Sistah Vegan Needs Revolutionary Black Female Vegan Activists

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This sister speaks on anti-racism and social justice and activism in a class bassed society....

SAFARI-BLACK -X-THE VEGAN HIP-HOP MOVEMENT VLOG VOL#3

Once Again we are back !! yes szirrr....

SAFARI-BLACK-X- VEGAN HIP HOP MOVEMENT VLOG #3 from

THE ART OF LOVE MIXTAPE COMING SOON !! THE VEGAN EP THIS FALL !!

GREEN POWER ! - SOLAR PANEL COMPUTER BAG

WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS I WAS BUGGING CAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT IT WAS INCREDIBLY HANDY FOR SOMEONE ON THE GO. ...UNTIL I FOUND OUT IT DOES NOT ACUTALLY CHARGE A COMPUTER BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD NEED CHARGED LIKE DIGITAL CAMERA BATTERIES, CELL/MOBILE PHONES SMALL PDA'S ETC.. I STILL THINK ITS BETTER THAN WAISTING TRADITIONAL FORMS OF ENERGY... I MEAN YOU COULD PUT IT ON YOUR BACK POARCH AND HAVE IT GREEN JUICED BY THE SUN FOR THAT LONG DAY IN MANHATTAN SHOPPING, OR YOUR MOM-AN-NEMS BARBEQUE IN THE PARK ...LOL

DIARY OF A BLACK VEGAN - vol #3 ..

SEE I WAS THINKING TODAY , AFTER BEING ASKED ONE OF THE MILLION TIMES A WEEK WHEN DO YOU BECOME VEGAN... I BEEN VEGAN SINCE 1999 ...AND BECAME VEGETARIAN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.. IT WAS A GRADUAL EVOLUTION FOR ME... I STOPPED EATING PORK WHEN I GOT KNOWLEDGE OF SELF LIKE LATE 80'S WHEN I WAS A KID...NOT TOO DRAMATIC IN A FAMILY THAT CAME FROM THE SOUTH..AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOES IN THE POT IN TENNESSEE RIGHT? I THEN LATER QUIT BEEF 1995 ...THE I ONLY ATE CHICKEN FISH AND TURKEY UNTIL 1998..

SAFARI-BLACKS WORLD FAMOUS "INDIAN CHANA-MASALA CHIC PEAS"

IT WAS A PATH OF AWARENESS NOT DONE FOR POLITICAL REASONS OR BECAUSE IT WAS CUTE OR FEATURED ON OPRAH WINFREY..loL SORRY IT MADE THE MOST SENSE AND I LISTEN TO MY SOUL ... ITS THE ULTIMATE STEP TOWARDS NATURE (DAMN MY RAP CAREER IS RUINED IF ANY ONE READS THIS : ) IT WAS NOT ABRUPT OR EVEN CONTEMPLATED...NO I DONT MISS CHICKEN OR FISH... I CRAVE WHAT YOU PUT ON THEM SAUCES . I MAKE CURRY TOFU, JERK TOFU , MOCK FISH FROM TOFU , INDIAN CHIC PEAS , PEANUT THAI NOODLES, GREENS , WHIPPED YAMS , VEGAN MAC AND SOYCHEESE (ONLY TOFUTTI BRAND) THE OTHER BRANDS DO NOT MELT , PIZZA , EVERY VARIATION OF A SALAD YOU CAN IMAGINE...


I MADE THE DISH ABOVE ON A BREAK FROM WRITING SONGS IN THE BRONX LAST DECEMBER... ALOT OF WHERE I AM AT DEPENDS UPON WHERE IM AT IF IM IN THE MIDWEST I HIT THE ETHNIC SPOTS BUT ARE USUALLY MORE INCLINED TO EAT SOUL ADAPTATIONS OF TRADITIONAL SOUL FOOD ( GOT SOME CORN AND GREEN BEANS COOKING NOW ) THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GREEN BEENS IS THAT THEY ARE HIGH IN FIBER AND CAN BE EATEN WITHOUT LIMIT ......
BREAKFAST IS PROLLY MY FAVORITE MEAL THOUGH EVEN THOUGH I USUALLY DONT GET TO TAKE THE TIME EXCEPT FOR THE WEEKENDS OR IF I AM GIGGING ON THE ROAD AND FIND A REAL PEACE VEGAN SPOT TO EAT AT...FYI - ANY PLACE WHERE THERE ARE MOUNTAINS THERE IS VEGAN FOOD IN ABUNDANCE ! BUT I DIGRESS I AM AMAZED AT THE REACTIONS OF WALKING INTO OR SHOPPING IN WHOLE FOOD MARKETS.. THE LOOKS OF LIBERALS CAN BE SO TRANSPARENT AT TIMES.. THE PEOPLE THAT CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS CONSIDER TO BE INFIDELS BEAR THE SAME TRAITS ..THEY FOLLOW YOU AROUND JUST LIKE A REGULAR STORE.. TRY TO EDUCATE YOU ( NOT KNOWING THAT I AM A SCIENTIST AND HAVE STUDIED HEALTH FOR 15 YEARS ) ALL OUT OF THE AMAZEMENT OF MEETING A NEGRO-VEGAN ?? HA THAT SOUNDED FUNNY NEGRO VEGAN...IM A LEAVE YOU ON THAT ONE CAUSE I CANT STOP LEAVING.. MAYBE THEY SHOULD PUT THAT IN THE RACE COLUMN OF APPLICATIONS..CHINESE..GERMAN...JAPANESE..JEWISH...NEGRO-VEGAN loL ENJOY THE CLIPS AND DOWNLOAD MY MUSIC ....BOOTLEG IT ..I DONT CARE JUST LISTEN TO IT.... AFTER THE CLIPS THERE IS A DIVSHARE LINK ABOVE THIS BLOG IN THE PREVIOUS BLOG FOR A SONG CALLED THE STRUGGLE WHICH WAS PRODUCED 1/2 BAND 1/2 DRUM MACHINE...ITS A SERIOUS JOINT OF MY FORTHCOMING "ART OF LOVE " FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD MIXED BY SERIUS SATALITTE SHADYVILLE DJS (WHOO KIDS CREW) REAL SOON....ASHE ASHE ASHE...

JOHN FORTE - FREE 12/22/08 PARDONED BY G W BUSH !

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING GET THE .... oUTTA HERE !



To date, Bush has used the clemency power 179 times (171 pardons and 8 commutations of sentence). The term is not yet over, but some cannot resist noting how stingy Bush has been with pardons in comparison with previous presidents. Here is the information you are guaranteed not to find elsewhere: Presidents who have exercised the pardon power less than Bush include George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, William H. Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, James Garfield and George H.W. Bush.

In the first term, Bush (like most presidents before him) granted the highest number of pardons and commutations (20) in the fourth and last year.

In Bush's second term, the most active year to date is the second year, with 44 pardons and 1 commutation of sentence. For Bush to grant the highest number of pardons and commutations in the fourth year of the second term, we would have to see at least 13 additional acts of clemency. With the month of December still ahead, it seems reasonable to expect Bush will top the mark set in the second year of the term.

Even with this last round of pardons, December remains Bush's most prolific month for pardons and commutations (see updated chart here).

The geographic trends we noted in a previous post have become more stark. Three more pardons have been granted from the State of Texas, extending its lead over every other state (at 20 pardons). Florida remains in second (with 14). Georgia picks up one, but remains in third (with 11). In contrast, only 9 pardons have come from California and only 1 has come from the State of New York.

Finally, we cannot help but note that one of the commutations that Bush granted today went to John Forte, who has been on our Pardon Watch List for some time now. We recently noted that the Grammy-winning African American recording artist, who maintained his innocence in the face of a drug trafficking charge, was smacked with a mandatory sentence of 14 years. His clemency application was supported by singer/songwriter Carly Simon.





WOW !!! GET HOME SAFE FAM - SAFARI-BLACK

NY - HIP HOP HEADS GO GREEN ( SOLAR POWERED FESTIVAL)

HIP HOP HEADS PERFORM GREEN ???
Finally an answer to the age-old question: how does one run a solar-powered festival on an overcast, stormy day? With a lot of interruptions - as The Citysol Festival, New York City’s best and only solar energy music festival proved over the weekend at Stuyvesant Cove Park. Actually, the breaks in the music had less to do with the sun playing hide-and-seek as it did with the intermittent buckets of water pouring from the sky. The concept was to promote solar energy and advocacy by running four days worth of activities on the sun. A solar-paneled house sat behind the small stage, hosting the festival’s batteries, which collected solar energy whenever it could and remained charged enough to keep Saturday’s lineup of bands running throughout the day and night. Facing the stage were a series of plywood pavilions lined with triangular panels that looked more like an Indian shantytown than an environmental display. Whatever their true purpose, they were used as temporary shelters from the sun and rain.

In conjunction with the festival . ANTHONY MARSHALL ( 0NE OF THE FOUNDERS OF LYRICIST LOUNGE ) AND DJ get Live released a Green Orientated hip hop mix cd ..This year's CitySol Festival also came along with a FREE MIXTAPE! Produced to coincide with the festival, this digital download mixtape features new music from Estelle, John Legend and Andre 3000, Santogold, Tanya Morgan, Talib Kweli and CRAC.

It's mixed by rising New York DJ sensation Getlive and hosted by Lyricist Lounge co-founder and Current TV producer Ant Marshall. It also features original cover art by Fresh Daily of AOK.

It's not only a classic summer mixtape but a means to bring awareness to CITYSOL and the efforts of the SOLAR 1 organization. With the energy crisis in full swing and global warming facing us everyday we all must work to get information about solar power as an alternative resource. This mix is our effort to continue to learn more and then pass along the message. Plus how many mixtapes you hear sampling RALPH NADER breaking down why solar power is the answer?!









click here to DOWNLOAD - www.digiwaxx.com/green



SO PLEASE CONSERVE ENERGY (g0 green!! ), RECYCLE AND AS YOUR NANA ALWAYS SAID EAT ALL YOUR VEGETABLES LOL - SAFARI-BLACK !!

DONDA WEST FOUNDATION - AFRICAN SCHOOL INTIATIVE

In 2005, Donda West and the Kanye West Foundation donated $5000 to provide textbooks for children in Sierra Leone. Those funds were used to completely rehabilitate a dilapidated, roofless school building for 416 children. A new roof, new desks, new books and a new future for children who eagerly attended school faithfully each day, regardless of their dire surroundings and home life. As a result of Ms. West’s generous donation, Shine On Sierra Leone was developed to sustain these initial efforts.

In 2008, Muddy Lotus Primary was dedicated to the memory of Donda West and her love for education. In honor of this, Shine On Sierra Leone plans to break ground for the “Donda West Library & Literacy Center” (DWLC) this fall. The Donda West Literacy Center will answer the call to an 80% illiteracy rate in the community in the community of Bongema. Serving as a library for the students of Muddy Lotus, DWLC will extend its reach to the community offering free literacy classes to parents within the community.





LUXURIES ARE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.....




THE FUTURE

DIARY OF A BLACK VEGAN..?? VOL#1

At first glance the heading above may seem crass (people fear BLACK when a black man uses the word) but see i am used to seeing the word "BLACK" HMMM i wonder why ? LOL . See i really even try to stay away from the topic. Even as i try to stay low key about all aspects of my life this one is one that would really be rediculous to try and hide. See the first thing that i have to write is an asspect of my mental personality . I live almost completely within logic . This is hard to consume by alot of people , as mystery and whatever tradition that society considers to be truth finds its way to the trash can in my pysche if it makes no sense. Sometimes when i am eating people see my plate and see that there is no meat on it . Then when i am asked about it and say " I AM VEGAN " i am usually greated with crazy questions like . "HOW DO YOU GET NUTRITION " ha ha ... answer ? i eat everything you eat minus the dead carcus and dairy...


Its incredible to find out on a daily basis how misinformed people are about diet period. If You eat burgers,steaks,chickens,turkey and fish all day ... you would be void of all nutrients except PROTEIN. Which you have 12 protein sources on the planet and you only have to have a combo of 5 to have a complete protein building block in your diet. They dont have to be eaten in the same meal by the way .
Why people are so surprised that a Black Man could be vegan is beyond me . The first people on earth were vegan right ? yep ...


I personally did not become vegan , IT BECAME ME . My parents come from Tennessee and left there in '61' well before my birth. My grandmother made everything herself and had two gardens one all greens and one mixed with variaties of vegetables. I used to go stay with her for two weeks every summer, and it was a requirement to get up at 8:00 am before it got real hot to aid in the garden work (this was a small seed in my own dietary evolution (fresh grown chemical free food just taste different) . Its was murder for me because i did not and could not fathom the beauty of nature at that age childhood - age 16 (read side bar i am a CITY BOY) . Everything we ate there came from that garden. She only went to the store for eggs,meat,milk,soda etc.. everything else came from there she had apple and peach trees in the yard as well. She made jam from scratch for toast or sandwichs. Those summer weeks had a heavy impact on my future love of nature...


Its incredible cause people think your experience is alot different but its not ! I still get followed when shopping in whole food markets. I get spoken to as if i must be new to this lifestyle. THe crazy thing is the condescending store attendants usally shrink once i engage in debate ( i have been this for years ) . I am not sensitive by any means i go to get what i gotta get. I am usually greeted with the " oh wow im suprised that you are here " look. When i am at my spot in New York i go all the way to Brooklyn from the bronx to prospect park just to go to Imhoteps Vegan Restaraunt/Store 734 Nostrand Ave (between prospect pl and park pl)Phone: 718-493-235
just to be amongst a more holistic shopping experience.I mean other black Vegans are glad to see you, this is still necessary and desired to be welcomed even though A Black Vegan may feel otherwise normally. When in the midwest i go to the biggest whole foods market as they really dont say much to you because of the size of the place. Persecution is regular until there are national publisized news coverage see my previous ENCINO CaLIFORNIA posting with video of on Downed Cow meat. click this link to it:

SAFARI-BLACK: CHINO CALIFORNIA MEAT RECALL- THE LARGEST IN US HISTORY - GO VEG!
It(persuction comes from all races) belongs to no one race. Veganism in the African community is just as ALIEN as any other place , the idea of dodging greezy pigs with worms throughout the entire body is harder to digest than someone partaking in cocaine Lines. Bad diets stem from slavery when slaves were fed scrapes and being a creative race of people they put them scraps in stews with greens and other stuff. This poor availabilty to healthy food became habit which became tradition. To be continued....

SAVE DARFUR - GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK!

With the unfortunate circumstances having taken place in Darfur, the Mighty Mic group has taken it upon themselves to create a campaign surrounding the Darfur Genocide. For the upcoming Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert later this month, Twelve Bar and their “It’s All Love” approach to their trade were chosen to create a commemorative t-shirt for the event with 100% of all proceeds donated to mobile clinics set up in refugee camps for Darfurian refugees. The t-shirt features Twelve Bar’s iconic heart logo with pictures of Darfurian children seen inside. Mighty Mic represents a 9-day event which will take place at UCLA within the Westwood Campus. The event will be further filled with Genocide Awareness Week and a concert. The group itself was created on the basis of providing social justice and human rights. This year’s concert artists include Ok Go, Zion I, rock & Roll and Rhymefest while the t-shirts will be available for sale exclusively at the concert and through Mighty Mic. For any inquiries please contact mightymicconcert@gmail.com.

NICE T-SHIRT - GOOD CAUSE - GREAT MUSIC SO IF YOU ARE IN LOS ANGELES COME THRU AND SUPPORT !

ALSO EVERYTIME YOU PURCHASE AN "OBEY PROPAGANDA-HOPE T-SHIRT"(THAT I AM WEARING BELOW) OR A WALL PRINT OF THE SILK SCREEN ON THE SHIRT SHEPARD FAIREY DONATES 100% OF THE PROCEEDS TO THE DARFURIAN REFUGEE RELIEF FUND .



WHERE CAN YOU BUY THE SHIRTS ?
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OR PURCHASE WALL PRINT AT - http://dirtypilot.myshopify.com/products/shepard-fairey-hope-for-darfur

SAVE DARFUR !!!

Save darfur !!Stop the present Rape and torture of Darfur refugees. Contribute to the Genocide remission efforts in Darfur AfricA BY Purchasing the documentary below .



log onto www.amazon.com or any major online or public video store...

Solidarity now !!

CHINO CALIFORNIA MEAT RECALL- THE LARGEST IN US HISTORY - GO VEG!

Many that know me , know that i am a devout VEGAN vegetarian of 10 years . I am very laid back about my diet ( MEANING i dont ram it in the faces of meat eaters) but sometimes i cant sit back and not share the truth about what is going on . Life begats life and when i saw what was going on i had to share this because this DOWNED MEAT ( the term used for animals that are sick that are manufactured and eventually sold to school systems that feed this to the Children ) grossly irresponsible to say the least....WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SEEN.

WORLD AIDS DAY - AWARENESS MONTH 2007

As you may know DECEMBER FIRST was WORLDS AIDS DAY. It is at best to be aware of this serious epidemic that are claiming the lives of neighbors , friends , family and world citizens. We many choose to ignore the effects of unprotected intercourse and sharing drug needles many choose to be aware and spread the word. Please have an annual test as there are many ways that HIV/aids can be transmitted. If you are not aware of how it can be please copy and paste this link (http://www.worldaidscampaign.info/) to share the information . BE HAPPY BE WELL - BE BLESSED !!!

Yoko Ono's "IMAGINE PEACE TOWER"

GROWING UP IN THE 80'S I WAS EXPOSED TO A VERY DIVERSE POOL OF MUSIC SOME EXPECTED AND SOME NOT SO EXPECTED. MY OLDEST SISTER USED TO LISTEN TO DAVID BOWIE (LETS DANCE PUT ON YOUR RED SHOES AND DANCE) OKAY I AM BACK THAT BEAT WAS CRAZY AND STILL IS BUT ANYWAYS . MUSIC WAS LESS SEGREGATED IN THOSE SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS TO GET TO THE ONE YOU WERE WAITING ON . IN MY CASE IT WAS THE NEW RUN DMC OR LL COOL J VIDEO. I WATCHED TEARS FOR FEARS , SIMPLY RED , MADONNA , PETER GABRIEL, DURAN DURAN, AND JOHN LENNON WOULD ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE ON A RADIO STATION AT NIGHT WHEN MY BIG BROTHER WOULD TURN ON THE RADIO...THINKING ABOUT THOSE DAYS I DID NOT KNOW HOW MUSIC BRIDGED PEOPLE THAT WOULD NEVER INTERACT . AS A MEMORIAL TO HER LATE HUSBAND JOHN LENNON SHE HAD THE "

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER

"CREATED THE PICTURE ABOVE IS IN INCREDIBLE I WISH I HAD ONE IN MY FRONT YARD TO TICK MY NEIGHBORS OFF ( MY NEIGHBORS ARE REAL UPTIGHT BY THE WAY ) . THE TOWER IS LIGHT IS LOCATED IN ICELAND. MODERN AVANT SCI FI FOR SURE...Few figures in the art world are as polarizing as YOKO ONO, but her most ambitious project to date, the “IMAGINE PEACE TOWER” which was unveiled in the presence of Sean Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison’s widow Olivia in Iceland yesterday, October 9th, on what would have been John Lennon’s 67th birthday, is designed to bring people together while honoring her late husband’s memory. Envisioned in 1967 by Ono as a sort of conceptual “light house,” the monument, located on Videy island, near Reykjavik, is comprised of a large, cylindrical “wishing well” structure adorned with the phrase “Imagine Peace” in 24 languages that projects intense beams of light skyward to form a temporary “virtual structure” similar to the memorial twin towers of light once projected at Ground Zero in New York. Scheduled to be lit annually from Lennon’s birthday on October 9th until the anniversary of his death on December 8th, the tower serves to project the handwritten wishes for peace collected by Ono from thousands of fans worldwide which now lie buried in time capsules around the tower into the sky. The artist chose the remote nation for the memorial’s location because of its environmentally and politically positive stance and also the country’s northern orientation so that, in her own words, “peace may filter down throughout the world”…