Haiti Pilgrimage 2012 Photos
January 26, 2012Take a look at photos from IBW's recent Haiti Pilgrimage as part of the Haiti Support Project!
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Toward State of the Black World Conference III
December 15, 2011State of Emergency in Black America: Time to Heal Our Families and Communities.
Toward State of the Black World Conference III.
Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. Ronald Walters
Petition on the War on Drugs
November 29, 2011Forty years after President Richard M. Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” under the guise of halting trafficking in drugs in the United States,the evidence is clear: The War on Drugs has been a “war on us,” a politically motivated, racially biased strategy which has disproportionately targeted African Americans and other people of color.
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Oasis Institute Project
November 29, 2011Since 1995, the Haiti Support Project has emerged as the foremost African-American organization, dedicated to "building a constituency forHaitiin theU.S." with a focus on the African-American community.
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Vantage Point by Dr. Ron Daniels
The Emancipation Proclamation: From 3/5 Human to Second Class Citizenship
When I first became active in the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager in Youngstown, Ohio, January 1st was always a very important day in the Black community — not because it was the first day of a new year, but it was Emancipation Day. Every year the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and the local Chapter of the NAACP would host a major program commemorating the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. This was celebrated as a momentous occasion because with a stroke of a pen, President Lincoln freed enslaved Africans from bondage. Certainly a just cause for celebration! What was never noted in the Emancipation Day Programs was that the Proclamation did not “free” all of the 4 million enslaved Africans.
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What is the State of the Dream?
By Julianne MalveauxI always feel inspired and elated, but also challenged and chagrined, at some of the celebrations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. There are those, too many folks, who want to sanitize Dr. King and turn him into a dreamer. Too many only quote the part of his “I have a dream” speech that talks about character content and skin color. Too few remember that in the same speech …
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Time to Heal Our Families & Communities
Institute of the Black World 21st Century
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FORUM
State of Emergency in Black America
Time to Heal Our Families & Communities
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012, 2:00 pm
AT THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATER
Haiti Support Project Leads “Pilgrimage” Delegation to Haiti
January 17-21, 2012 (two years after the devastating earthquake) the Haiti Support Project (HSP) will lead a delegation of thirty-seven (38) African Americans and Haitian Americans to Haiti to assess the progress of the recovery/reconstruction and explore ways to engage people of African descent from the U.S. in the process of building the new Haiti.
Martin Luther King/Malcolm X Community Revitalization Initiative
Martin Luther King/Malcolm X
Community Revitalization Initiative
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Give a “Gift” to Haiti for the Holidays
Special Appeal
Give a “Gift” to Haiti for the Holidays
Remember Our Sisters and Brothers
Two Years after the Devastating Earthquake
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Haiti Support Project
Haiti Support Project
Pilgrimage Delegation to Haiti
January 17-21, 2012
June 17th Forum
Ending the War on Drugs
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