1. To be strong and irreverent in the face of oppression, and to be fearless in our opposition to it;
 
2. To encourage and support efforts by those individuals and/or groups adopting a conscious stance, who reflect positivity in an ongoing climate of ever-increasing intolerance and suppression of counter-establishment thought;
 
3. To reject and cause others to reject information, products, entertainment, popular media and music that are damaging to our communities, and that further support and reinforce negative stereotyping;
 
4. To routinely question authority and the legitimacy of those in positions of influence (politicians, media, pundits, entertainers, etc.), to examine and/or counteract their official assessments of events as they occur, and to recognize and dispel negative propaganda when we see it;
 
5. To share and encourage others to share needed and relevant information as much as possible;
 
6. To respect others and live by example in private and public life;

 

7. To stand up for truth, freedom, justice and equality for all people.

 

 

A RBG Street Scholar Educational Design

http://www.funky-stuff.com/jamesbrown/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RBG Worldwide 1 NationThe Blue Print For Black Power  Study Cell

 

Hip-hop has entertained its fair shar e of misfits, but few groups ever embraced the title as fervently as Houston's Geto Boys. The trio, consi sting of Willie D and rappers Scarface and Bushwick Bill, rose to prominence in the 1990s with an excoriating combination of violent, explicit lyrics and propulsive, minimal beats. The band's third album, 1991's We Can't Be Stopped, boasts the single image that best defines the band's career. On the cover, Bushwick is being rolled into a hospital on a gurney by his fellow bandmates, his face grotesquely swollen and a bandage on his jaw. Bushwick had wound up in the hospital after shooting himself in the eye, following a dispute with his then-girlfriend. Why the dwarfish rapper thought that putting a bullet in his own dome would solve the matter has never been revealed, but it makes for an unforgettable image. The cover perfectly illustrates the never-say-die spirit of the best hip-hop, with a defiant middle finger raised to polite society in the face of impossible odds.

http://www.africanglory.com/

The Rose That Grew From Concrete, f Pac

 

 

 

 

Companion RBG Street Scholar Wikizines:

RBG Afrikan- Centered Cultural Development and Education Wikizine

RBG Public Enemy & Freedom Fighters Wikizine







 
Is this your first time visiting us or would you like to get deeper into how the communiversity works ?
Then check out RBG Street Scholars Think Tank Rules of Engagement.

 

 

Please keep in mind that RBG is a Think Tank.
A center of higher learning organized for intensive study, research, critical thinking and problem solving; focused in the areas of the use of technology in Afrikan-centered cultural development and education for the purpose of individually and collectively learning the social, political, economic and moral strategies to secure Black Power in the 21st century.
More frequently than not, we initiate our teaching / learning process by presenting audio and visual (images and video) resources that pose semalies, parables, metaphors, analogies and oxymorons; that's what makes you think (we hope). Then we have lively and well informed group discussions revolving around the various messages put forth in the learning objects and media assets. Next we research the facts overlaying our discussions using the voluminous number of resources available in the communiversity's web portals and learning environments. Finally, each learner has the opportunity to fill our evaluation instruments on most of the 5,000+ RLOs (Reusable Learning Objects) and media assets that comprise the core curriculum. It is out of following this methodology that we devise position papers and community policy recommendations and initiatives... Learn More

• THE UNKNOWN POET

1. The Unknown Poet & Queen — Don't Let Jealousy Appear
2. The Unknown Poet — 05 - JAZZ RA MA TAZZ
3. LAND OF LIBERTY
4. Queen — QUEEN'S THEME
5.   The Unknown Poet & Queen — FLOW SO NATURALLY
6.   he Unknown Poet — THE POETS
7.   The Unknown Poet & Queen — COSMIC MOTIVATION

We got to Stay 'RAZOR SHARP',...with a 'MENTAL EDGE. Our HEARTS need to Vibrate in the 'Currents of DIVINE LOVE. Our Bodies are the Houses of ATUM,..THE MOST HIGH,..THE ETERNAL,..THE ABSOLUTE,...without Beginning and there is No END.....There is a Small Kernel of 'DIVINE LIGHT' that Must ASCEND, when the Body can No Longer DeFend Its 'EXISTENCE with Non-EXISTENCE,.....^..I'm Talking about From Where We Come,..to Where We Go,...from 'BLACK WOMB to DARK VOID';.....It Seems Like a Lot of Us are Caught Up in a 'KARMIC DESTINY',......Destined to Be Locked in the 'False Matrix' of VANITY and CALAMITY,.....EMOTIONAL DEGENERACY and MENTAL MISERY,....Compounded by 'SPIRITUAL ILLITERACY'..........**..A Child is Born with a 'HEART of GOLD',...but in this World it Grows COLD. WE are Losing So Many of Our Young Ones in this 'WORLD WIDE MADNESS' of 'SENSLESS VIOLENCE' and 'MANUFACTURED IGNORANCE',..because....They are Born in a World Ruled by 'Men who are Violent',..Who have made War a Way of Life and BloodShed a Means of Entertainment......WARS and rumors of WARS close the Doors to 'PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS'....^..wHAT is Being Projected by the 'MASS MEDIA' today is Destroying the Minds of Young and Old,.....We should Be Constantly Seeking Refuge in 'THE MOST HIGH' from the Evil of the 'Devil Mans' Creations........***WE must Continue to Keep a 'PEACEFUL HEART',..a 'RAZOR SHARP MIND' and a 'PROFOUND KNOWING' that ' THE MOST HIGHS' promise is TRUE,....that BLESSED Things will Come to the BLESSED,..in Spite of Us Being among 'The Cursed'........So,....In this Situation We Must Remain CALM in the EYE of the Storm,...as We Enter the Zone of ' THE ALMIGHTY OM',...to Find PEACE in the Face of the 'BEAST',..as We Rotate EAST,..across the DARK,BARREN, STORMY SEAS,...Studying 'KNOWLEDGE by DEGREES',....to Once Again Find LOVE and PEACE and PEACE and EASE,..in the HEART OF THE 'ETERNAL WE',......All WE have to Do is Use The KEY,......*BLESSINGS and PEACE**and *PEACE and BLESSINGS**.
Stay Focused,....The Unknown Poet

You will quickly notice that RBG Street Scholars Think Tank flows seamlessly across websites and social networks. Presently, we have 20 major websites comprising over 5000 RLOs (Reusable Learning Objects) and media assets all concentricly integrated and linked to hundreds of robust Afrikan-centered websites.

The Zine pilots enable you to access and navigate everything without ever having to leave the college. The various integrated curricula that comprise the communiversity represent learning assets which are delivered via electronic dialogue between us (self-directed co-learners and expert tutors / facilitators of Afrikan descent). We all share a common purpose, depend upon each other and are accountable to each other for the collective's and the school's academic success. We are an interactive groups in which everyone actively communicates and negotiates higher learning activities with one another within a contextual framework facilitated by online tutors / experts / elders and ancestors. The entire school is about us, by us and for us--Afrikan Peoples Development / socially, politically, economically, educationally and morally.

From:The Purpose of Knowledge
by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Click Here for a Synopsis of our educational journey.

Tupac believed and conveyed through his music that it is theresponsibility of all of us to free the Political Prisoners of War in our Movement. It has always been my belief that we must find a way of unraveling the self-destruction and give VOICE to the pain caused by the combination of oppression and the horizontal aggression that is being waged against us. For if we do, we will begin to change the condition of our People.

Excerpt from Dare to Struggle Essay, by Dr. Mutulu Shakur -Tupac’s Dad

Link to Our Photo-Text Interview

Tupac is the RBG Connector
Posted in RBG Edutainment on Jan 22, 2007 at 12:17 AM

Black August originated in the concentration camps of California to honor fallen Freedom Fighters, Jonathan Jackson, George Jackson, William Christmas, James McClain and Khatari Gaulden. Jonathan Jackson was gunned down outside the Marin County California courthouse on August 7, 1970 as he attempted to liberate three imprisoned Black Liberation Fighters: James McClain, William Christmas and Ruchell Magee.

 

 

 

 

Ruchell Magee is the sole survivor of thatarmed rebellion. He is the former co-defendant of Angela Davis and has been locked down for 40 years, most of it in solitary confinement. George Jackson was assassinated by prison guards during a Black prison rebellion at San Quentin on August 21, 1971. Three prison guards were also killed during that rebellion and prison officials charged six Black and Latino prisoners with the death of those guards. These six brothers became known as the San Quentin Six. To honor these fallen soldiers the brothers who participated in the collective founding of Black August wore black armbands on their left arm and studied revolutionary works, focusing on the works of George Jackson...

These six brothers became known as the San Quentin Six. To honor these fallen soldiers the brothers who participated in the collective founding of Black August wore black armbands on their left arm and studied revolutionary works, focusing on the works of George Jackson...Learn More

Also See:

George Jackson: Black Revolutionary & Spark for the Modern Day Anti-Prison Movement

The August 7, 1970 Marin County Courthouse Slave Rebellion

RBG Freedom Fighter Tribute: Feat, A Brief History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle

It's Light, Fast, Smart, Sharp and Black to the Future

"Mass media have played and will continue to play a crucial role in the way white Americans perceive African-Americans. As a result of the overwhelming media focus on crime, drug use, gang violence, and other forms of anti-social behavior among African-Americans, the media have fostered a distorted and pernicious public perception of African-Americans".
The Yale Political Quarterly / Read More

We offer this edutaining video driven learning environment as a counter to mass media distortions and "white lies".

RBG STREET SCHOLARS THINK TANK AND AFRICENTRIC EDUCATION:
Research, Background and Reference Resources
Compiled by: Marc Imhotep Cray M.D./bna RBG Street Scholar

Liberation is impossible if we fail to see ourselves in more positive terms. For without a change of vision, we are slaves to the oppressor's ideas and values --ideas and values that finally attack the very core of our existence. Therefore, we must see the world in terms of our own realities."Larry Neal, "Black Art and Black Liberation," 1969

NATIONBUILDING IS THE STANDARD /CLASSIC /MOST DEFINITIVE DISCOURSE--Review #3

BEST DEFINITION OF AFRICAN CENTERED EDUCATION MY RESEARCH HAS TURNED UP:

African Centered Education is a system of sequentially planned educational opportunities provided for African heritage children, youth and young adults to develop the necessary and required skills to participate in the global marketplace with specific interest on the upliftment and empowerment of their African-American communities and the total development and growth of the African continent.

Dr. E. Curtis Alexander

 

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Professor Jacob H. Carruthers /Jedi Shemsu Jehewty

"The African centered education campaign is related to the chronic failure of the education system to provide equal educational results and opportunities for African Americans.

(February 15, 1930 - January 4, 2004)

(Click this photo for Dr.Carruthers on Africentric Education)

 

The recent Africana Studies Movement grew out of the 1960s/70s Black Power Movement

For those who would like to get deeper into RBG Street Scholars Think Tank Dr.Carruthers' essay on Africentric Education is highly recommended as it puts you smack dab into the middle of our scholarly education cipher and discourse. Professor Jacob H. Carruthers (RIU) was a founding director of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) and a member of its national board of directors. He is a founding member of both the Kemetic Institute of Chicago and the Temple of the African Community of Chicago. He was also the acting director of the Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, where he also served as a professor. He is the author of Science and Oppression, The Irritated Genie, and Mdw Ntr Divine Speech.

The Connection The current day Africentric-education movement, where Dr. Carruthers is one of our foremost authorities, is an outgrowth of the 1960s Black Studies Movement that we will be studying in the body of this curriculum.

 

Education Research, Background and Reference Resources that went into the building of our communiversity.

BOOKS AND REVIEWS/SUMMARIES:

1. African Centered Education: Its Value, Importance, and Necessity in the Development of Black Children Haki R. Madhubuti
This book legitimizes the need for African-centered education at an early age in child development.

2. Afrocentric Idea by Molefi Kete Asante
This new edition of THE AFROCENTRIC IDEA boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante recasts his original ideas in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. This is a fresh and dynamic location of culture within the context of social change. 256 p.

3. Nationbuilding: Theory and practice in Afrikan-centered education
Kwame Agyei Akoto
Improving Schools for African American Students: A Reader for Educational Leaders provides education leaders with access to critical ideas, research, andknowledge across a broad range of educational issues that affect the successfulschooling of African American children and youth. The articles that make up this book discuss generic education issues such as policy reform, the importance of high-quality teaching, and the improvement of schools from the perspective of the academic achievement of African American students. They explore the need to identify and redress policies and practices that hinder African American student achievement. They discuss effective teacher training programs, both pre-service and in-service, that focus on the academic and the ethical, social, political, and cultural dimensions of teaching African American students. These articles explore educational programs that build on the strengths that African American students bring to school, as well as how to create these programs in a widevariety of school settings, ranging from schools that serve predominantly African American students to schools in which African American students are a small percentage of the total school population...Read the full document in the Communiversity Multimedia e-Eine

"African Centered Collaborative Networked Learning ( ACCNL )"

 

 

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