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Continue reading →: Revisiting Old Alliances: Not Every Alliance Leads to Blackberry GroveThe Alliances That Brought Us Here and Maintained the Status Quo Cannot Build Blackberry Grove For generations, Afro-Americans have formed alliances in pursuit of survival, dignity, opportunity, and protection under a system that often denied all four. Some of those alliances were necessary. Some were historic. Some opened doors that…
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Continue reading →: Let’s Talk About The Vote & Real PowerI’ve organized and co-organized several rallies, attended virtual meetings, and participated in a number of in-person gatherings with some genuinely great people who helped and are continuing to help along the way. But after reflecting on those experiences, I’ve started to grow disillusioned with the performative aspects of many of…
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Continue reading →: The Vote Was Never The FoundationSo, Where Do We Go From Here? For my first blog, I reflected on something I’ve learned after organizing two No Kings rallies, an ICE Out for Good rally, and a weekly rally against postal privatization at the entrance of the Chicago RPDC. What I realized is that when people…
In this vision, communities are, safe spaces, beautiful, economically independent, culturally rooted, and built to last. Faith, family, education, institutions, craftsmanship, land, and cooperative economics are essential to manifesting this vision.
Walter Mitchell Jr.
IT IS WHAT IT IS .BLACK is simply my thoughts and vision on the harsh realities of today and the trajectory we’re on versus the promise of a better tomorrow when we accept that the future is ours to shape and build. Unfettered by the perceived impossibilities of today. Inspired by “Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos?” by the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
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These videos help frame the political, economic, and historical realities behind this work: old power trying to restore itself, failed economic promises, and the need to build our own institutions.
“The founding fathers want their country back and the Supreme Court is giving it to them”
Trickle down economics is a scam!!
The truth about Black Banks and the wealth gap