“When we really unify with one another, fight for self-determination, vote, and coalition build, our movements become much stronger.” By Bashir Muhammad Akinyele — With the tragic killings of Blackmen, Blackwomen, Black children, and Black youth going on in African America on a daily basis, we must force our people, and the world, to understand that neglected and failed American policies to eradicate racism, Black self-hatred, poverty, drugs, high incarceration…
By Stephen Millies — Despite threatened thundershowers, 50 people took to the streets of Newark, N.J., on June 23 to demand reparations for Black people. Every year the People’s Organization…
Featured Topics: The Amazing National Black Writers Conference, Medgar Evers College; Another Report on the Newark As Model City Initiative; Report Back From Afro-Descendant Conference in Venezuela. Guests: Dr. Brenda Greene, Executive Director, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College/CUNY, Brooklyn, NY; Dr. Charlene Sinclair, Director for Reinvestment, Center for Community Change, Washington, DC; Yvette Modestin, Founder/ Executive Director, Encuentro Diaspora, Boston, MA
Newark As Model City Initiative — Tuesday, April 3, 2018 the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) convened a National Town Hall dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin…
April 9th Edition of Vantage Point Topic Remembering King: Report Back from Newark and Memphis Guests Dr. Michael Roberts, Chairman/CEO, The Roberts Companies, St. Louis, MO Willie Barney, President/Facilitator, African…
Press Release Updated — To honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th Anniversary of his martyrdom and to commemorate his famous “Mountaintop Speech,” the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) will convene a Town Hall meeting in Newark, NJ on April 3 at the historic Robert Treat Hotel.
April 2nd Edition of Vantage Point Topic Newark As Model City — Dedicated to the Memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Guests Carmelo G. Garcia, Acting Deputy Mayor,…
In their choice of a police chief and through other local initiatives, mayors can make major strides in improving the way their constituents interact with police and the criminal justice system. By Collier Meyerson — “It angers me how we keep going down the same path expecting a different result. We believe over-incarceration and over-policing leads to less crime, yet we have more crime,” Chokwe Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson,…
4/3/18, Newark, NJ — A National Town Hall Meeting Focusing on Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s Quest to Make Newark A Model City. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Mountaintop Speech. Keynote Speaker, Danny Glover, Convened by IBW21, Hosted by Mayor Ras J. Baraka.
Dear Friends in the Struggle: State of the Black World Conference IV (SOBWC IV), November 16-20, 2016, was one of the great gatherings of people of African descent, Black people,…
Season of Rebellions, The 1967 Newark and Detroit Rebellions – Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika (Houston, Texas), Junius Williams, Esq. (Newark, New…