSAGE COLLECTIVE

25th ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO OUR ANCESTORS OF THE

MIDDLE PASSAGE SATURDAY - JUNE 14, 2014

12 NOON TO SUNSET

LISTEN TO WBAI, 99.5 F.M.For information: AKEEM @ 718-270-4902 Transportation: Q & F Trains to Last Available Stop

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I know that we must reclaim those bones in the Atlantic Ocean. Do you know that there

is not a plaque, a day, a ritual, or an hour that is erected in memorial to those one hun-

dred million bodies in the Atlantic Ocean? All those African bones in the briny deep.

All those people who said no and

jumped ship. All those people who

tried to figure out a way to steer,

to navigate amongst the sharks.

We don’t call upon that power.

We don’t call upon those spirits.

We don’t celebrate those ances-

tors. We don’t have a marker, an

expression or a song that we use

to acknowledge them. We have

nothing to indicate that those are

our people and they mattered! We

willingly self-administer knockout

drops. More horrendous is the

fact that we don’t tap into the an-

cestral presence !n those waters.

THE INSPIRATION...

Toni Cade Bambara, Author 1987

THE INSPIRATION... “The Honorable John T’molu, my late husband, taught me many, many years ago that Black people must honor and pay tribute to our Ancestors. He helped me to see that, just as other people in the world call upon their ancestors (Saint this and/or Saint that... ), Black people must also know our history and call upon our ancestors. That is why I decided that, during the Inter- national Black Storyteller’s Conference held at Med- gar Evers College/CONY in 1989, we must have a significant salute to our Ancestors. That is why I de- cided that we must take a pilgrimage to the water and pay tribute.”

Dr. Mary Umolu, Professor, MEC, 1996

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