NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Freedom School

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, September 20, 2009

Woodrow Wilson Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships

Dear BMI Colleagues:

Below you will find information about the Woodrow Wilson Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships. Please pass this information on to your students.

Announcement:

The Woodrow Wilson–Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color were created to help recruit and support individuals of color as K–12 public school teachers in the United States. Through this fellowship, we hope to prepare greater numbers of highly qualified teachers of color in public school classrooms around the country.

This Fellowship includes:
• a $30,000 stipend to apply toward the cost of a master’s degree
• preparation for teaching in a high–need public school
• support and mentoring throughout the three–year teaching commitment
• guidance toward teaching certification
• lifelong membership in a national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders

Only current seniors are eligible to apply for the WW–RBF.
Applications are accepted through October 26, 2009.

Details:
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/teaching/wwrbf/index.php

Interested U-M applicants should contact:
Dr. Henry O. Meares
Assistant Dean, School of Education
hmeares@umich.edu, 734 323-4237

Sincerely,

Jermaine Wright
Associate Director, CUNY Black Male Initiative
The City College of The City University of New York
160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street
North Academic Center (NAC) Building, Room 4/154
New York, New York 10031
(212) 650-5394 (telephone)
E-mail: jwright1@ccny.cuny.edu
Website: http://www.cuny.edu/bmi
or http://web.cuny.edu/academics/oaa/initiatives/bmi.html

Saturday, August 22, 2009

The Revolutionary O.N.E.S:
"Freedom School Thang"
Say YES to Education
Philadelphia Freedom Schools

Music by: A Freedom School Thang and GP Productions

Video by: SYTE Videography Program

This video was shot by the wonderful and talented videography students at Say Yes to Education. They were awesome teenagers as you can see by this video.

Greetings

Sharing a YouTube video made my the Say Yes to Education youth this summer in Philadelphia Freedom School. They did all of the filming and also wrote the positive lyrics. There were two different classes: Videography under the great leadership of Independent Filmmaker Safidi and Music Production under the great Leadership of Hanaki Ra. Safidi has worked for National Geographic and the Discovery channel. She was a summer college Intern in our program for 3 years before receiving film degree. She returned this summer to work on this project with us while filming another independent film in Philly. Hanaki Ra is an award winning Music producer and has his own studio which our students made two visits and "cut" their CD. Really some great learning of what it takes to produce products, they were exposed to all of the "behind the scene" skills, networking for places and people to film. They had to do outreach in the neighborhood and inform the community of the Goals of their project and find partners willing to participate. They had to know the history of Say Yes to Education and Philadelphia Freedom Schools to share with everyone they met who they wanted to be a part of the project. They were all wonderful "Ambassadors"

They are so proud of themselves and represented our program and Philadelphia Freedom School well. They learned a lot and had a great time this summer it will be a benchmark in their lives.

I want to also thank many of you who have been so supportive of our program this year and previous ones. Your support and encouragement has assisted us in various ways so that we can create good projects with good outcomes that engages the children and youth in so many ways.

In Service

Maisha Sullivan, Director
Say Yes to Education
Peace Family.

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Please check out the link below and please share with others as well. As you may know I worked this summer at an amazing program...Say Yes to Education Philadelphia Freedom Schools in Philadelphia. Among many other things, I had to pleasure to teach a videography class to some young teenagers. I gave them the tools and they definitely produced. All of the camera work was done by their skilled and talented hands. Not only that, the lyrics to the song were also written by another Freedom School enrichment class, the Music Production class. It was a perfect combination. Enjoy. And dont forget to pass it along. Do it for the kids. Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kHA1slo4wI

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Safidi Tyehimba