Make up days will follow this schedule:
Monday classes will meet Saturday, March 13th from 12:00 pm -2:30 pm to make up for Martin Luther King Day (1/18/10)
Monday classes will meet Saturday April 17, 2010 from 12:00 pm -2:30 pm to make up for President's Day (2/15/10)
Wednesday classes will meet on Saturday March 27th, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm to make up for the day of the snowstrom (2/10/10)
Friday classes will meet on Saturday April 10, 2010 from 12:00 pm -2:30 pm to make up for Good Friday (4/2/10)
Friday, March 12, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Black History Month: Fashion Forward with Andre Leon Talley
If you think judge Simon Cowell on "American Idol" caused contestants to crumble and cry then get ready for another titan to emerge on reality television. Andre Leon Talley, Vogue Editor at Large is a juggernaut in the Fashion World who will be shearing and stitching Cycle 14 model wannabees on America's Next Top Model. The show has needed a face lift and at six feet seven foot this Giant has the final word on who works and who walks the runway. Not since self proclaimed "the first super model" Janice Dickerson left the show has there been a heat surging on the set. Mr. Talley is the status quo of Fashion and is known for his visionary insight to break out the new "IT" statements with his eclectic mix of wit, drama, intelligence and razor sharp insights.
Infusing " haute" standards and classic structure have been his trademarks. As an African-American he is a pioneer in the Fashion field for holding the highest post at Vogue second only to Vogue Editor Anna Wintour. Known as the dynamic and dangerous due these two have led to many first in Fashion. Italien Vogue magazine has been the only fashion bible to feature an All Black issue for women of color who have been sidelined by designers for decades. Needless to say he was involved in this momentous project. We must not forget that while some walked in marches he marched into the office and brought in legions of Ethnic beauties and talents to work in the Fashion field in front and behind the camera.
Graduating from North Carolina Central Univerisity and then receiving his masters from Brown University in French is a statement to his pursuit of education and the finer things in life. Blessed with the visionary foresight to choose new designers and herald them before the world has been a staple in his careeer. He is a source of inspiration that with education , committment , and faith one can reach the top of their chosen field.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Black History Month: From Insurrection to Integration by Wesley Beeks
Black History Month: From Insurrection to Integration
“Some of the greatest minds operated under the radar to level the oppressor. Their Hall of Fame lies in the intuitive compassion and strength inherited by their children.” Wesley Beeks
It could be said with certainty that the human soul is not meant for captivity. Humanity is its own historian. Many have lamented at the desensitization of violence in our society that endures with receding protest. Technology has become a personified enigma, handing out violent and misogynistic candies through media, legislative practices, virtual reality games and multi-media streaming, a continuous loop of unabridged culture. Granted September 11th and the tragedies of fallen planes hijacked not only our personal and national safety, but the paradigm of morality itself. Black History Month is an apt time to come together and accord value to an alleged “oppressed peoples”.
Slavery like motherhood has been a long standing tradition within cultures, nations, families and businesses. Inherently one or more groups feed off the transparent underclass of another group. Slavery extends past the targeting of a group to share at its board of directors Poverty, Lack of Education, No Healthcare, Self Denigration and Cultural Assassination. With slavery’s articles of incorporation it seduced nations, continents and peoples to sell and barter slaves of its most precious “humanity”. Some religions were the union for slavery keeping everything in alignment while closing off the curtain of malicious deals under the table, spouse swapping, free labor with no restrictions, “imaginary moral rallies “ to invigorate those faltering towards equality and liberty; finally compromised servitude to a “higher power” that censored Universal Rights. As the saying goes, “Somebody has to dig these ditches!”and that job usually went to the underclass and those without citizenship. Slave insurrections were far more prevalent in the Americas than what has been taught and espoused by “authorities “in traditional education.
Black History Month is a celebration not only for the recognition and validation of a population that contributed heavily to construction of the United States, but a necessary reminder and opportunity for “checks and balances” for a nation, its people and communities. Due to the approval of Black History Month legislation, it has paved the way for National Hispanic Week signed by President Gerald R. Ford in 1974 to proclaim one week beginning September 10, 1974 and ending September 16, 1974. Finally on August 17, 1988 enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States the week became a month. This was signed in proclamation September 13, 1988 by President Ronald Reagan officially heralding “September 15th to October 15th “a month to honor the contributions of Hispanic Heritage. Later May was named the month of observance for Asian and Pacific Islanders and March the month for the recognition of women which was long overdue.
Indomitable, willful, resourceful Africans who were enslaved became insurrectionist to dissuade the strategic and enforced cultural assassination of their homeland, name, traditions and self efficacy.Brazil, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were some of the nations in which slave insurrections were orchestrated and executed with dangerous proficiency. Major slave rebellions in Jamaica with the Maroons lasted from 1730 to 1739. Cuba’s racial war of 1868-1876 abolished it through bloody battles. In North America during the Revolution and War of 1812 many bondsman fought for the country while others escaped to freedom behind British lines. The most well known slave revolts were the Amistad and Creole incidents of 1839 and 1841. Jacob Lawrence, prominent artist who happens to have been of African ancestry did a well known painting, “Amistad”, which actress, director, choreographer, activist Debbie Allen fought tooth and nail for the Amistad film to be created. This marked a milestone in American cinema of a large scale slave insurrection in modern cinema.
Planted firmly on the surface layer are the famous 1831 slave revolts of Nat Turner, a fiery orator and visionary who set plantations sprawled across the South aflame in blazing effigy. Another well known slave revolt was John Brown’s, with white and Black Guerrillas faction for his invasion of Virginia in 1859. Through out it all African slaves in North America suffered a debasing physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual cruelty, a course navigated from “Colonial and Imperialistic” establishments. I would be remiss to not include the Gabriel Conspiracy of 1800, in which Gabriel who was a twenty four year old artisan standing at six feet two inches. We should take special note that he was a skilled laborer thus destigmatizing the “ignorant charming” propaganda imagery used to describe slaves and freedmen as unintelligent and incapable.
Black History Month celebrates the unique tapestry of America by honoring the traditions and cultural, scientific, theological, agricultural and political contributions of people of African descent. Migratory travels of Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, Haitian, Dominican and Caribbean to name a few provide an integral part of our story. The Taino, The African, and the Spanish are the emblem of Boricua College and to fail in the recognition of one is to dishonor the contributions of the founding forefathers and foremothers of this institution.
Without education, skill, discipline, respect and temperance this country would not be honoring any month or week of the peoples who built the nation. Black History Month provides a template for the recognition and offers social justice to those peoples who have been disenfranchised, relocated unwillingly, abused with a proliferation of psychological, sexual, physical, spiritual abuse and in general being betrayed by the social mores in favor of “segregated acceptance”. This provides a proud moment in our global lineage and an opportunity to augment and advance the consciousness of a nation of families working in tandem towards “Humanity”
“Some of the greatest minds operated under the radar to level the oppressor. Their Hall of Fame lies in the intuitive compassion and strength inherited by their children.” Wesley Beeks
It could be said with certainty that the human soul is not meant for captivity. Humanity is its own historian. Many have lamented at the desensitization of violence in our society that endures with receding protest. Technology has become a personified enigma, handing out violent and misogynistic candies through media, legislative practices, virtual reality games and multi-media streaming, a continuous loop of unabridged culture. Granted September 11th and the tragedies of fallen planes hijacked not only our personal and national safety, but the paradigm of morality itself. Black History Month is an apt time to come together and accord value to an alleged “oppressed peoples”.
Slavery like motherhood has been a long standing tradition within cultures, nations, families and businesses. Inherently one or more groups feed off the transparent underclass of another group. Slavery extends past the targeting of a group to share at its board of directors Poverty, Lack of Education, No Healthcare, Self Denigration and Cultural Assassination. With slavery’s articles of incorporation it seduced nations, continents and peoples to sell and barter slaves of its most precious “humanity”. Some religions were the union for slavery keeping everything in alignment while closing off the curtain of malicious deals under the table, spouse swapping, free labor with no restrictions, “imaginary moral rallies “ to invigorate those faltering towards equality and liberty; finally compromised servitude to a “higher power” that censored Universal Rights. As the saying goes, “Somebody has to dig these ditches!”and that job usually went to the underclass and those without citizenship. Slave insurrections were far more prevalent in the Americas than what has been taught and espoused by “authorities “in traditional education.
Black History Month is a celebration not only for the recognition and validation of a population that contributed heavily to construction of the United States, but a necessary reminder and opportunity for “checks and balances” for a nation, its people and communities. Due to the approval of Black History Month legislation, it has paved the way for National Hispanic Week signed by President Gerald R. Ford in 1974 to proclaim one week beginning September 10, 1974 and ending September 16, 1974. Finally on August 17, 1988 enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States the week became a month. This was signed in proclamation September 13, 1988 by President Ronald Reagan officially heralding “September 15th to October 15th “a month to honor the contributions of Hispanic Heritage. Later May was named the month of observance for Asian and Pacific Islanders and March the month for the recognition of women which was long overdue.
Indomitable, willful, resourceful Africans who were enslaved became insurrectionist to dissuade the strategic and enforced cultural assassination of their homeland, name, traditions and self efficacy.Brazil, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were some of the nations in which slave insurrections were orchestrated and executed with dangerous proficiency. Major slave rebellions in Jamaica with the Maroons lasted from 1730 to 1739. Cuba’s racial war of 1868-1876 abolished it through bloody battles. In North America during the Revolution and War of 1812 many bondsman fought for the country while others escaped to freedom behind British lines. The most well known slave revolts were the Amistad and Creole incidents of 1839 and 1841. Jacob Lawrence, prominent artist who happens to have been of African ancestry did a well known painting, “Amistad”, which actress, director, choreographer, activist Debbie Allen fought tooth and nail for the Amistad film to be created. This marked a milestone in American cinema of a large scale slave insurrection in modern cinema.
Planted firmly on the surface layer are the famous 1831 slave revolts of Nat Turner, a fiery orator and visionary who set plantations sprawled across the South aflame in blazing effigy. Another well known slave revolt was John Brown’s, with white and Black Guerrillas faction for his invasion of Virginia in 1859. Through out it all African slaves in North America suffered a debasing physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual cruelty, a course navigated from “Colonial and Imperialistic” establishments. I would be remiss to not include the Gabriel Conspiracy of 1800, in which Gabriel who was a twenty four year old artisan standing at six feet two inches. We should take special note that he was a skilled laborer thus destigmatizing the “ignorant charming” propaganda imagery used to describe slaves and freedmen as unintelligent and incapable.
Black History Month celebrates the unique tapestry of America by honoring the traditions and cultural, scientific, theological, agricultural and political contributions of people of African descent. Migratory travels of Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, Haitian, Dominican and Caribbean to name a few provide an integral part of our story. The Taino, The African, and the Spanish are the emblem of Boricua College and to fail in the recognition of one is to dishonor the contributions of the founding forefathers and foremothers of this institution.
Without education, skill, discipline, respect and temperance this country would not be honoring any month or week of the peoples who built the nation. Black History Month provides a template for the recognition and offers social justice to those peoples who have been disenfranchised, relocated unwillingly, abused with a proliferation of psychological, sexual, physical, spiritual abuse and in general being betrayed by the social mores in favor of “segregated acceptance”. This provides a proud moment in our global lineage and an opportunity to augment and advance the consciousness of a nation of families working in tandem towards “Humanity”
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