Uptown Notes

“History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is […]

Note: This is a Partner Post to Haiti in Context: Voices. Please check out both. They represent some of the […]

I write this post with a heavy heart for the people of Haiti and its Diaspora. As you likely well know by now Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital was hit with a 7.0 earthquake and many sizable aftershocks. Given that Haiti is the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere, the consequences of this “natural disaster” are far beyond what many of us can conceive. I see this as a time for us to join in support in spiritual, emotional, physical and economic ways. I’ve outlined some ways for you to help us do this.

On Tuesday, the New York Times published a story entitled “As Population Shifts in Harlem, Blacks Lose Their Majority.” The […]

And one of them is not the use of the word Negro which has BEEN appearing, including on the 2000 […]

This is my reflection on Imani: Faith… Faith is often thought of in a religious and spiritual way. Having grown […]

This is my reflection on Kuumba: Creativity I have to admit, I never really remember reading the “official definition” of […]

This is my reflection on the principle of Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics… The title of the post is a variation […]

This is my reflection on Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility For more than a year, I’ve entertained way too many […]

My reflection on the second principle of the Nguzo Saba of Kwanzaa is Kujichagulia – Self-Determination “To define ourselves, name […]