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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

August 25, 2020: "Truth, Wisdom, and the Color of Happiness"

  

It's FED-UPRising 2020, and YOUR META is HERE FOR EVERY MINUTE OF IT, bringing relevance and relief, self-awareness and SELF-CARE...NESS!





As always, YOUR META IS . . . Bringing hope that sustains rather than drains!


We have THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE COLOR OF HAPPINESS, HIMSELF, MR. RILEY JOHNDONNELL! 


We're talking TRUTH(-TO-POWER).


―And we're still fitting in the music, mindful, and META that YOUR META is known for slinging!



Words of WISDOM and RELEVANCE


RILEY JOHNDONNELL, DR. KWAME TURE, ET AL.

(And one of the Pablos)

Dr. Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) quote-image, accessed by beetle, from the DSA-Los Angeles Twitter feed. July 2020.



“I do a lot of public work, and a lot of it is actually a balance of grey and yellow. The gray actually makes the yellow and other colors vibrate. I call it void gray, or cloudy day and sunshine. Essentially it is about the intention and perception of creating something that has a positive impact. A positive vibration that can be regenerated. Today I totally see the beauty that comes out of darkness, out of gray, out of melancholy. But I also know that this is just one aspect of our existence, and I want to feel all the feelings across the spectrum of my humanity.”―Riley Johndonnell



“Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men’s clothes.” ~ Chinese Proverb



“We can study until old age and still not finish.” ~ Chinese Proverb


 

“There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.”―Marcus Tullius Cicero



“You are to come to your study as to the table, with a sharp appetite, whereby that which you read may the better digest. He that has no stomach to his book will very hardly thrive upon it.” ~ William Russell Bedford



“Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.” ~ Confucius



“It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.” ~ Jacob Bronowski



“All students can learn.” ~ Christopher Darlington Morley


“The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.” ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley



“If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power. Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist. The power for racism, the power for sexism, comes from capitalism, not an attitude.”―Dr. Kwame Ture


 “Justice is not a 

qualitative question.”―Dr. Kwame Ture


“I believe that we can craft a brighter reality.”―Riley Johndonnell



“There is a harmonious balance created by combining gray and yellow.”―Riley Johndonnell



“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”―Pablo Picasso




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FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

WARNING!


METHANOL IN MANY HAND-SANITIZER BRANDS



[7-2-2020] FDA is warning consumers and health care providers that the agency has seen a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products that are labeled to contain ethanol (also known as ethyl alcohol) but that have tested positive for methanol contamination. Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested and can be life-threatening when ingested.

The agency is aware of adults and children ingesting hand sanitizer products contaminated with methanol that has led to recent adverse events including blindness, hospitalizations and death.

Methanol is not an acceptable ingredient for hand sanitizers and must not be used due to its toxic effects. FDA’s investigation of methanol in certain hand sanitizers is ongoing. The agency will provide additional information as it becomes available.

Consumers who have been exposed to hand sanitizer containing methanol and are experiencing symptoms should seek immediate treatment for potential reversal of toxic effects of methanol poisoning. Substantial methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death. Although all persons using these products on their hands are at risk for methanol poisoning, young children who accidently ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute, are most at risk.

FDA reminds consumers to wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after coughing, sneezing, or blowing one’s nose. If soap and water are not readily available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend consumers use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent ethanol (also referred to as ethyl alcohol).

FDA remains vigilant and will continue to take action when quality issues arise with hand sanitizers. The agency is especially concerned with:

  • The dangers of drinking any hand sanitizer under any conditions. While hand sanitizers with possible methanol contamination are more life-threatening than those that are not contaminated, FDA urges consumers not to drink any of these products. 
  • Certain hand sanitizers that may not contain a sufficient amount of ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol.
  • Hand sanitizers that are sold or offered for sale with false and misleading, unproven claims that they can prevent the spread of viruses such as COVID-19, including claims that they can provide prolonged protection (e.g., for up to 24-hours).
  • Products that are fraudulently marketed as “FDA-approved” since there are no hand sanitizers approved by FDA.
  • Products packaged to appear as drinks, candy or liquor bottles, as well as products marketed as drinks or cocktails because their appearance could result in accidental ingestion or encourage ingestion. Children are particularly at risk with these products since ingesting only a small amount of hand sanitizer may be lethal in a young child.
  • Products labeled with harmful or poisonous ingredients, such as methanol.

 

FDA is aware of reports of adverse events associated with hand sanitizer products. FDA encourages health care professionals, consumers and patients to report adverse events or quality problems experienced with the use of hand sanitizers to FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program (please provide the agency with as much information as possible to identify the product):

Complete and submit the report online; or
Download and complete the form, then submit it via fax at 1-800-FDA-0178. 




For all applicable downloads and forms, or to search for your brand of hand-sanitizer, visit: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use#products








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THE INTERVIEW


RILEY JOHNDONNELL

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, (ART)REPENEUER, ACTIVIST | Co-Founder UMEWE and INT-O Yellow | Umewe.org/ | Intoyellow.com/




Riley Johndonnell. Photo from Intoyellow.com, accessed by beetle, August 25, 2020.


RILEY JOHNDONNELL


G. Riley Johndonnell (a.k.a. Uncle Riley) is a conceptual artist and social activist who explores Optimism as a spiritual practice and as an art ‘Ism’ (just as Cubism, Modernism, Minimalism are ‘isms’). He believes that Optimism is a movement of creatives with the shared intention of positively impacting Reality. His personal and public works instigate transformation and challenge our perception of what is good/bad, dark/light, positive/negative.

Johndonnell collaborated with Pantone Color Institute to create a signature color called International Optimism Yellow (‘INT-O Yellow’) as a platform for creatives to inspire more Optimism in the world. Over 1000 creatives, organizations and companies as well as two cities (Kingston, NY and Madison, NJ) have collaborated on INT-O Yellow. Johndonnell also co-founded UMEWE.org (‘you-me-we’) a social benefit company which creates tools and initiatives to ‘Turn Optimism Into Action’; each featuring ‘INT-O Yellow’ in some way.

INT-O Yellow has evolved to become a color for mental health awareness (just as Pink is to breast cancer, Red is to HIV, Blue is to autism); it’s a way to collaboratively shine a light on the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Johndonnell creates civic works (under the alias “Uncle Riley”) in collaboration with the general public. Such works include daytime graffiti installations, interactive performances and videos, social media campaigns, the (P)optimism Shoppe, and more.

Johndonnell is also the co-founder of Surface magazine (an influential international design publication). He shifted from a career in luxury branding, fashion, design and lifestyle publishing to focus on social cause and fine art. After two decades between San Francisco and NYC, and one year on the road in a vintage RV, he relocated to the Hudson Valley where he works with communities, creatives, government and organizations to create positive social change through art and design.

See work... 



WHITNY SOBALA, Co-Founder of UMeWe


Whitny is a heart-driven marketer, business leader and Optimist, and has spent 18 years building brands and creating culture.  


Whitny started her career at PepsiCo, where she spent 12 years honing her marketing expertise through various Marketing roles including, brand management for multi-million dollar, joint venture and emerging lifestyle brands, health and wellness innovation, media strategy, and sports marketing. Motivated by her strong entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, Whitny made the move to NYC-based invention start-up, Quirky.com, as Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy, where she helped lay the foundation for growth and build marketing launch plans.


Passionate about unlocking the potential of people and brands to drive positive social change, Whitny then founded Added Perk, a brand consulting firm that partners with social impact ventures and business leaders to unlock true potential and deliver brand “purpose” through culturally relevant brand strategy, community building, collaboration and business innovation. 


While on this path, Whitny met fellow Optimist, artist and (art)reprenuer, Riley Johndonnell.  Inspired by his vision of working in Optimism to create a new paradigm among life-style brands with a focus on generating positive social change, Whitny joined forces with Riley to develop and lead UMEWE.  


Whitny holds a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated Magna cum laude with a double major in Spanish and Communication and a Marketing concentration from the Wharton School of Business. 

 

https://umewe.org/bios




UMeWe.org

UMEWE (YOU-ME-WE) IS AN OPTIMISTIC STORY OF AN ARTIST/ENTREPRENEUR/ACTIVIST AND A HEART-DRIVEN MARKETER/COLLABORATOR/BRAND STRATEGIST WHO CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE A BRIGHTER REALITY.


After years of collective brand-building, innovation and creative design for luxury and consumer product goods life-style brands, Riley Johndonnell and Whitny Sobala found their paths converge on a common mission to leverage their ‘gifts’ for good.

 

   
In their subsequent work together, as activists and consultants in the corporate, civic and government “happiness and wellness” space, they met many other Optimistic innovators and discovered a real need to create tangible tools to help turn Optimism into Action; giving themselves and others practical ways to make a brighter reality.

 

They started by asking themselves: What if Optimism was a color?  What if Optimism was a space?

 



INT-O YELLOW

 

INT-O Yellow is a color with a cause.
International Optimism Yellow (INT-O Yellow) is a color that was developed as a platform for participation and collaboration between: Pantone, artist Uncle Riley, UMEWE and YOU. It was conceived as a tool to explore Optimism and positively impact reality.


Backstory

 

INTOYellow is a tool for people to be able to turn optimism into action.

 

To be able to convert something negative into something positive, or to explore optimism as an “ism”. It’s a color that I created to conceptualise that it’s meant to be the embodiment of optimism. It is something that I viewed that when I put it into the world, it starts to generate more great things.

 

Optimism as a movement, as well as a color for mental health awareness.

 

There is still a lot of stigma around mental health discussions. So as I started gifting this color to artists to work with, one of the threads coming up was that artists suffer more from mental health issues than other folks. In particular, there were issues of suicide, and the color started to resonate with artists for different reasons… it has unlocked an awareness; it has become something else.

 


What is Optimism?


It is defined as: hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something. When most people say optimism, you’ll hear it juxtaposed against pessimism, or you’ll hear optimistic is not realistic. A lot of neurological studies of what optimism is in the brain have shown that biologically we are meant to be optimistic.


So there is this inherent biological optimism, and then there is how we see and interact with the world. In my view, optimism isn’t the opposite of reality; it’s a perception, a filter. How you perceive things.


I believe that we can craft a brighter reality.


I have seen how you can make a positive impact. On a scientific level, the positive vibrations affect the molecular construction of things, so I believe in the idea of positive energy but I don’t believe that negative energy is necessarily bad. It is the yin and the yang, both are necessary part of the harmony and equilibrium of life.


There is a harmonious balance created by combining gray and yellow.


I do a lot of public work, and a lot of it is a actually a balance of grey and yellow. The gray actually makes the yellow and other colors vibrate. I call it void gray, or cloudy day and sunshine. Essentially it is about the intention and perception of creating something that has a positive impact. A positive vibration that can be regenerated.


Today I totally see the beauty that comes out of darkness, out of gray, out of melancholy. But I also know that this is just one aspect of our existence, and I want to feel all the feelings across the spectrum of my humanity.



The color becomes a movement. Learn more at UMEWE.org 



 

RELEVANT, REVELATORY & RECENT


Projects | Events


INT-OYellow.com: Community Portrait Project

A MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND MOBILE EXHIBIT FEATURING A SPECTRUM OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE.

 

Artists: Photographer Kristopher Johnson & Artist G. Riley Johndonnell (Uncle Riley)

Collaborators: The public


The bold yellow, white, and black mural exhibit of oversized portraits pops-up in unexpected locations such the YMCA, City Hall and parks.


“These are not portraits of mental health patients, these are photos of YOU, ME and WE who live a spectrum of human emotions together. Everyone alive is somehow a resilient survivor of challenges (obstacles)— when we stop the stigma associated with mental health issues, we will start saving millions of people from silent suffering” – Uncle Riley


The Yellow Portraits project is a collaboration with New York based photographer Kristopher Johnson, artist Uncle Riley and the Kingston, NY community at large. People pose for INTOyellow portraits and share them in public spaces and on social media in honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month (May).


This project fights the stigma around mental health not by focusing on documenting mental health patients, but by focusing on the faces of our community at large, who are drawn to participate and share human emotions. Yellow Portraits continues to expand as more people pose and post their portraits on social media and through installations created by Uncle Riley, Kristopher Johnson and various partnering entities such as the City of Kingston, WMC Health Alliance, the YMCA, ARC, MAD (Midtown Arts District), and Kingston Arts Commission. 

https://intoyellow.com/project/yellow-portraits/




INT-OYellow.com: Contagious

A REGENERATIVE CYCLE OF GIFTING INTOYELLOW TO ARTISTS TO FUEL THE OPTIMISM MOVEMENT.


Artist: G. Riley Johndonnell (Uncle Riley)

Collaborators: Artists and Creatives

For years, Uncle Riley has gifted INTOyellow to artists to explore Optimism in their public and personal work. The intention is for the artists to promote the Optimism movement, generate more positive energy in the world and raise awareness around mental health issues. Statistics prove artists suffer higher rates of depression and suicide, and so making art that engages with these topics can often be deeply personal and cathartic.


Many of the artists who explore the color discover a sense of connection with other artists through shared intention, and find the color adds an additional layer of meaning to their work.This cycle of gifting INTOyellow and sharing creations made from the color is important because it offers ways to build community and can be a source of healing, connection and transformation.


Uncle Riley gifts INTOyellow paint to fellow artists who create Optimistic works, and then share their creations with others to inspire more Optimism. If the artwork is sold; Uncle Riley encourages 50% for the artist, 25% towards local mental health charities and 25% for UMEWE* or to the gallery or store where the piece was sold (to demonstrate gratitude for supporting and promoting the artists and the movement).


*UMEWE (you-me-we) is an organization founded by Uncle Riley that creates “tools to turn Optimism into Action”—in addition to other programs, UMEWE funds gifting INTOyellow paint to artists, creatives and communities.


https://intoyellow.com/project/contagious/


 

INT-OYellow.com: Rocking Optimism

ROCKING CHAIRS DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY, PAINTED INTOYELLOW, AND PLACED IN PUBLIC SPACES TO INSPIRE POSITIVE DIALOGUE.


Artist: G. Riley Johndonnell (Uncle Riley)

Collaborators: local community members, political leaders, and nonprofits like the Good Work Institute and Midtown Rising

 

Pairs of rocking chairs are placed for the community to rock, talk and share bright ideas about improving their neighborhoods and cities. These are safe, neutral places for constructive conversation. Participants and spectators are welcome to make a “Ah-OOGA Honking” sound (or an actual Ooga Horn that Uncle Riley frequently carries with him) if fellow participants stray into partisan political speech.

 

Rocking Optimism happens when members of the public donate old chairs and Uncle Riley, along with volunteers paint them INTOyellow and place them in pairs around town in places such as public libraries, parks, town halls, neighborhood porches, and cafes. In Kingston, participants can publicly share selfie photos or videos of their conversation via hashtags on a local media platform. Only constructive ideas to problems and positive dialogue about pressing issue are allowed.

 

Participants are encouraged to engage with strangers, or people they might assume have contrary viewpoints like more conservative or liberal, or people of different lived experiences such as differing races or ages, differing economic backgrounds or differing roles in the community like politicians and others.


For more projects and events, check out: https://intoyellow.com/projects/



GET INVOLVED!



Start Making

By using any paint, colored substrate or digital color which matches to the color, you and your creation are part of INTOyellow. Check out below for more information on how to start creating with INTOyellow.



We welcome your community.


INTOyellow is also an inspiring movement of communities uniting to raise awareness of Mental Health Month (May) and brighten their cities through collaborative programming of art, education, fundraisers and activations. Join in! We are happy to share ideas, tools and assets to help communities (big and small) get INTOyellow.


JOIN THE MOVEMENT 




And for more ways to share INT-O Yellow: https://intoyellow.com/start-making/




ONLINE & SOCIAL MEDIA




  • Intoyellow.com/
  • Umewe.org
  • https://www.facebook.com/intoyellow/
  • https://www.instagram.com/into_yellow/
  • https://twitter.com/into_yellow








FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO


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THE SPRUCE


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SAY THEIR NAMES, SAY THEIR NAMES


YMCA Farm Project in Kingston has offered to host a "Say Their Names" Memorial, honoring black lives we have lost to police brutality and racial injustice. 


Joy Proctor, based out of Portland, Oregon has originally created and put together this memorial and made her template available to anyone who would like to bring it to their hometown. You can see examples of this coming together across the nation here --> www.instagram.com/saytheirnamesmemorial

SAY THEIR NAMES, SAY THEIR NAMES.









REPLENISH.
YO.
SPOOOOOOOONZ!




"The most unfathomable schools and sages have never attained to the gravity which dwells in the eyes of a baby of three months old. It is the gravity of astonishment at the universe, and astonishment at the universe is not mysticism, but a transcendent common sense. The fascination of children lies in this: that with each of them all things are remade, and the universe is put again upon its trial. As we walk the streets and see below us those delightful bulbous heads, three times too big for the body, which mark these human mushrooms, we ought always to remember that within every one of these heads there is a new universe, as new as it was on the seventh day of creation. In each of those orbs there is a new system of stars, new grass, new cities, a new sea."—G. K. Chesterton




Multimedia: Kids, Babies, and Animals


  1. "Nandi Bushell performs No One Knows by Queens of the Stoneage on talk show Skavlan - Age 9." Nandi Bushell, Youtube. [1:39] Nandi Bushell performs No One Knows by Queens of the Stoneage on talk show Skavlan. May 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tC1SRBoEBc
  2. Nandi Bushell. Drum covers. [39 videos, Last updated July 21, 2020] Nandi Bushell playing drum covers. I am Nandi Lily Bushell, the British and Zulu drummer girl. My parents monitor all activity on my channel. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0B-SSjYdybD09txLL-LqkyF8udetHr_k
  3. "🥰 21 Days After Birth | Cuteness Overload | little kitten Kisses me." Teddy Kittens, Youtube. [3:03] 21 Days After Birth | Cuteness Overload 🥰 |  little kitten kisses me  licking and biting my face and nose.  I cry, it's very sweet!😭🥰 December 20, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHVRbIoFRqs
  4. "Kitten Abandoned at Playground Rescued by Sweetest Guy | The Dodo." The Dodo, Youtube. [3:17] Kitten Abandoned at Playground Rescued by Sweetest Guy | Watch this guy fall head over heels for the kitten he rescued. Special thanks to Crazy Cat Man. September 4, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoNqhPLiS-c
  5. "Rescue Pittie Screams Like A Seal When It's Time For The Beach | The Dodo Pittie Nation." The Dodo, Youtube. [3:42] This rescued staffy, Dennis, screams like a seal when he knows he's about to go to the beach. Watch his dad, Drew, surprise him with the best beach day ever 😍 August 12, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THSLhZ-3KpY
  6. "The Tiniest Rescue Kitten Makes The Cutest Little Noises | The Dodo Cat Crazy." The Dodo, Youtube. [3:10] This kitten finally learns how to play and it is so ridiculously cute! 🥰️  Keep up with Shanta on Instagram for updates on Aoife:  https://thedo.do/triumphant_teagan. To help more perfectly imperfect kitties with their medical care, you can support their campaign: https://thedo.do/triumphantteagan. Special thanks to Ashley for rescuing Aoife, you can check her out on Instagram: https://thedo.do/dapperdanthediapurrman. August 15, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q1BvfBpDxk
  7. "A wounded PREDATOR begged for HELP… The soldier didn’t think for a minute before jumping in to help." Wonders of the World, Youtube. [4:00] Our today’s story is about saving a predator and has an unexpected ending. July 4, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4jZoN5NHLo
  8. "Litter Of Kittens Found Crying In Trash Bag | The Dodo Little But Fierce." The Dodo, Youtube. [4:29] Litter Of Kittens Found Crying In Trash Bag | One person's trash is another person's treasured family member 😻  You can revisit Pippa's journey and follow Jess' other foster kittens on Instagram: thedo.do/kittenbnb. To help save more kittens like Pippa, you can support AMA Animal Rescue: thedo.do/ama. January 24, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-mkF_xHRaw
  9. "This Tiny Kitten Cured Depression 😘🐈 Soo Cute | WHO IS NEXT? 😀" Teddy Kittens, Youtube. [3:03] A tiny British shorthair kitten named Artist, Cures depression. So cute video.  March 24, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY-FA0vHgGo
  10. "Kitten sleeps sweetly with the Chicken 🐥." Teddy Kittens, Youtube. [1:56] The British Shorthair kitten sleeps sweetly with a tiny chicken. So cute August 3, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFNekjEgvuk
  11. "Fluffy orange meets with the yolk 🐥." Teddy Kittens, Youtube. [10:09] A British Shorthair kitten named Pixel first met a new friend, with cute little chicken. July 11, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnLyUZYkVw
  12. "Ophelia and her kittens. 08/06/2020." [22 videos, last updated on Aug 3, 2020] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOb8SkgiKb6w1Gn0HkYmw2mm1hqEurrz6
  13. "The very last interview with my 2-year-old. I can't do this anymore." La Guardia Cross, Youtube. [4:56] This is it, folks. I can't do this anymore. I hope you enjoy my final interview with my 2-year-old.  Thanks for supporting the channel on: https://www.paypal.me/laguardiacross and https://cash.app/laguardiacross. My name's La Guardia Cross. I make music, art, film, and I co-created 2 baby girls with my wife, Leah.  New Father Chronicles began in November of 2014 when my daughter Amalah was 1-week-old. I had no idea what I was doing, so I decided to chronicle my journey on YouTube and make fun of myself along the way. Our 2nd daughter, Nayely, was born in April of 2017.  My channel is filled with the silly adventures I have with my girls, infant and toddler interviews, my interpretations of their babble, silly skits, and the things I've learned or unlearned as a parent. Sometimes Leah and I mix it up a bit and share some pretty personal moments as well. Why? Well, we're far from perfect and we've learned a lot from our mistakes. April 22, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE1ZgGDylsU
  14. "Emma Stevens - Blackbird by The Beatles sung in Mi'kmaq." Allison Bernard Memorial High School, Youtube. [2:36] The International Year of Indigenous Languages is a United Nations observance in 2019 that aims to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.  To bring awareness to this important cause students at Allison Bernard Memorial High School in Eskasoni, Cape Breton recorded Paul McCartney's Blackbird in their native Mi'kmaq language.   Songwriter: Paul McCartney Translation: Katani Julian and Albert "Golydada"Julian Music Production: Carter Chiasson  Audio Production: Jamie Foulds (Soundpark Studios) Video Production: Matthew Ingraham and Multimedia 12 students from ABMHS Project Lead/Music Teacher: Carter Chiasson  http://www.abmhseskasoni.ca/. April 25, 2019. https://youtu.be/99-LoEkAA3w
  15. "Animal Videos That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity." The Dodo, Youtube. [212 videos] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLoPYaJqlcK6mIBRK3v5Wt-DXSkUYQFJw 
  16. "Horse Stops Woman From Taking Her Own Life | The Dodo." The Dodo, Youtube. [3:17] Horse Stops Woman From Taking Her Own Life | This woman was about to take her own life — when a very special horse showed her how much she was still loved. To help support the animals at Lemon Ranch @LemonRanchAnimals, you can donate to: http://thedo.do/ranch. Check out our site: www.thedodo.com. March 15, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY9XZBE5jGA
  17. "The most dangerous kitten in the world." Teddy Kittens, Youtube. [1:57] A kitten named Pixel is trying to show that he is a very dangerous kitten !. If he only knew how funny and cute he is, and that he can make us die in only one case - to be an cuteness overloaded.🥰 July 7, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RTiaTGuKnM
  18. "BEST Babies Laughing Videos Compilation." FunnyEcho, Youtube. [7:51] BEST Babies Laughing Videos Compilation April 28, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JArN6rag8s
  19. "Cute dog - The dog's reaction to the baby for the first time is super fun." Cute Kiki, Youtube. [4:33] This channel is for animal lovers who want to share videos with cute animals and funny animals with animal lovers.  So, if you are fond of animals, I hope you will enjoy the UP animal videos. June 10, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_l4t6p8vCw
  20. "Dad's Weird Noise Make Baby Laugh." [0:45] When this dad made weird noises with his mouth, his baby laughed their butt off. The weirder the noise was, the harder they laughed in his arms. October 18, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqk51ohHzj8
  21. "Baby laughing hysterically at dog." Ttrocco1984, Youtube. [1:38]  September 24, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yMM84j-ei4
  22. "Superman Leondré hearing for the first time." Eric Wilson, Youtube. [7:19]  August 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3N5ZzCUCFU
  23. "Dad Leaves Adorable Review of Daughter's 'Restaurant' | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [1:43] While we are all locked down at home, some budding entrepreneurs are using their quarantine time to expand their skills and start new businesses. This toddler and aspiring chef started her restaurant, and her dad might be her biggest fan.   Supporting black owned business is more important than ever, and this dad's adorable review of his daughter's cute restaurant will certainly make you feel good and say "aww." https://www.instagram.com/christophe_kyle/. June 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOD3aq7UCk
  24. "When her dad plays her song, this baby has the best reaction ever!" Wilson World, Youtube. [2:13] Every time I sit at the piano with my daughter, Shia I make up a song for her. When she came home from the hospital I sat at the piano with her for the first time and started playing this song, Shia's Song. Now, 10mos later, she loves it! July 1, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1RadAUEPA
  25. "My Baby's Reaction to Hearing a Violin for the First Time - Toddler violin." WE HAVE APPLES, Youtube. [1:01] My baby's reaction to hearing a violin for the first time! Toddler violin. Something really sweet happens at the end! I think he was moved emotionally by the music! March 26, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G8D-MrJzk
  26. "Baby emotionally moved by Bocelli song to Elmo." Anna Feldman, Youtube. [3:04] Baby Abriel loves classical/opera music. Watch this video to see his emotional reaction to Bocelli's Classic song 'Time to Say GoodNight'. February 12, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYPk-XcxYg
  27. "Adorable moment dad comforts baby while getting first shots." Daily Mail, Youtube. [3:03] This dad is trying to comfort his baby boy while he's getting his first shots, even though he's terrified of needles too. April 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAUMsqiFxI
  28. "Baby Girl Can't Hide Her Happiness at Hearing Her Sister's Voice for the First Time." Storyful Rights Management, Youtube. [2:12] To purchase this video for media use visit https://video.storyful.com/. For Storyful Newswire subscription inquiries, please contact sales@storyful.com  Credit: Carol Benjamin via Storyful. January 14, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qPzucf_Yxo
  29. "My baby hears me for the first time and is almost moved to tears!" The Keanes Can, Youtube. [1:05] Charly was born profoundly deaf and this is her response to hearing aids! October 14, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Q5kO4YXFs
  30. "Cute Babies Hearing For The First Time Compilation || BABY VIDEOS." MashupZone, Youtube. [10:07] Baby hearing for the first time with hearing aids in this cute babies hearing for the first time compilation. Baby hears mom and dad in the most cute and touching baby clips. Thanks for watching! December 4, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obEsUFeatXA






Multimedia: Everything else


  1. "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Performance." Time Life, Youtube. [2:45] At George Harrison's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his son Dhani Harrison joined legends Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and more for this epic performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Live: Volume 1  Historic Performances by Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Cream, Tom Petty, James Taylor, Chuck Berry, Metallica and Jimmy Page  For over a quarter century, rock and roll’s biggest stars have gathered each year for an exclusive party: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies.  For the first time on vinyl, Time Life has compiled a selection of the most memorable moments. Once-in-a-lifetime exclusive performances on Volume 1 include (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by Mick Jagger with Bruce Springsteen, Woodstock by James Taylor, Sunshine of Your Love by Cream, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood and Prince. Included is the infamous Prince guitar solo which recently became a viral sensation receiving 24 million hits online. November 2, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efhlDbZ4SmY
  2. "It’s Time for Scientists to Absolutely Lose Their S**t | The Daily Social Distancing Show." The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Youtube. [5:58] Americans won’t listen to science and facts, but will they listen to people who lose their s**t? Jaboukie Young-White and Dr. Peter Hotez discuss. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #JaboukieYoungWhite  Donate to support the Alliance for Youth Organizing: https://dailyshow.com/Alliance. August 13, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwmJj1JocXU
  3. "Guy Freaks Out When Random Animals Show Up at His Door | The Dodo." The Dodo, Youtube. [5:44] This guy didn't know what to do when a cat and two dogs knocked on his apartment door. He tweeted every step of the way as he started off on a crazy adventure with them. You can revisit the full shenanigans of these escape artists on Twitter: https://thedo.do/jpbrammer." April 5, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT5jdu43MHg
  4. "Benedict Cumberbatch Impersonating Alan Rickman...and how Alan Rickman reacts to it." Severus Snape, Youtube. [1:27] Follow on https://www.instagram.com/snapepage/ for more! The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon starring Alan Rickman and Benedict Cumberbatch! January 20, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMnbtHkyCC0
  5. https://twitter.com/FLITTER: (Some of THE FUNNIEST, most spot-on impressions I've ever seen.--beetle)
  6. "THE MOST SAVAGE PHILOSOPHER OF ALL TIME." Sisyphus 55, Youtube. [8:24]  August 6, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7aWla3cwNg
  7. "Paranoid Android." Old Dirty Brasstards - Topic, Youtube. [5:59] Provided to YouTube by TuneCore. Paranoid Android · Old Dirty Brasstards.July 7, 2017. https://youtu.be/IiiJCwsLUiE
  8. “Civil Rights Heroes Throughout Drunk History.” Comedy Central, Youtube. [17 videos] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7nPL1U-R5pADTvPYvft-dBLLztRmqAE
  9. "Badass Women of Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. [30 videos] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7nPL1U-R5rRebYOtG5hx6ucGDGQcANC
  10. "The Belchers Are Bored In Quarantine | BOB'S BURGERS." Bob's Burgers, Youtube. [1:05] The Belchers are bored in quarantine but that doesn't mean they're going to stop social distancing. July 17, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZIuoQDtL0
  11. "The Little Rock Nine Take on Segregation in Schools (feat. Amandla Stenberg) - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. [9:48] In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, nine black high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas, fought with incredible bravery to get the education they were owed.  About Drunk History:  Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. February 5, 2019. https://youtu.be/c0xkUFe21Rk
  12. "Cleopatra’s Little Sister vs. The World (feat. Aubrey Plaza and David Wain) - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. [10:36] Cleopatra’s little sister Arsinoe outwitted her siblings as well as Julius Caesar in a bloody play for the throne of Egypt.  About Drunk History:  Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. August 5, 2019. https://youtu.be/5ab4rYDR0yY
  13. "Rose Valland Takes On the Nazis (feat. Tiffany Haddish) - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. [5:39] Tiffany Haddish tells the story of Rose Valland, an assistant curator in Paris who helped recover thousands of works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II.  About Drunk History:  Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. January 23, 3018. https://youtu.be/dPWg-A9tiRI
  14. "Native American Activists Occupy Alcatraz - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. [5:55] In 1969, Native American activists used their right to take over abandoned federal land to occupy the island of Alcatraz.  About Drunk History:  Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. January 28, 2019. https://youtu.be/6Dx0mA6htVc
  15. "The Life of George Washington (feat. Lin-Manuel Miranda & Winona Ryder) - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. [15:07] Learn how George Washington befriended Alexander Hamilton, crossed the Delaware River, was betrayed by Benedict Arnold and recruited Baron von Steuben to the Continental Army.  About Drunk History:  Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. May 12, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsBJ2a1BSak
  16. "Grimes - We Appreciate Power (Lyric Video)." Grimes, Youtube. [5:42] "We Appreciate Power" by Grimes, out now on all services: http://smarturl.it/weappreciatepower  New album 'Miss Anthropocene' out now: https://grimes.ffm.to/missanthropocene  Directed by Grimes and Mac Boucher.   Talent: Grimes, Hana, Zekia Rina. November 28, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA
  17. "Weekend Update Rewind: Jebidiah Atkinson - SNL." Saturday Night Live, Youtube. [18:26] Watch a compilation of 1860s newspaper critic Jebidiah Atkinson’s (Taran Killam) best moments on SNL’s Weekend Update. July 10, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMibZZqZ16Q
  18. "More Money = Better Than." Larry Davis, Youtube. [2:24] I'm better than Van Gogh and Galileo put together! January 19, 2011. https://youtu.be/vudnMLzZjTg
  19. "Getting Into a Fight at Golden Corral - Yamaneika Saunders – Stand-Up Featuring." Comedy Central Stand-Up, Youtube. [16:03] Yamaneika Saunders complains about plane etiquette, recalls getting into a fight at Golden Corral and explains why she doesn’t want her mother to visit. (Contains strong language). May 5, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25wTyp9x0Go
  20. "(MEGAMIX) You about to lose Your Job 🤣." KingsWithFame, Youtube. [1:26] Lose job cop. June 4, 2020. https://youtu.be/QR71QoHMdko
  21. "Quarantine Love Album Commercial."  Late Night with Seth Meyers, Youtube. [3:17] Seth Meyers found a commercial advertising an R&B album written during the coronavirus pandemic that explores socially distanced lovemaking. June 16, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJb-8hDavCY
  22. "Monkeys Attack Lab, Steal COVID-19 Samples." The Rational National, Youtube. [3:57] Yes, in what sounds like the opening of a movie, monkeys attacked a lab assistant and stole COVID-19 samples in India. What is going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xRs1GdorCU





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Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History


Kingston Multicultural Festival







"Welcome to the 2020 Kingston Multicultural Festival." Reher Center, Youtube. [1:19] Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History Director Dr. Sarah Litvin welcomes and orients visitors to the 8th Annual Kingston Multicultural Festival. This festival is usually held in T.R. Gallo Park in the Rondout neighborhood of Kingston, New York. As a response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the festival moved to an ONLINE format in 2020.     Access the entire festival at www.KingstonMulticulturalFestival.org.   Video Credit: Paula Mitchell.June 13, 2020. https://youtu.be/TdJss-E4hLc



This year, the Kingston Multicultural Festival launches ONLINE on June 14th. Encounter the vibrant culture of the Hudson Valley at your own pace by exploring our festival website where you will discover videos of your Hudson Valley neighbors sharing and teaching the music, languages, foods, and crafts from different cultures. Individuals and families, young and old alike are invited to be a part of this year's festival by contributing a square to our collective Cultural Quilt of the Hudson Valley. The 8th Annual Kingston Multicultural Festival is dedicated to the memory of Esther Taylor-Evans. Esther was a fearless advocate for the Black community and for multiculturalism. Without her, this festival never would have begun. She supported it to the end of her days. 





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The mission of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History is to preserve and present stories with universal appeal about immigration, community, work and bread. It uses its historic bakery building in Kingston’s Rondout neighborhood to forge emotional connections among all peoples through tours and programs.





beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links



Sources for "Meta on the Meta: Dr. Ture Vs. Capitalism Pt. 1"


Multimedia


  1. "Kwame Ture - The Principle of Capitalism." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [5:56] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAkIwHOSmI4




Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. "Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)." Goodreads.com, accessed August 25, 2020. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7802915-if-a-white-man-wants-to-lynch-me-that-s-his




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Multimedia


  1. "Kwame Ture on Catsro and Cuba."AfroMarxist, Youtube. [4:37] July 19, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OS8Z5B5Cbk
  2. "Pan Afrikanism and the New World Order - Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)." Duron Chavis, Youtube. [1:22:04]  February 19, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlPecr3zZk
  3. "Kwame Ture on The History of Pan Africanism." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [10:59] August 17, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmUb1Gr2_Ew
  4. "Kwame Ture on Homosexuality." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [4:27] June 20, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRtykQR6-Lg
  5. "Stokely Carmichael Lecture at Howard University, 1972." Anacostia Community Museums Collections and Research, Youtube. [1:04:22] During a lecture to students at Howard University, Stokely Carmichael speaks about the movement of black people toward unity with a clear, common ideology based on science. He stresses black people must put theory into practice - organize and take action. He speaks about the differences between revolutionary and reform movements; Pan-Africanism; the All African People's Revolutionary Party; scientific socialism; nkrumahism; capitalism; and imperialism. ACMA AV003074 d. September 8, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhRujWQy5Tk
  6. "Revolutionary Movements Then and Now: Black Power and Black Lives Matter."  US National Archives, Youtube. [1:43:15] Fifty years ago, Stokely Carmichael first publicly uttered the phrase “Black Power” at a rally during the March Against Fear in Mississippi. Four months later, the Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California kicking off the movement to secure empowerment and improve the standing of black people in the United States. Today, Black Lives Matter has become a movement advocating for dignity, justice, and respect in the wake of social and judicial tragedies occurring in America. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Power movement, Say it Loud! The African American Employee Affinity Group presents a panel discussion of distinguished guests from revolutionary movements of the past and present. Moderated by journalist & author A’Lelia Bundles, panelists will include Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL); Ericka Brown-Abram, daughter of former chair of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown and author of Black Panther Princess; Alicia Garza, Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter; Jakobi Williams, Ph. D., Associate Professor of History at Indiana University-Bloomington; and Princess L. Black, activist and historian. October 19, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UL7sAj4ML4
  7. "Stokely Carmichael on nonviolence." Wufilmarchives, Youtube. [1:47] Interview gathered as part of Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965 to 1985, Produced by Blackside, Inc. Housed at the Washington University Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.  Preferred citation: Interview with Stokley Carmichael, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on November 7, 1988, for Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965 to 1985. Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection. May 2, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_klzg5kkbhM
  8. "John Lewis’s Funeral and How Bill Clinton Alienated Himself From the Culture | Higher Learning." The Ringer, Youtube. [1:31:30] Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay discuss Bill Clinton’s problematic comments at John Lewis’s funeral (10:41), the viral video featuring Stella Immanuel (26:29), an important listener question about dealing with family members who might not understand you (49:20), and the Dascha Polanco situation (1:00:02), before giving out their unexpected allies of the week awards (1:25:37).  Subscribe to our channel: http://therin.gr/5te1wFL. July 31, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eaq1UEsM34
  9. "Kwame Ture - The Principle of Capitalism." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [5:56]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAkIwHOSmI4
  10. "What's in a Name? ft. Kwame Ture (1989)." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [24:59] A panel debate on the term "Black" or "African American". The panel features Kwame Ture, Leon Winters, J. Bruce Llewellyn, and Ramon Edelin. October 27, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcl359SMxE
  11. "Our Stories, Your Legacy: A Dialogue with SNCC Veterans." Duke Franklin Humanities Institute, Youtube. [1:17:27] SNCC Veterans Charlie Cobb, Maria Varela, and Judy Richardson discussed their experiences working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, as well documenting the Movement. The event also served as an introduction of the SNCC Digital Gateway, a forthcoming “documentary website” containing written, visual and oral historical materials. The SNCC Digital Gateway is a collaborative project of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project (SLP) and Duke University that tells the story of SNCC from the perspective of the activists, themselves. It is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and builds off of the pilot website of the SLP-Duke collaboration, One Person, One Vote: The Legacy of SNCC and the Fight for Voting Rights (http://onevotesncc.org). The forthcoming website, SNCC Digital Gateway: Learn From the Past, Organize for the Future, Make Democracy Work (https://snccdigital.org) tells the story of how young SNCC activists united with local communities in the Deep South during the 1960s to take control of their political and economic lives. In it, SNCC veterans, historians of the Movement, archivists, and students weave together grassroots stories, digitized primary source materials held at repositories across the country, and new multi-media productions to bring this history to life for a new generation. July 5, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTqlBqPfkjc
  12. "Civil Rights Activist, Kwame Touré (Stokely Carmichael), Part 1 of 3." CaribNation TV, Youtube. [28:42] THE THOUGHTS AND PHILOSOPHY OF KWAME TOURE. . .  Famed civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Carmichael's parents immigrated to New York when he was a toddler, leaving him in the care of his grandmother until the age of 11, when he followed his parents to the United States. His mother, Mabel, was a stewardess for a steamship line, and his father, Adolphus, worked as a carpenter by day and a taxi driver by night.   In 1954, at the age of 13, Stokely Carmichael became a naturalized American citizen and his family moved to a predominantly Italian and Jewish neighborhood in the Bronx called Morris Park. Soon Carmichael became the only black member of a street gang called the Morris Park Dukes. In 1956, he passed the admissions test to get into the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, where he was introduced to an entirely different social set—the children of New York City's rich white liberal elite.   Though he had been aware of the American Civil Rights Movement for years, it was not until one night toward the end of high school, when he saw footage of a sit-in on television, that Carmichael felt compelled to join the struggle. He joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), picketed a Woolworth's store in New York and traveled to sit-ins in Virginia and South Carolina.  A stellar student, Carmichael received scholarship offers to a variety of prestigious predominantly white universities after graduating high school in 1960. He chose instead to attend the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C. There he majored in philosophy, studying the works of Camus, Sartre and Santayana and considering ways to apply their theoretical frameworks to the issues facing the civil rights movement. At the same time, Carmichael continued to increase his participation in the movement itself. While still a freshman in 1961, he went on his first Freedom Ride—an integrated bus tour through the South to challenge the segregation of interstate travel. During that trip, he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for entering the "whites only" bus stop waiting room and jailed for 49 days. Undeterred, Carmichael remained actively involved in the civil rights movement throughout his college years, participating in another Freedom Ride in Maryland, a demonstration in Georgia and a hospital workers' strike in New York. He graduated from Howard University with honors in 1964. February 24, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8o9SLuGqKw
  13. "Eyes on the Prize: Kwame Ture Interview (1986)." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [46:10] Filmed interview with Stokely Carmichael conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and includes Freedom Summer, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Lowndes County Freedom Organization and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. September 9, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77-3R_Qd9gA
  14. '"Stokely: A Life" - A Conversation Between Peniel Joseph and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.' Hutchins Center, Youtube. [1:36:29] *Peniel Joseph: Author of Stokely: A Life; Professor of History, Tufts University; Alumnus Caperton Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University  *Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University; Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. September 22, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JSzenwbCiA
  15. "Black Leaders Discussion feat. Angela Davis, Kwame Ture & Fannie Lou Hamer (1973)." AfroMarxist, Youtube. [1:27:01] A Black Journal special program featuring key leaders such as Angela Davis, Kwame Ture, Fannie Lou Hamer and etc. discussing an array of topics that affect the Black community. July 21, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojDoeloUTc
  16. "The Life of Stokely Carmichael with Peniel Joseph." St. Francis College, Youtube. [1:02:15] Peniel E. Joseph, a Professor of History at Tufts University, a pioneering historian in the field of Black Power Studies, and an award-winning author came to St. Francis College February 11, 2015 to talk about his book, Stokely: A Life.  His other works include, Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. He edited, The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level. His essays have appeared in The Journal of American History, The Chronicle Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Forum, and The American Historical Review. He has appeared on C-SPAN’s Book TV, NPR , PBS’s NewsHour, and the Colbert Report. March 6, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8hGcl1BXo
  17. "RADICAL SELF CARE: ANGELA DAVIS." Afropunk, Youtube. [4:27] It’s Radical Self Care Week here at AFROPUNK. Let’s hear how revolutionary artists and activists take care of themselves in these chaotic times.  Check out what Angela Davis had to say! December 17, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cHoL4vaBs





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Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

  1. "The Police Called Breonna Taylor a ‘Soft Target.’ She Wasn’t the First." Ameer Hasan Loggins, Ph.D, Medium.com. Since before this country’s founding, Black women have been treated as vulnerable—and disposable. August 4, 2020. https://level.medium.com/breonna-taylor-black-women-soft-targets-51285c8080c3
  2. "The Politics of Liberation." The Black Detour Team, The Black Detour Team. Kwame Ture formerly Stokely Carmichael was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on June 29, 1941. Ture was a former prime minister of the Black Panther Party and president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Stokely Carmichael (known today as Kwame Ture) and political scientist Charles V. Hamilton, authored the 1967 book Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America was a pioneering book in the civil rights movement. Addressing Black power and liberation in America discussing efforts to reform existing power structures. Here are ten quotes from Black Power: The Politics of Liberation. May 6, 2018. https://theblackdetour.com/10-stokely-carmichael-quotes-from-black-power/
  3. "Celebrating Kwame ‘Stokely Carmichael’ Ture’s legacy with 10 of his greatest quotes." Francis Akhalbey, Face2faceafrica.com. Iconic Trinidadian-American Civil Rights Activist Kwame ‘Stokely Carmichael’ Ture was born on this day in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in 1941. Ture, who was born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a member of the Black Panther Movement as well as a pioneer in the Black Power Movement. Ture, who fought tirelessly to promote the cause of black people is on record as the youngest person to have been imprisoned for his participation in the famous 1961 Freedom Rides. After leaving the United States and re-settling in Ghana in 1968, then Guinea in 1969, Carmichael changed his name to Kwame Ture. His last name was an ode to his friend, former Guinean president Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was inspired to change his first name to that of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. June 29, 2019. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/celebrating-kwame-stokely-carmichael-tures-legacy-with-10-of-his-greatest-quotes
  4. "Ten Powerful Quotes by Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)." Uchenna Edeh, Kentakepage.com Kwame Ture was a Pan-African revolutionary, who held the rank of Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party (Philadelphia chapter). Ture was born in Trinidad, but grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending Howard University. He eventually developed the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), later serving as the “Honorary Prime Minister” of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and lastly as a leader of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). Ture was considered a “Black Messiah” by COINTELPRO (the FBI Counterintelligence Program) and targeted. November 15, 2015. https://kentakepage.com/ten-powerful-quotes-by-kwame-ture-stokely-carmichael/
  5. https://snccdigital.org/people/stokely-carmichael/


  • https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/86210.Stokely_Carmichael
  • https://kentakepage.com/ten-powerful-quotes-by-kwame-ture-stokely-carmichael/
  • https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stokely_Carmichael








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