11 February

UNCHAINED MEMORIES – SLAVE NARRATIVES

In honor of African History Month Wo’se Community presents this riveting documentary of American slave narratives. In the late 1930s, an estimated 100,000 former slaves were still alive— and in the midst of the Great Depression, more than 2,300 of them were interviewed as a part of the Federal Writers’ Project. Transcripts of their first-person anecdotes form the Slave Narratives collection of the Library of Congress, a unique firsthand record of human bondage.

This classic documentary brings the collection to life through emotionally charged, in-character readings by celebrated African-American actors. Archival photographs, authentic slave-era music, footage evoking the harsh legacy of slavery in America, and period images are interspersed throughout, along with comments by the performers themselves. Angela Bassett, Michael Boatman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Don Cheadle, Sandra Daley, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Guillaume, Jasmine Guy, Samuel L. Jackson, CCH Pounder, LaTanya Richardson, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Vanessa L. Williams, Oprah Winfrey, and Alfre Woodard are featured. Deeply disturbing, painfully illuminating, and absolutely riveting, Unchained Memories speaks the unvarnished truth through the words of those who had little left to lose and nothing to gain by telling it.

11 February

HAITI

This seminar will focus on the historic contributions the Haitian people have made to the western hemisphere. In addition we will also look at two centuries of documented malignant outside intervention from the United States and the United Nations. We will also examine how Haiti can be helped going forward..

18 February

AVATAR – DISCUSSION/ ANALYSIS

The movie Avatar has provoked much discussion and has created varied interest and discussion depending on your prospective weather you’re Black or White, Progressive or Conservative. We will analyze just what the messages are being sent in this Billion dollar grossing movie are sending to the psyche of the

world. It would be beneficial to the discussion to have already viewed the movie.

25 February

UNCLE RUCKUS VS. PASTOR MANNING

The comic strip and cartoon Boondocks created by Aaron McGuder is a social satire of American culture and race relations (or stereotypes in the world). One Character is Uncle Ruckus, a self hating Black man. Pastor Manning of Harlem New York appears to be a real life example of

McGuder’s fictional character. Both will be viewed and discussed. You’ll laugh and cry because art depicts reality.

4 March

HEALING THE WOUNDS OF STREET VIOLENCE

Brother Steve Streeter is working at UCSF assigned to UCD Med Center, Dept. Of Surgery, Trauma Div. implementing a "trauma wraparound program" for youth who experienced violent acts crimes. He is working with youths 12 - 30 yrs old that may be victims of Gunshot wounds, Stab wounds or assault. He assesses them while they are

hospitalized and offers them services that will provide an alternative gang and violence lifestyle. As you can imagine his task is great but He moves fearless in the Fathers light! He is in need of the community’s help. He is calling on all the community’s brain trust to change our youth's path. He truly believes that they will do better when they know better.

11 March

APPLYING KWANZAA PRINCIPLES 12 MONTHS A YEAR

Bill Johnson will facilitate a discussion to connect the Nguzo Saba (7 Principles of Kwanzaa) to some of the challenges we face as African Americans. The number of options can seem overwhelming, but by examining underlying principles and trends, we can use our resources wisely, instead of

wasting our time & money on wellhyped seductions. He will use a central operational time & money on wellhyped seductions. He will use a central operational framework, one designed to be effective in pursuing our shared African sense of actualization by "bringing good into the world" Please prepared to bring practical solutions to this discussion.

18 March

IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?

What awaits us beyond the grave? Is there existence in another realm? Are there signs from any that have gone beyond and returned to tell the tale? These and other questions will be explored, including ancient texts from the Nile valley and Indus Valley that

provide lost keys to the truth of Life after Death.Come with an opened mind.

25 March

THE AFRICANS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE

The greatest secret Africa has never told and Christian Europe has been seeking to conceal for the past two thousand years is the African origin of the concepts, doctrines, sacramental practices of religion and the documents that became the foundation of Christianity in Europe....Did you know that even the word Israel was derived from an African tribal word and that the Bible confirms its African tribal meaning?

Did you know that the names of the authors of the Old Testament are not "Hebrew" or "Jewish" names, but transposed African tribal names? Come and find out more about the Africans Who Wrote the Bible.

1 April

ZEITGEIST, THE MOVIE

Zeitgeist is a German expression meaning "the spirit of the age". The Movie is a 2007 documentary film by Peter Joseph about historical and modern occurrences, including the origins of Christianity, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the banking system.

Part I, entitled "The Greatest Story Ever Told," questions religions as being god-given stories, arguing that the Christian religion specifically is mainly derived from other religions, astronomical facts, astrological myths and traditions, which in turn were derived from or shared elements with others. In furtherance of the Jesus myth hypothesis, this part argues that the historical Jesus is a literary and astrological hybrid, nurtured politically in the interest of control.

8 April

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE EATING?

Tonight we’ll examine the food industry. We’ll look at the short internet film “The Meatrix”, portions of “Food Inc.” and “Super size Me”. This seminar will make you think twice about the food you consume. My son saw “Super Size Me” and hasn’t eaten at Mcdonald’s in five years.

 

Wo’se is a Community of the Way.
The Way is MAAT: Truth, Justice and Rightousness.

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