NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Sunday, November 1, 2009

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Dr. Joy DeGruy | Be The Healing
Upcoming Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Presentations (New York and New Jersey)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, November 5th @ 6:00-7:00PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS) and Healing Presentation
Lighthouse Community Center
719 Bellevue Avenue Trenton, NJ 08618

Friday, November 6th @ 4:00–5:30PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Overview and Q & A Session
Bethany Baptist Church
460 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York 11216

Saturday, November 7th @ 2:00–2:45PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Overview and Q & A Session
CEMOTAP
13505 Rockaway Blvd, S. Ozone Park, NY 11420

Saturday, November 7th @ 7:00PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Presentation
Newark, NJ (TBD)

Sunday, November 8th @ 2:00-2:45PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Overview and Q & A Session
Board for the Education of People African Ancestry
286 Convent Ave. Harlem, NY 10031

Dr. Joy DeGruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. Dr. Joy, as most know her, is a tell-it-like-it-is ambassador for healing and a voice for those who've struggled in search of the past, and continue to struggle through the present. A highly skilled and educated activist for social justice, Dr.Joy reaches people on the community level and has a captivating way of persuading others to search for a deeper understanding of themselves.

Dr. Joy is the acclaimed author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome—America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, and the newly released, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: The Study Guide. In P.T.S.S.: The Study Guide, Dr.Joy revisits the topics she covers in P.T.S.S. and provides a detailed mapping of how you can begin the change process in your personal life, employment, family and in your community. She illustrates how—with thoughtful self–exploration—each of us can evaluate our behaviors and replace negative and damaging behaviors with those that will promote, ensure and sustain the healing and advancement of African Americans.