EMWOT Green Griot Gathering WEDNESDAY SEMINARS

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EMWOT IS Sponsoring The GREEN GRIOT- Art Of Economic Development With a Live Studio Audience at the Black Box on Troost,  as a Facebook and Youtube Live video stream, and as a STREAMING PODCAST EVERY WEDNESDAY! 

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 ON WEDNESDAYS

EMWOT is having a Weekly Seminar, Green Griot Gathering- The Art of Economic Development- Wednesdays at 6pm-9pm on ZOOM Due to COVID-19!

Featuring Local Kansas City's Authors, Advocates and Activists, Representing a cross-cultural stratum of metro Kansas City to share their Knowledge of Economic Development... This is another Amen Ankh Akademy CommuniverCity initiative.
*Sasteh Meter Kenneth Leon Mosley the Author of: Nation Building How To,
*Riccardo Lucas, Author of: Programmed for Murder SOS, and
*Michael Summers, Author of: Bigger Than Me. are featured among man political and community Activists and Leaders.

All Books will be available for sale...

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Amen Ankh Akademy CommuniverCITY

Study Group ON ZOOM!

We invite you to be a part of this lively Afrikan Centered Study Group.
We will read books, have discussions for the understanding of current local and international issues, History, and Poetry with a variety of local Authors, share presentations, and Author Presentations available for all. We also offer Technical assistance in Resume writing, Blogs, Basic Websites, and Business Card orders.

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EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE have A Matinee Movie Critique Club to Learn the Language of the film and it's special effects, as a social forum. After decades of community activism, political leadership and neighborhood organizing in the Kansas City area, EMWOT, working with AMEN ANKH AKADEMY and AMEN COMMUNICATIONS will continue to be vigilant and rally around Positive Images and the lives of men of African Descent.

THIS IS A JUMP PROGRAM!

Like the Matrix, we offer an open interactive forum to discuss the challenges in raising the Life Health and Spirit of Family and Brotherhood. We will raise our poll of the week for each movie and encourage live selfie comments and interactions on Blaqsbi, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook include our hashtag: #EMWOTKC

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to promote, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about the life, history, and culture of the global Afrikan Diaspora community.

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We are an ACE (Afrikan Conscious Education) Home-school Network, bridging the gap against the School to Prison Pipeline. We teach STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Industrial Arts Mathematics) through a virtual home school network and Afrikan Conscious Education Curriculum that will ready our children Pre-K-8 Accelerated course of study; and Adult CommuniverCity Outreach teaching ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical Afrikan Civilization.) We are a Ma'afia a "Healthy Place To Live" Amen Ankh Urban Farms Mission is to produce, promote, and perpetuate food, resources and comfort and to grow local healthy Indigenous Foods in environmentally, respected, earth gentle ways. https://amen-ankh.blogspot.com Call Us-816-281-7704

Paseo Fiasco of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Kansas City, Missouri

Paseo Fiasco of Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd

by, Adenike AmenRa· Tuesday, March 19, 2019  

 

I am challenged by what would motivate a nearsighted collection of people of Afrikan descent, to serve as renegers alongside Tea Party MAGA hats to destroy the unification and representation of this beautiful boulevard Paseo being renamed The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. BLVD!? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street signs are celebrated in EVERY major 1st tier metropolitan city in the United States, to represent the legacy of Unity and Equality. For Missouri to have the history of being the Heartbeat of the United States, yet one of the last pro-enslavement states to dismantle inequality through the Emancipation Proclamation. I am calling out the Uncle Tom Bufoonery and Cronyism that is blatantly amiss. 

By The way,  "The Paseo" is only a Spanish word for “passage.” or "the walkway". So I ask; A Passage or walkway to WHAT exactly? Historically, the Paseo was "whitewashed by  The Gentry of its beginnings. Meyer Established a Beautification Committee essentially for moving the Red-light district away from the Churches in this area, further north into the segregated neighborhood of African Americans. Even further in history, Paseo De La 

Why are people of Afrikan descent aligning with MAGA hats to tear down and prevent their own representation of cultural icons in Kansas City?! Sometimes, all you have to do is give certain people an elaborate title, then they will eat out of their abuser’s hands… The outrageous insult for Black Americans in Kansas City, to lead a group of bigots into a rally camp at a Black Church was an assault against their humanity and heritage! 

This situation reminds me of one of the most atrocious reprehensible acts of United States domestic terrorism, which has still yet to receive indictment or successful demand for full compensation of atonement and/or reparations. This act was the Tuskegee Syphilis clinical trial, where Caucasian U.S. Doctors injected live syphilis into unsuspecting African American men in the South, then released them into the population of an equally unsuspecting community of African descendant families… Yet, as heinous and insidious that this vile act directed against people of Afrikan Descent was, the Doctors who played their roles in this unethical, foul poisoning, slow torture, and homicide of these men for over 40 years, would not have succeeded without the dedicated assistance and rally of their hired hound and sheepdog, none other than “Nurse” Eunice Rivers Laurie! For every effort that the Clinical trial victims used to escape from their torture- Nurse Rivers had a new and innovative way to return her charges back to the fold. 

Now we have many who shroud the spirit and personality of Nurse Rivers, of the Tuskegee Clinical experiment, who stands in photo ops with Caucasian Bigots and ignorant Black followers, wearing the façade of leadership titles, to secure the façade of compliance with the status quo of old guard racist policies, of redlining, Gentrification, and Jim Crowism. Now Nurse Rivers personified, speaks to point her finger at implied political underhanded tactics, while rallying behind MAGA Hats and naive followers, as an underhanded political tactic to glean popularity with, and to pander to Caucasian voters… To this day, many caucasians still reject and despise Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, refusing to even acknowledge his holiday, let alone the inclusion of his work as a pristine national and international historical legacy. 

YET, HATERS HATE! SHAME ON YOU! Instead of MAGA Hats luring ignorant Black people into reneging on the new MLK street sign, why not DO something positive for the people of African descent on the Boulevard for a change?! So, the black supporters of MAGA hats, want to sustain the old guard street signs, while the community conditions remain the same. To say that they want the boulevard to return to the name “The Passage” is to also imply that they want to return to maintaining the status quo and business-as-usual. They want the return/continuation of racism/white supremacy, disenfranchisement, inequality, and the indirect redlining of people of African descent, who are presently the ignorant bystanders and local renters. Few are tax-paying residents.  These same Afrikan Americans who are STILL refused bank loans for homes and home improvements, and business loans for Black-owned businesses, And STILL subjected to racial profiling, leading to police abuse against their human rights, and continued miscarriage of Justice on people of Afrikan descent. These same Afrikan Americans who STILL suffer the continuation of Mis-Education and the school-to-prison pipeline of “right-sized” schools, particularly in the midtown Kansas City areas,  perpetuating the legacy of racist malpractices.

Why do some of these Black Politicians refuse to support the direct needs and agenda of Black people? Why is that a "Hands Off" intention of political pendants? They know that Multiculturalism has never worked for people of African Descent or has met the needs of our specific cultural agenda. We are always the odd man out unless we completely sell out and assimilate with the status quo. It seems that anytime Black people dare to stand equally to Caucasians in Kansas City, We get push-back... To think that DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. was publicly assassinated for daring to be "David" standing against the "Goliath" of the likes of Jesse Clyde Nichols, the Pederasts, and the Trumans, etc., that still perpetuates a racist economic class of the “good ol’ boys” of white supremacy- and the remaining segregation and inequality of Black economics in jobs, in City Contracts,  and in housing, and other resources! 

By the way, THE PASEO WAS HISTORICALLY WITHIN THE RED-LINED AREAS AGAINST HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT! (And there are STILL areas that are designated for white-only ownership on the west side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd! So, the REAL reason these MAGA hats don't want an MLK Street sign is that they don't expect to see black people owning property and businesses, while living in the downtown and midtown areas of KC, in the future! Just like they ran off Black homeowners and shut down the Poor housing on 12th street, to build 71 highway, then ran off homeowners and Black businesses for the Prospect police station and forensic lab, destroyed Parade Park- (one of the first Black-owned Cooperative developments), and the defunding for the obliteration of the 18th and Vine Jazz/Baseball district... 

Instead of reversing the changing of the MLK street sign- these Afrikan American pawns should get a petition for more Equality for people of African descent in KC, by garnering more Black Businesses and more Black ownership of COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS- not renters! More Caucasians should cross the still standing dividing lines of this racist city, and patronize the struggling Black businesses, on the east side of Paseo Boulevard. Give People of African Descent equal access to more construction contracts, and write petitions to empower more Children of African descent into STE-A-M occupations, while empowering them to return to their own neighborhoods, to repair and improve their own communities. 

For the sake of our future generations, take off your MAGA Hats and Teardown imperialism! Tear down ALL white supremacy symbols, Teardown red-lining, and the impediments to business loans for people of African descent. Tear down Class-ism and Re-Gentrification! Tear down Patriarchal income barriers! East of Troost- East of Dr. Martin Luther King’s "Paseo" is STILL the most segregated, economically alienated neighborhoods, rampant with predatory businesses like- liquor stores, Pawnshops, Payday loan offices, Asian Beauty Salons, Drug Stores and Killer Monsatan(now Bayer) Fast-junk-food restaurants, than any other Ethnic neighborhood in greater Metro KC! This business planning continues to destroy the health, Well-being, and economic development of the Black community! Black people are not the owners of the stores in their own neighborhoods. And the Owners of these stores don’t live within our neighborhoods. So, Just like the police, these store owners take our black dollars and quickly leave our neighborhoods, and do not recirculate this money to foster economic growth or improvement. There is STILL a school-to-prison pipeline where the predominant population of Students (Black students) is taught by people that don't look like them, and or Don't dwell in the communities that they work in. Eastside of the Paseo- there is STILL the G.O.D.s (Guns- Oil and Drugs) (That we do not produce, grow or manufacture), yet somehow these G-O-Ds get into Kansas City neighborhoods from Vietnam, Mexico, Russia, Bolivia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc., to be shipped over to the U.S. across the borders, and delivered to our streets), killing people east/ midtown of  The Paseo Boulevard. While they moved the Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction -toxic Beryllium reactor plant around impoverished people further south of The Paseo. "North KC-South KC Everywhere We've got Killer KC"- YEAH! I SAID IT!

I am so happy that the installation of the new Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd street signage IS A DONE DEAL on Blue Parkway! Let us move forward in dignity and honor for a job well done. This is a sterling example for our youth. 

 Let us overcome evil with good. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is now an International Icon! He is no longer solely a name recognized solely for African Americans, he is a role model for the world. Hats off to the true Kansas City leaders who stand on the future of equity and unity in the Kansas City community! The New DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Blvd is one of the most beautiful locations to give tribute to future racial Equality in Kansas City Missouri!

We salute our Children of Kansas City as future leaders! Let us end the in-fighting as adults.

My vision with Amen Par Ankh is to build a Nome Society of families that live in harmony with creation. From our ancient origins in Africa, our societies were built on a trade and bartering system. We supported Mind Body and Spirit to shape order with the seasons and environment. For example, the Brass maker family, for instance, would marry into the Cow Herding family, so they would create a harmony of Leather Products married with brass buckles, and metal cups to hold their cream.  We must be Land and building OWNERS, not renters. We must have autonomy of our own resources, with food and water, and energy. We support Green sustainable initiatives like growing our own foods, windmills, solar panels,  Seasonal ceremonies would call for social activities to produce the handmade finery that they would need...  Empowering our youth to be entrepreneurs and producers through vocational Arts, and STE-A-M Sciences to promote the cultivation of their own foods and resources. Our youth need to be encouraged to return back to their own neighborhoods to share their knowledge and relationships and to be the Gentry. Imagine a city where there is no poverty?  Culture IS Cultivation. #BlackFamiliesMatter #BlackCommunitiesMatter #BlackBusinessesMatter #Panther #AmenParAnkh #AmenAnkh 

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The Mission of EMWOT (East Meets West of Troost) To re-build an Autonomous, self-sustainable community of Gnomes* To advance the economic conditions of people adversely impacted by arrested development, Racism, and redlining, as a backlash of the Emancipation Proclamation, the civil rights movement, and subsequent integration. To provide Green Sustainable solutions. business education, and service excellence. *Nome= 5 Klans=5 Families. emwotkc@yahoo.com

EMWOT Presents the Griot Gathering DVD

EMWOT -East Meets West of Troost Presents:

THE GRIOT GATHERING

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A compilation of Local Kansas City artists, Community Activists and their music. It is an eclectic blend of Grassroots, Cultural, Political Spoken Word, Folk and Hip Hop Musical artists from KC-MO! They sing about Grassroots, current event issues ranging from the Nuclear Weapon plant poisonings of workers and their Neighborhoods to Kansas City Missouri’s School District. Thought provoking and fun, these selections are a blend that only these Kansas City artists can bring to Hip Hop spoken word & Jam. It's the return of people’s music; -it offers a deep human connection, through STRONG sonic celebration....

The DVD shows the highlights of whoand what EMWOT is all about since 2011 to 2014. The opening cut is from our leader in the struggle for all employees who have worked at, Kansas City’s Nuclear Power Plant and were exposed and poisoned by the toxic environment. “The Colonel’s Brief” by Maurice Copeland this is an excerpt on patriotism. He makes a profound statement about the most overlooked and under-served people of the world.

“Honeywell” by Cherith Brook is a protest march manifesto! With the backing of a full brass & drum corps, he sings with clever sarcasm in support of the ongoing advocates, activist, and protesters like the KC Peace Planter member, Sasteh Mosley (a Nuclear Conversion Activist/Speakers Bureau Lecturer) and other poisoned Workers from Kansas City's nuclear weapons plant.

Dirty D (now know as King Kihei) is a spoken word artist who espouses the many sentiments of the disenfranchised people who dwell in Urban Kansas City with the weavings of the excerpts of “The Community Update,” “Recess,” and “Power and Lights Out.”

Artists, SAHJ Kaya and Divine Intervention, add their energy with a Reggae flavor in “Nuclear Weapons.” She rages- “RAY-GUN! what you testin for?!!!” while “Political Strings” moves with spirit and a jazzy backup.

Other contributing artists; Priest Hughes and 337 as The Recipe – create a poignant brew with their clever spoken word juxtapositions against nuclear weapons with: “Self destruction,” and the downsizing of education with: “Parent Teacher Conference”… Their climax selection is my favorite, “What Happened to Hip Hop?!” This is the most Jammin Jewel of the CD for me! The Recipe told the truth about the greed, materialism that consumed and diluted the quality of the Hip Hop movement! I love the refrain “What happened to hip hop- did it die- did it fall down on the wayside?…

“Palm of Your Hand” is a powerful conclusive ending with a primal piercing purging high-pitched release and energy, leading to chants which permeate the collective consciousness of our time!


Featured Artists:

Maurice Copeland- Peace Planters Coalition

Dirty D- EMWOT

Cherith Brook- Catholic Workers

SAHJ Kaya & Divine Intervention

Priest Hughes & 337- The Recipe Poetry Guild

El Manna - Kingpen Coalition

A griot or jeli (djeli or djéli in French spelling) the griot is a repository of oral tradition, a West African storyteller. The griot delivers history as a poet, praise singer, and wandering musician. As such, they are sometimes also called bards. [the griot] has to know many traditional songs without error, he must also have the ability to extemporize on current events, chance incidents and the passing scene. His wit can be devastating and his knowledge of local history formidable." Although they are popularly known as 'praise singers', griots may also use their vocal expertise for gossip, satire, or political comment. Most villages also had their own griot, who told tales of births, deaths, marriages, battles, hunts, affairs, and hundreds of other things.

Griots — masters of words and music, Griots and Griottes — have been around for a millennium. the male griots and female griottes were historians, genealogists, advisers to nobility, entertainers, messengers, praise singers — the list goes on. Today, they perform on television and radio and record CDs. Many are popular singers who reinterpret traditional songs, giving new meaning to old words — As performers, griots and griottes are in great demand, not only for ceremonies and parties in West Africa, where they have traditionally appeared, but all around the world. Here in the United States, they tour universities to give insight into West African culture.

EMWOT -East Meets West of Troost Presents: THE GRIOT GATHERING

With your purchase of this DVD, you will help support At-Risk Youth in education, cultural arts and positive Economic development, Sasteh Meter Mosley (a Nuclear Conversion Activist/Speakers Bureau Lecturer) and other poisoned Workers from Kansas City's nuclear weapons plant. Thank You for your generous donations to this cause!

The Griot Gathering has been devoted to nudging everyone from all persuasions in the direction of freedom and spiritual evolution. This music is “cultural-hip hop-folk-ethnic-funk.” They express a yearning for spiritual revolution -“There can’t be a revolution without Strong Men, Women and Children.”

To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one neighborhood at a time.

To promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation, consumer and business education, and service excellence.

EMWOT is dedicated to the sharing of experiences, stories, best practices and methods for achieving sustainability in both our personal lives and our communities.