NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK

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

Monday, October 11, 2010

NAKO-NY Presents A Community Forum For
The New York State Freedom Party
With Councilman Charles Barron
Sunday, Oct. 17th, 2010 / 3PM - 6PM

NEW YORK CHAPTER
of the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of KAWAIDA ORGANIZATIONS

On Sunday, October 17th, 2010 the New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) presents a community forum with the New York Freedom Party.

On Monday, June 14th, 2010, New York City Councilman Charles Barron stated that the Democratic party chose to put together an all-white statewide party, in spite of the fact that New York's population is multiracial. Barron vowed that he would begin to organize a protest bid for governor for the state of New York. Freedom party officials stated that the purpose of this new political party is to create a state-wide vehicle through which the average poor and working people can be organized into a powerful collective voice and have their issues addressed.

Some of the questions to be addressed will include the valid effectiveness of a third party, strategies for organizing state wide, honest efforts to develop coalitions among varying interest groups and fund raising tactics.

Candidates and officers appearing to speak and address concerns will be Charles Barron candidate for Governor and candidate for Lt. Governor, Attorney Eva M. Doyle and Co-Chair of the New York State Freedom Party, educator Jitu Weusi.

This event will take place at the Afrikan Poetry Theatre (APT) from 3pm to 6pm. APT is located at 176-03 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York 11432.

Councilman Charles Baron
At The Jena 6 Rally At City Hall (September 20th, 2007)
Copyright © 2007 ROD PATRICK RISBROOK

Sunday, October 17th, 2010
3PM to 6PM
Afrikan Poetry Theatre (APT)
176-03 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, Queens, New York 11432
GOOGLE MAP

Admission: Bring your check book - volunteer a contribution.

For directions and information
call (718) 523-3312 or (718) 789-3264 or
email nakoinfogroup[at]yahoo.com

An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey
Concerning the Down Low
By David J. Malebranche, MD, MPH

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Photo: Amar'e Stoudemire Poses Nude For ESPN

MAN! All I can say is PHYNE! Beautiful cover!!!!!

Now to see if I can pick up a copy!

And this previous Sports Illustrated Jason Campbell cover (August 2009) is a nice opposite (clothes on) bookend...

And YES, I do own this issue! I'm a Skins FAN. Whaddu U want?

Sunday, October 3, 2010

A Tribute To Raymond Chase, 19 Years Young
SUNRISE: 1991 To SUNSET: Sept. 29th, 2010
Our Baby Boy, A Gatekeeper, Returns To The Ancestors

Raymond Chase, 19 Years Young
SUNRISE: 1991 To SUNSET: September 29th, 2010

I didn't know you Baby Boy, but I am saddened (though I don't judge you, yet mourn you) that you felt you were suffering so much INSIDE that you needed to cut your own live short.

All I can do is celebrate the SAME GENDER LOVING GATEKEEPER that YOU were and transitioned to, and that the ancestors take care of the exodus of your SPIRIT...

A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FRIEND NASHEED for providing the reference links. I'm HUMBLED AND APPRECIATIVE, MY BRUTHA!

REFERENCE LINKS:

Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Black SGL Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks

Yet Another SGL Youth Commits Suicide

Campus Pride: Openly Homosexual Johnson & Wales Student Raymond Chase Commits Suicide

It Does Get Better...

Thursday, September 30, 2010

3rd Annual Queer Black Cinema
International Fim Festival
October 14th - 17th, 2010
Harlem, New York City

Official Website: Queer Black Cinema.org

QUEER BLACK CINEMA

OCTOBER 14TH - 17TH THE 3RD ANNUAL QUEER BLACK CINEMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CURATED BY ANGEL L. BROWN-ROSS. Join the longest running Black LGBT Film Festival in New York. Join the 4 day event as we bring you the best films from around the world about the Black LGBT experience. The four day industry based film festival will be filled with award-winning films, industry taught workshops, powerful panel discussion and of course parties including filmmakers networking mixers.

ENTIRE FILM SCHEDULE / BUY TICKETS

LOCATION:
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre
2031 5th Avenue (between 125th & 126th Streets)
Harlem, New York City 10035
Venue Phone: (212) 722-3800
GOOGLE MAP

TRAIN TRAVEL:
#2 or 3 train to 125th Street & Lenox Avenue or
#4, 5, or 6 train to 125th Street & Lexington

Join the mailing list at qbcfilmseries-subscribe[at]yahoogroup.com
Follow us on twitter.com/qbcfilmfest and Facebook

SPONSORSHIP Packages are available.
For info contact: info[at]queerblackcinema.org or
Visit the website at www.queerblackcinema.org

About Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival

Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival is a progressive socially conscious film festival that will bring you the best Black LGBTQ theme films from around the world. The four-day festival consists of not only ground-breaking films but also panel discussions with industry professionals and workshops.

QBC Int’l Film Festival is an entity of Queer Black Cinema, New York’s first and only Black LGBTQ monthly micro-cinema since 2006. Since the 2006 launch of the film series, the organization has expanded into several projects created by founder Angel L. Brown-Ross: QBC College Film Tour, Just|BE Black Gay Erotica 72 hour Poetry & Film Competition on HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness and Fades Of Black Women Film Showcase, honoring Black Lesbians Women Filmmakers.

QBC accept donations, grants and in-kind donations under 501 c-3 not- for -profit organization, Mix LGBT Experimental Film Festival. For more info on QBC projects including volunteering,internship and sponsorship, log on to: qbcfilmseries[at]yahoogroups.com or www.queerblackcinema.org

Monday, September 27, 2010

THE MAJESTICS Blast Off at NY Comic Con!
The Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in NYC
October 8th, 9th & 10th, 2010

Official Website: mightymajestics.com

THE MAJESTICS is an action adventure tale about hip, young superheroes who discover their powers and their life's purpose through a family tragedy of global proportions.

Asha, Henry, and Stanley Crenshaw are cousins and heirs to the Crenshaw Family Foods empire. Their care-free, jet setting lives are dramatically and permanently transformed after their family is obliterated in a suspicious explosion during their 142nd annual family reunion at the Ravenwood compound.

Left orphaned, but now equipped with super human powers, the three cousins, along with their uncle, Fletcher Crenshaw and trusted family confidant, Omar, must tackle the challenges of young adulthood, while answering the call to be guardians of their family legacy in an as yet uncharted world.

As they embark on a mission of vengeance, Asha, Henry, and Stanley become THE MAJESTICS. While uncovering their enemies by piecing together clues from the tragedy with mysteries from their family's Camelot-like past, their quest for revenge is curbed and they embrace a greater destiny to which they dedicate their immense family fortune and their newly discovered super-human talents.

PRESENTING
THE MAJESTICS©
400 years in the making...
African-American super hero mythology
is here with the groundbreaking multimedia franchise
THE MAJESTICS©.

THE MAJESTICS© animation, comics, books, and films feature super hip, teenaged super heroes living on the cutting edge of technology, fashion, music and intrigue in a multicultural world of danger and adventure.

THE MAJESTICS©
NY Comic Con
Jacob K. Javits Center
Booth ● 2261
655 West 34th Street
(between 34th & 35th Streets / 11th & 12th Avenues)
New York City, NY 10001

October 8-10th, 2010

Admission:
-Weekend pass ● $50.00
-Friday October 8 ● 1PM - 7PM● $30.00
Saturday October 9 ● 10AM- 7PM ● $40.00
-Sunday October 10 ● 10AM – 5PM ● $30.00
Children under 12 years old FREE ● Sunday ONLY
with proof of I.D.

New York Comic Con Website

THE MAJESTICS© is a multimedia action adventure franchise about a family of super hip young superheroes, whose life purpose evolves through the confrontation of a personal tragedy with global implications. The care free, jet setting lives of Asha, Henry and Stanley Crenshaw -- cousins, American Royalty and teenaged heirs to the Crenshaw Family Foods fortune -- are dramatically transformed after most of their family is killed in a suspicious explosion during the 145th Annual Family Reunion at their family compound, leaving them orphaned yet armed with superhuman powers.

For more information, please check out www.mightymajestics.com If you are a member of the media please direct all queries to Michelle Pascal at michelle[at]mapunlimitedpr.com

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Yolo Akili's Purple Galaxy Spoken Word CD
And His Preachers & Power Video Blog Commentary

Spoken Word (SGL) Artist Yolo Akili

I found out about Yolo Akili through the progressive and well put together Black SGL blog called Wandering Caravan.

BronzeBuckaroo, who runs the blog always has some interesting pieces on there, but I wanted to hi-lite Yolo Akili (a young, mad cute & attractive, and progressive-minded brutha) who's a spoken word artist.

Official Website: yolothepoet.com

And check out Yolo's website, too. I went to Amazon.com and downloaded Yolo's new CD Purple Galaxy. CDBaby.com and iTunes also has his music as well.

Also, below is his first video-blog and where he speaks out about Eddie Long the preacher down Atlanta. However, regardless of the outcome of the allegations against Eddie Long case, the point of Yolo's video is that there are larger issues that he touches on regarding the African community here in America. It's a very good 5 minute listen for sure.