Soffie, The info has just been forwarded to them. Regards, Kabir. On 6/5/07, Ceesay, Soffie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Kabir, would mind sharing this with them, please? > > ALL AFRICAN PEOPLE'S DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (AAPDEP) - They are > trying to do something. A dynamic sister, a wife, a mother, and a > physicist, Aisha Fields, Ph.D. is the project coordinator. She can be > reached at [log in to unmask], (256) 348-6478 or visit > www.developmentforafrica.org. The address is AAPDEP P.O. BOX 454, Normal, > AL 35762. > > Thanks, > Soffie > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kabir Njaay > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:43 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: [TheBlackList] Why aren't we doing this? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Jun 4, 2007 7:18 PM > Subject: [TheBlackList] Why aren't we doing this? > To: Theblacklist <[log in to unmask]> > > http://www.villagehealthproject.org/index.html summarizes one of many > international groups who are helping Africans. Why aren't we doing the same; > or are we? Maybe it's just that the Black international aid organizations > are not publicizing themselves. I know there are a lot of brothers and > sisters out there who have some skills related to alternative energy, waste > disposal, water collection and purification, home construction, etc; all > which are the core skill sets of nation-building. But where are our Black > technical experts, especially those who have a PanAfrican ideology, how do > we contact them? > > > I could easily (and have) get the information I'm looking for from White > organizations. But at some point in time, the PanAfrican community have to > acquire these skills. I posed this question to a sister and she responded, > "What difference does it make if the person is not Black? You need to stop > looking at things in Black and White terms, and see people as people" I told > her that it is not a matter of looking at things in Black and White terms, > but instead is a matter of building confidence and pride in our abilities. > If our youth always see others doing for us, they will not have the > confidence or the motivation that they can do it too, and they will continue > to believe that the White man's ice is colder than ours. The danger of not > having a Black consciousness is that it continues to make us dependent (a > slave mentality), puts our survival as a group at risk, cause people to look > at us as niggers ( *http://tinyurl.com/2dhq8z* <http://tinyurl.com/2dhq8z > >*, > **http://tinyurl.com/2kbqta* <http://tinyurl.com/2kbqta>* ). *Remeber > Katrina? > > > It's so convenient to use being American or race-neutral to justify being > unconcerned. I suspect this sister is victim of self hatred, which is always > reinforced by how America deal with us. For example, if we try to do > anything for ourselves, we are accused of being divisive and even racist > (this reinforces the pyschological programming of do nothing for fear of > being physically abused). In fact this programming is so entrenched in us > that all they have to do is to raise the noise level and all the apologist > talking heads come out to point their fingers at us. But it is totally > acceptable to America if we do nothing and squander in our ignorance. > Garvey talked about this at length, when he said that Whites will see us > to go hell before he took food from his plate to give to a pack of lazy > negroes. Finally, I told her that the Chinese, who are all over African, > refer to Africans as "The Sick Man of the World" since we are dependent on > others to do for us what we should do for ourselves. > > > Indeed, it's not about Black and White, it's about knowing one can do it > for self. > > > Olushola > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい