I did not want to comment on the remarks that Imus made or even the response to it and I would have saved my two cents if the media would stop comparing him to rappers and comparing his world to hip hop. Imus is a very rich, very old white...
Posted March 27, 2007 | 17:49:16 (EST)
When voting on the war, Congress should not get confused. It is about sacrifice and it is measured in dollars and bodies. Thanks to the Black Youth Vote network, Dr. Joe Leonard in Congresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick's office sent me the Congressional Black Caucus press release and while they say that...
Posted March 19, 2007 | 20:44:50 (EST)
On St. Patrick's Day I received the National Council of Negro Women's highest honor for a youth in recognition of my environmental advocacy and this month there is a story on me in the NRDC magazine OnEarth. When people lift me up I feel that I need to do more...
Posted March 12, 2007 | 17:48:21 (EST)
It takes a long time for me to put my comments together for this blog. I wish I could just respond to everything without thinking about the impression that I might leave but when I read the comments I feel like I still have to struggle to represent where I'm...
Posted March 7, 2007 | 22:07:59 (EST)
Black youth leaders & 2008
Black youth leaders are finally meeting to put together a strategy for 2008. No media is allowed but I was awarded 150 words. We are tired of other people controlling our agenda. I promised not to share strategy so I won't but I can speak...
Posted March 5, 2007 | 20:01:26 (EST)
I have been to Selma several times with Mrs. Evelyn Gibson Lowery's Civil Rights Tour visiting Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma. She has erected monuments in the memory of Jimmy Lee Jackson, Viola Liuzzo, and other unsung heroes of the movement. The first Sunday in every March busloads travel to Selma...
Posted February 25, 2007 | 21:01:57 (EST)
My first election
As youth activist my first action in celebration of my 18th birthday was to register to vote with Helen Butler, executive director of the Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda. My mother took a picture and Mrs. Rita Samuels, the first Black woman to work in the...
Posted February 7, 2007 | 21:18:58 (EST)
I just got an electronic newsletter from Congresswoman Barbara Lee and two headlines caught my attention: "Congresswoman Lee and Colleagues Introduce Iraq Withdrawal Plan" and "House Votes to Stop Oil Company Subsidies and Make College More Accessible". As a high school senior I have narrowed my college picks to NYU...
Posted January 17, 2007 | 19:17:54 (EST)
MLK Day
I wanted to start my blog on MLK day 2007. Almost 50 years since Dr. King founded SCLC. It was supposed to be a day on and not a day off for America. I marched down Auburn Ave. with Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, wife of...
Posted April 15, 2007 | 21:32:13 (EST)