119 Cities Expected to Participate in The New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement

119 U.S. Cities Are Being Asked to Help Eliminate The New Jim Crow with Thought and Actions During March and April 2012 With more Black men in jails and prisons than colleges and universities, it is time for the Black Male Achievement Movement to get to work! The efforts of Michelle Alexander and her book,The New Jim Crow, are stimulating a social justice movement in 119 cities with reading groups, praying warriors and action teams. It is time for good men and women to get to work!        During the months of March and April 2012, people in your city can:  Host a reading circle for The New Jim Crow book at your church, high school or college Communicate with your elected officials about ways to changes laws that sweep Black men and boys into the criminal justice system Mentor youth in juvenile detention facilities Visit incarcerants in prisons and jails (men and women) Work to get records expunged for the formerly incarcerated Welcome returning citizens (from prison) back to your community Help returning citizens get jobs Council first-time offenders so that they remain crime free Speak to youth in schools about not becoming part of the criminal justice system Become a court watcher to ensure that Black men and boys are treated fairly by the criminal justice process Write a letter to a jail or prison encouraging men and women who are incarcerated to keep their spirits high   To become one of the the Servant Leaders in your city planning and directing this effort, please call 773.285.9600. We will provide you with an organizing kit that will help you step-by-step to create, manage or support an outstanding New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement program in your city.  We will also provide technical assistance and ongoing support. Churches, schools, faith-based organizations, fraternities, Masonic organizations, veterans associations, community-based organizations, affinity organizations, military service personnel, social service agencies, companies and corporations will participate in this effort.  Most events will occur between March 1, 2012 and April 30, 2012    Many of the cities below that participated in our national mentoring initiative are being asked to participate in this direct action, social justice campaign designed to reduce the number of Black men, women and children locked up in detention centers, youth facilities, jails and prisons in the United States: Albany, New York Alexandria, Virginia Alton, Illinois Atlanta Georgia Aurora, Colorado Baltimore, Maryland Baton Rouge, Louisiana Blandensburg, Maryland Bolingbrook, Illinois Boston, Massachusetts Bowie, Maryland Buffalo, New York Carbondale, Illinois  Carol Stream, Illinois  Chicago, Illinois - South Side Chicago, Illinois - West Side  Chicago, Illinois - South Suburbs Chicago Heights, Illinois Cincinnati, Ohio Colorado Springs, Colorado Columbia, Missouri Columbia, South Carolina Columbus, Georgia Dallas, Texas Danbury, Connecticut Danville, Illinois Decatur, Georgia Delray Beach, Florida Detroit, Michigan Denver, Colorado Dolton, Illinois Durham, North Carolina East Chicago, Indiana East Orange, New Jersey Englewood, Colorado Flint, Michigan Flossmoor, Illinois Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fredricksberg, Virginia Gary, Indiana Gilbert, Arizona Greenvill3e, North Carolina Griffin, Georgia Hammond, Indiana Hartford, Connecticut Harvey, Illinois Hillside, Illinois Houston, Texas Hyattsville, Maryland Indianapolis, Indiana  Irvington, New Jersey Jackson, Mississippi Kansas City, Missouri Kenesaw, Georgia LaGrange, Georgia Lauderhill, Florida Lenoir, North Carolina Lexington, Kentucky Lithonia, Michigan Los Angeles, California Louisville, Kentucky Macon, Georgia Manassas, Virginia Markham, Illinois Matteson, Illinois Mentor, Ohio Milwaukee, Wisconsin Minneapolis, Minnesota Munhall, Pennsylvania Munster, Indiana  Nashville, Tennessee New Orleans, Louisiana New York City, New York - Manhattan New York City, New York - The Bronx New York City, New York - Brooklyn New York City, New York - Queens New York City, New York - Long Island New York City, New York - Harlem Newark, New Jersey Oakland, California Oak Park, Illinois Omaha, Nebraska Ontario, California Palmdale, California Peoria, Illinois  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Phoenix, Arizona Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Richmond, California Richmond, Virginia Riverdale, Illinois Rochester, New York Rock Island, Illinois San Bernardino, California San Francisco, California Santan Valley, AZ Seattle, Washington Shelbyville, Indiana  Southaven, Mississippi Spotsylvania County, Virginia St. Louis, Missouri St. Paul, Minnesota St. Petersburg, Florida Tampa, Florida Thomasville, Georgia Toledo, Ohio Tougaloo, Mississippi Tshwane, Botswana, Africa  Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territory, Canada Tuscaloosa, Alabama  University Park, Illinois Upper Marboro, Maryland Vicksburg, Mississippi Victorville, California  Washington, D.C. Waukegan, Illinois White Plains, New York Windsor, Ontario, Canada Yazoo City, Mississippi      "Much like a great explorer, Michelle Alexander has discovered another America--a bizarro world where prejudice and discrimination have replaced truth and justice. An America that is as intent on destroying young Black men as it is at proclaiming its passion for freedom and fairness. Even some of the most conscious and best-intentioned Americans can't see The New Jim Crow and their roles in supporting it. Michelle Alexander holds a mirror up to America and reveals a monster!"       Phillip Jackson, The Black Star Project    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Click Here to purchase a paperback copy of The New Jim Crow.  Click Here to view a 25 minute video of Michelle Alexander speaking on Democracy Now about The New Jim Crow.  Click Here to hear a segment of Michelle Alexander on National Public Radio speaking about The New Jim Crow.  Click here to see a 3 minute trailer of Michelle Alexander speaking about the The New Jim Crow.  Click here to find out if and when Michelle Alexander might be in your city or state speaking on The New Jim Crow.   Click NJCevents@gmail.com to discuss bringing Michelle Alexander to your city.  Click Here to become a member of The Black Star Project. Click Here to learn more about The Black Star Project.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Super Tuesday: Final Polls Point To Tight Races POLITICS Congressman Dies After Battle With Cancer MEDIA Radio Stations Drop Limbaugh's Show Over Sandra Fluke Comments WORLD Putin Calls In The Riot Police EDUCATION Feds Buying 7 Million Pounds Of 'Pink Slime' For School Lunches BOOKS EXCLUSIVE: First Look At 'The Hunger Games Adventures' BLOG POSTS Mohamed A. El-Erian: New Billionaire Index Reflects Competing Social Forces Bloomberg's daily identification of the top billionaires could reinforce a trend where these individuals, and many others, allocate a growing portion of their wealth in a manner that helps society as a whole. Rita Wilson: Voting Memories: Readers Recall The First Time They Voted For President Watching my parents mark their ballots, knowing they never skipped an election, instilled in me a belief that it was a privilege to be able to vote but also that it meant something. Abby Huntsman Livingston: Republicans, Be Bold! For the Republican Party to be attractive again to the various groups that have historically found a home under the "Big Tent," it needs to think big and put forward a new generation of bold ideas that fit neatly within the overarching themes of Republican values. Conor White-Sullivan: Introducing "Change My Mind": HuffPost's New Debates Tool At HuffPost, we're all about finding ways to move the national discourse beyond the outdated dichotomy of left and right. Today, we are launching a new platform for debate to further that mission. We are calling it "Change my Mind." Fran Drescher: I'm Officiating a Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony Today! I've always been vocal about standing up against social injustices. There's a reason God gave me this voice, right? I look forward to the day when I can "pronounce" same-sex marriage no longer illegal: "You may now kiss that outdated law goodbye!"

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Tuesday, March 06, 2012 THE BIG STORY Stupid Tuesday! GOP Candidates Fight For More Than 400 Delegates Across Country It's election day: The Republican base in Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Vermont, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Alaska, Idaho, and Oklahoma will all get their chance to chime in on whom the Party should nominate. State politics is crazy on any ordinary day, but when Republicans start barnstorming, all heck breaks loose. Can Romney beat Santorum? Will Newt survive? And Why is Georgia so obsessed with the Ten Commandments? READ MORE Send To A Friend >> GEORGIA AND OKLAHOMA Local Highlights: The Ten Commandments And 'Spilled Semen' Amendment Georgia, which has 76 delegates up for grabs on Tuesday, doesn't seem to be worried about the economy in its statehouse. Instead, local lawmakers have been busy unanimously passing a bill that would post a copy of the Ten Commandments in all Georgia schools and government buildings. Oklahoma, which is worth 40 delegates, is focused on abortion. The "Personhood Bill," which was introduced by Republican State Senator Brian Crain, would grant legal personhood status to embryos from the moment of fertilization and has sparked massive protests. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> OHIO Governor Refuses Federal Disaster Relief For Tornado-Ravaged State Elected in the GOP wave of 2010, Governor John Kasich took hard-right positions on almost every explosive national issue, including a push to end collective bargaining rights for public employees that was overturned by angry voters last November. After such a recent rebuke, it comes as something of a surprise that he would double down on Tea Party extremism. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> VIRGINIA Fighting Eric Cantor Aide Gets Demoted To Super PAC The top communications adviser to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R- Virginia) resigned abruptly after getting into a nasty fight with a fellow staffer last week. His punishment? He can no longer "coordinate" with his former boss and close friend -- because he immediately landed a cushy gig at a well-funded Super PAC named after Cantor's 2010 campaign book. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> TENNESSEE Watch Mitt Romney Deliver A Spoken Word Performance Of 'Davy Crockett' [VIDEO] Mitt Romney, in his never ending quest to convince voters that he is just an average Joe, has been trying to relate to Tennessee crowds with an odd spoken-word performance of the "Davy Crockett" theme song. "This place always has a special feeling in my heart, because when I grew up I was thinking about Davy Crockett," says Romney before breaking into song. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: MIKE KONCZAL Welcome To The 1 Percent Recovery Crucially, while 2010 was a year of continued stagnation for the economy as a whole, the 1% began to show strong gains. This means that the rich are right when they say the economy is getting better -- as long as you ignore the rest of the population. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> CARTOON OF THE DAY Send To A Friend >>

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G8 summit canceled in Chicago, NATO still coming to town - Government News - Crain's Chicago Business

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Federal judge sends racist Obama email, files complaint against himself, apologizes

Federal judge sends racist Obama email, files complaint against himself, apologizes:

An appellate court will conduct a judicial misconduct review of a federal judge who sent an email to friends that contained a racist joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama's mother.

I guess this happened because he offended the President of the United States. What happens when a Federal Judge misrepresents their office in other cases as suggested in my litigation in front of Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez? Small people like myself have to "pay" to go to the Appellate court...

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Punish, Suspend and Force Out Black Children Who Want to Learn in Rochester, N.Y. and Prince Georges County, Maryland; Where Are Black Parent in Chicago When It Is Time To Educate Their Children?; Bring the "Black Men of Honor" College Fair to Your City; You Will Love This Video of Black Men Dancing with Daughters

Making Progress; Moving Forward! Rochester White Teachers Persecute Black Student for Wanting to Learn Black Students in Maryland Suspended for Trying to Improve School Where Are Chicago Parents in The Fight To Educate Black Children Black Men Dance with Daughters Saturday University Works For All Students Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Jounral: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:   13-Year-Old Black Girl in Rochester, New York Persecuted and Forced Out of School for Challenging White Teachers to Teach and for Challenging Her Black Classmates to Learn with Essay on Frederick Douglass    In her essay, Jada Williams quotes part of the scene where Frederick Douglass' slave master catches his wife teaching then slave Frederick to read and tells her he (Frederick) would be useless as a slave if he were able to read.    Miss Williams quoted Douglass quoting the slave master: "If you teach that nigger how to read, there will be no keeping him. It will forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master."  She reflected on how the "white teachers" do not have enough control of the classroom to successfully teach the minority students in Rochester.  She sees the fact that so many of the other "so-called 'unteachable'" students aren't learning to read as a form of modern-day slavery. Their illiteracy holds them back in society.    Her call to action was then in her summary: "A grand price was paid in order for us to be where we are today; but in my mind we should be a lot further, so again I encourage the white teachers to instruct and I encourage my people to not just be a student, but become a learner."   Click Here to see and hear Jada Williams read her essay and you decide if she should have been forced out of Rochester, New York Public Schools.    Click Here to see a news story on this great American travesty that punishes Black children for wanting to learn!   Read More...   Please contact Rochester Superintendent of Public Schools Vargas Bolgen at bolgen.vargas@rcsdk12.org  or call (585) 262-8100 to voice your concerns about Ms. Jada Williams being force out of school because she wants her classmates to learn.  Students Suspended for Trying to Improve  Prince Georges County, Maryland High School   Over 300 mostly Black and Latino students at Northwestern High School in Prince George's County Maryland planned a walkout and rally as part of the National Student Day of Action to protest unsanitary conditions in their school, enormous class sizes, cuts to the ESOL program, and denial of promised pay raises for their teachers.   The students also were asking for more teacher/parent/student input in the curriculum and demanding an apology for a group of Filipino teachers who were fired and deported after not having their work visas renewed.   The Administration at Northwestern discovered the walkout plan early in the day by trolling Twitter and put the school on lockdown. Police blocked the doors and canine units waited in the school's parking lot.   They held student leaders in the Principal's office all day, threatened them with expulsion, and at the end of the day suspended four students for 5 days requiring that when they return their parents must accompany them to classes all day.   Read More...    Contact Superintendent William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D., at 301-952-6008 or email william.hite@pgcps.org to register your support for suspended students.   In Chicago, Become A Local School Council Member to Create Excellent Schools    What Research Says:   Researchers Karen Smith Conway, professor of economics at the University of New Hampshire, and her colleague Andrew Houtenville, senior research associate at New Editions Consulting, found that parental involvement has a strong, positive effect on student achievement.  "Parental effort is consistently associated with higher levels of achievement, and the magnitude of the effect of parental effort is substantial. We found that schools would need to increase per-pupil spending by more than $1,000 in order to achieve the same results that are gained with parental involvement," Conway said.   Nomination forms are due in schools Thursday, March 8, 2012 by 3:00pm.   Please call 773.553.1400 for more information.    . Create A "Black Men of Honor" College Fair in Your City by Calling 773.285.9600 Read More... You Will Love this Video of Black Men Dancing with their Daughters in Chicago    When a girl's first date is with her father, all other men will have to measure up to that standard.  For many girls, a good relationship with their father leads to improved educational, social and physical outcomes.    Fathers' investment in their daughters helps girls to be more confident, emotionally balanced and independent. The best way to guarantee that your daughter will have the high self-esteem necessary to choose a good mate is for you, her father, to be the model for her choice and decision making.   Call The Black Star Project at 773.285.9600 to bring a Daddy-Daughter Dance to your city!   Click Here to see video   Click Here to see more about Daddy-Daughter Dance Chinese School Creates New Standards for "Cool" and "Hip"   ZHENGZHOU - A high school in Central China's Henan province recently set a code of behavior for students to become "macho boys" and "cute and clever girls", which has become a hot topic among local teachers and students.   Zhengzhou No 18 High School, which specializes in art education, granted the titles "macho boys" and "cute and clever girls" to 44 students - 22 boys and 22 girls - at the beginning of the new semester, so other students would emulate their behavior.   Duan Yaping, 44, the school principal, said some students used to think that misbehavior like smoking would make them look cool, so the school has chosen role models for them, according to a report of Zhengzhou-based Henan Business News.   Read More... One of the best options for educating Black students in America -- Saturday University     Please call 773.285.9600 to learn how to start a Saturday University in your city.  We have 15 free Saturday Universities operating in and around Chicago.  Please call 773.285.9600 to register your child for free academic enhancement or for more information about Saturday University.   Read More... Michelle Alexander and The New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Arrive in Nebraska on Saturday, March 10, 2010    People in Omaha, Lincoln, North Platte and Grand Island, Nebraska;  Sioux City, Des Moines, Davenport and Iowa City, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota; St. Joseph and Kansas City, Missouri; Overland Park, Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Denver, Colorado are encouraged to attend this event.     "Much like a great explorer, Michelle Alexander has discovered another America--a bizarro world where prejudice and discrimination have replaced truth and justice. An America that is as intent on destroying young Black men as it is at proclaiming its passion for freedom and fairness. Even some of the most conscious and best-intentioned Americans can't see The New Jim Crow and their roles in supporting it. Michelle Alexander holds a mirror up to America and reveals a monster!"  - Phillip Jackson, The Black Star Project    Read More...